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  Shupida 
  weawata 
  thawathe 
  

   Shupida 
  weawata 
  thawathe 
  

   Pathagata 
  theawathe 
  

   Ahe 
  the 
  hi 
  the 
  ahi 
  the 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Shupida, 
  when 
  I 
  come; 
  weawata, 
  where; 
  tha- 
  

   wathe, 
  do 
  I 
  send 
  them; 
  pathaga, 
  to 
  the 
  hills 
  or 
  mounds 
  (i. 
  e., 
  graves); 
  

   ta, 
  yonder; 
  thawathe, 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  are 
  vocables. 
  

  

  Free 
  translation 
  

  

  When 
  I 
  come, 
  where 
  do 
  I 
  send 
  them 
  ? 
  

   When 
  I 
  come, 
  where 
  do 
  I 
  send 
  them 
  ? 
  

   To 
  their 
  graves 
  do 
  I 
  send 
  them! 
  

  

  This 
  song 
  is 
  very 
  old, 
  dating 
  back 
  perhaps 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  

   Omaha 
  and 
  Ponca 
  were 
  one 
  tribe. 
  The 
  Ponca 
  claimed 
  the 
  chief 
  and 
  

   told 
  the 
  folio 
  whig 
  story: 
  The 
  people 
  had 
  been 
  attacked 
  and 
  some 
  

   women 
  had 
  been 
  killed. 
  The 
  chief 
  this 
  song 
  commemorates 
  came 
  late 
  

   on 
  the 
  scene 
  and 
  by 
  his 
  valor 
  turned 
  the 
  tide 
  of 
  the 
  battle. 
  He 
  was 
  

   armed 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  lance 
  of 
  ash 
  wood, 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  pointed 
  

   and 
  hardened 
  by 
  grease 
  and 
  scorched 
  in 
  the 
  fire. 
  With 
  this 
  lance 
  he 
  

   rushed 
  on 
  the 
  enemy, 
  thrusting 
  it 
  between 
  the 
  legs 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  and 
  toss- 
  

   ing 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  to 
  be 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  fall. 
  His 
  great 
  strength 
  and 
  

   courage 
  caused 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  many. 
  The 
  song 
  was 
  composed 
  to 
  com- 
  

   memorate 
  his 
  coming 
  and 
  by 
  his 
  spirited 
  action 
  sending 
  the 
  foe 
  "to 
  

   their 
  graves." 
  

  

  THE 
  Kl'KlXETHE 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  Ki'kunethe 
  (ki'ku, 
  ''to 
  gather 
  together;" 
  nethe, 
  "to 
  

   build 
  a 
  lire") 
  indicates 
  the 
  social 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  — 
  to 
  

   gather 
  about 
  a 
  fire. 
  This 
  society 
  was 
  composed 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  men 
  

   of 
  the 
  tribe. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  formal 
  membership. 
  There 
  was 
  an 
  

   officer, 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  "chairman" 
  or 
  leader, 
  who 
  was 
  chosen 
  to 
  pre- 
  

   side. 
  The 
  gathering 
  was 
  for 
  social 
  pleasure 
  and 
  to 
  talk 
  over 
  and 
  

   discuss 
  subjects 
  of 
  interest. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  custom 
  which 
  may 
  refer 
  

   to 
  some 
  ancient 
  forms 
  once 
  observed. 
  The 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  

   the 
  back 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lodge 
  was 
  always 
  kept 
  vacant. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  

   seat 
  that 
  would 
  be 
  assigned 
  to 
  an 
  honored 
  guest. 
  Before 
  this 
  empty 
  

  

  