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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN*. 
  27 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  //< 
  / 
  Icagt 
  . 
  //< 
  ! 
  friend 
  ; 
  tede, 
  a 
  contraction 
  of 
  intede, 
  

   and 
  now, 
  or 
  for 
  that 
  cause; 
  xage, 
  weep 
  or 
  cry; 
  ame, 
  they 
  say; 
  tho, 
  musi- 
  

   cal 
  syllable; 
  lie, 
  end 
  of 
  sentence: 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  line 
  the 
  ha, 
  vocables; 
  

   thethu, 
  here; 
  M 
  n 
  wi 
  n 
  tha, 
  tell 
  me; 
  ma, 
  they; 
  Tie, 
  end 
  of 
  sentence; 
  Gati'- 
  

   ili 
  iim"tlti", 
  a 
  Ponca 
  personal 
  name, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  was 
  the 
  

   subject 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  and 
  drew 
  the 
  picture; 
  TioHhixu, 
  a 
  picture 
  or 
  sketch; 
  

   lii"tlni, 
  pleased; 
  mo 
  n 
  zhia, 
  I 
  not; 
  tha, 
  end 
  of 
  sentence. 
  

  

  The 
  song 
  represents 
  the 
  Omaha 
  narrating 
  the 
  experience. 
  "My 
  

   friend, 
  they 
  say 
  Gati'demo"thi" 
  made 
  a 
  picture 
  of 
  me. 
  I 
  was 
  not 
  

   pleased; 
  here 
  they 
  tell 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  it 
  was 
  who 
  cried." 
  

  

  A 
  member 
  of 
  this 
  society 
  dreamed 
  that 
  the 
  Thunder 
  gods 
  wanted 
  

   to 
  take 
  him 
  but, 
  not 
  wanting 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  gods, 
  he 
  persuaded 
  them 
  

   to 
  take 
  a 
  substitute. 
  Shortly 
  afterward 
  a 
  friend 
  of 
  his 
  was 
  killed 
  by 
  

   lightning, 
  an 
  incident 
  which 
  lie 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  his 
  appeal. 
  

   This 
  incident 
  is 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  song: 
  

  

  • 
  Words 
  

  

  Wi 
  Bhutheakithe 
  a 
  

   Wi 
  shutheakithe 
  

   Wi 
  shutheakithe 
  a 
  

   Paho 
  n 
  gamo"tlii 
  u 
  shutheakithe 
  a 
  

   Wi 
  shubtha 
  mo 
  n 
  zhie 
  tho 
  he 
  thoe 
  

   Wi 
  shutheakithe 
  a 
  

   Wi 
  shitheakithe 
  a 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Wi, 
  I; 
  shHheakiihe, 
  send 
  to 
  you; 
  Paho 
  n 
  gt- 
  

   moHhi 
  n 
  , 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  struck 
  by 
  lightning; 
  wi, 
  I; 
  shv<bthamo 
  n 
  zhie, 
  

   do 
  not 
  come; 
  tho 
  he 
  thoe, 
  vocables. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  songs 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  classed 
  with 
  those 
  which 
  were 
  regarded 
  

   as 
  potent 
  and 
  as 
  directly 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  Thunder 
  beings, 
  although 
  

   they 
  refer 
  to 
  incidents 
  which 
  might 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  showing 
  the 
  power 
  

   of 
  man's 
  appeal. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  song 
  refers 
  directly 
  to 
  the 
  dream 
  experience 
  of 
  the 
  

   singer 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  class 
  that 
  was 
  believed 
  to 
  bring 
  a 
  direct 
  response 
  

   from 
  the 
  Thunder 
  beings: 
  

  

  THUNDER 
  SONG 
  

  

  ♦ 
  *- 
  *- 
  *- 
  -<9-- 
  -#-^ 
  

  

  _^_ 
  

  

  tho 
  

  

  he 
  

  

  ko 
  D 
  

  

  da.. 
  

  

  hi", 
  wi" 
  tha 
  me 
  tho 
  he 
  

  

  wa 
  - 
  ko 
  u 
  

  

  