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  two 
  men 
  met 
  and 
  while 
  they 
  feasted 
  each 
  other 
  they 
  secretly 
  sought 
  

   each 
  other's 
  death 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  their 
  magic. 
  The 
  Ponca 
  drew 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground 
  a 
  picture 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  and 
  struck 
  it 
  with 
  his 
  club 
  (the 
  club 
  

   being 
  the 
  weapon 
  of 
  the 
  Thunder 
  beings), 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  calling 
  on 
  

   the 
  Thunder 
  beings 
  similarly 
  to 
  strike 
  the 
  original 
  of 
  the 
  picture. 
  The 
  

   Omaha 
  suspected 
  some 
  magic 
  attempts, 
  so 
  he 
  sang 
  his 
  songs, 
  relying 
  

   solely 
  on 
  them 
  for 
  his 
  protection. 
  The 
  visit 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  party 
  came 
  

   to 
  an 
  end 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  returned 
  home; 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  afterward 
  the 
  

   Ponca 
  who 
  had 
  drawn 
  the 
  picture 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  and 
  invoked 
  the 
  

   Thunder 
  was 
  himself 
  struck 
  by 
  lightning. 
  The 
  incident, 
  became 
  

   speedily 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  Omaha 
  magician 
  and 
  this 
  song 
  was 
  composed 
  

   to 
  commemorate 
  the 
  event. 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Ponca, 
  (!ati'demo"thi", 
  

   is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  song, 
  where 
  he 
  is 
  represented 
  as 
  weeping 
  because 
  

   his 
  request 
  to 
  the 
  Thunder 
  beings 
  to 
  strike 
  the 
  Omaha 
  had 
  been 
  

   turned 
  upon 
  himself. 
  

  

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