﻿502 
  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [BTH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  fore; 
  uihvdonhe, 
  to 
  consider, 
  to 
  look 
  into; 
  taya 
  ma, 
  coming 
  for 
  that 
  

   purpose, 
  they. 
  

  

  This 
  stanza 
  was 
  explained 
  as 
  referring: 
  to 
  the 
  response 
  to 
  the 
  official 
  

   call 
  of 
  the 
  herald 
  which 
  caused 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  members 
  to 
  gather 
  

   together 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  considering 
  the 
  count 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  

   aspired 
  to 
  become 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'hewachi, 
  and 
  who 
  was 
  

   publicly 
  to 
  present 
  the 
  record 
  of 
  his 
  ails. 
  

  

  Thido" 
  be 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Thido 
  11 
  be 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Ego 
  11 
  sho 
  n 
  do" 
  uthudo 
  n 
  be 
  taya 
  ma 
  

  

  Thido 
  n 
  be 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Thido 
  n 
  be 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Thido 
  n 
  be 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Thido 
  n 
  be, 
  see 
  you, 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  or 
  outcome 
  

   of 
  a 
  decision; 
  shaya, 
  coming; 
  ma, 
  they; 
  ufhudo 
  n 
  be, 
  to 
  look 
  into, 
  to 
  

   consider, 
  to 
  judge; 
  taya 
  ma, 
  coming 
  for 
  that 
  purpose, 
  they. 
  

  

  This 
  stanza 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  final 
  judgment 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  who 
  had 
  come 
  

   together 
  to 
  consider 
  the 
  claim 
  of 
  the 
  candidate 
  to 
  membership. 
  In 
  

   this 
  stanza 
  the 
  three 
  preliminary 
  steps 
  already 
  taken 
  are 
  summed 
  

   up. 
  It 
  was 
  during 
  this 
  summing 
  up 
  that 
  the 
  young 
  girl 
  on 
  whom 
  the 
  

   mark 
  of 
  honor 
  w 
  r 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  entered 
  ami 
  danced 
  before 
  the 
  

   assembled 
  Ho 
  n 
  'hewachi. 
  The 
  act 
  dramatized 
  the 
  awakening 
  of 
  the 
  

   feminine 
  element 
  — 
  an 
  awakening 
  everywhere 
  necessary 
  for 
  a 
  fulfill- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  tangible 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  life-giving 
  power. 
  This 
  dance 
  of 
  the 
  

   girl 
  constituted 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  last 
  step 
  in 
  the 
  movements 
  recounted 
  

   in 
  the 
  three 
  stanzas 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  — 
  the 
  step 
  that 
  led 
  directly 
  to 
  the 
  

   consummation 
  of 
  the 
  candidate's 
  long 
  years 
  of 
  effort. 
  Generally 
  the 
  

   girl 
  chosen 
  was 
  the 
  daughter 
  of 
  the 
  candidate; 
  but 
  if 
  he 
  had 
  no 
  

   child 
  of 
  a 
  suitable 
  age 
  he 
  could 
  select 
  the 
  daughter 
  of 
  a 
  relative 
  

   or 
  of 
  a 
  close 
  friend. 
  She 
  must 
  be 
  a 
  virgin 
  who 
  had 
  recently 
  reached 
  

   puberty. 
  She 
  was 
  clad 
  in 
  gala 
  garments 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  occasion, 
  for- 
  

   merly 
  a 
  skin 
  tunic 
  embroidered 
  with 
  porcupine 
  epulis. 
  She 
  was 
  

   frequently 
  accompanied 
  on 
  her 
  entrance 
  and 
  dance 
  by 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   young 
  women 
  who 
  had 
  received 
  the 
  "mark 
  of 
  honor." 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  acts 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  singing 
  of 
  this 
  

   song 
  should 
  be 
  considered 
  the 
  important 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  song 
  gives 
  the 
  

   rhythmic 
  model 
  after 
  which 
  all 
  songs 
  that 
  pertain 
  to 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'hewachi 
  

   were 
  fashioned. 
  It 
  therefore 
  represented 
  the 
  fundamental 
  rhythm 
  

   that 
  expressed 
  the 
  musical 
  feeling 
  concerning 
  those 
  ideas 
  or 
  beliefs 
  

   for 
  which 
  the 
  Ho"'hewachi 
  stood 
  in 
  the 
  native 
  mind. 
  It 
  may 
  here 
  

   be 
  stated 
  that 
  a 
  similar 
  rule 
  was 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  songs 
  connected 
  with 
  

   any 
  given 
  society 
  or 
  rite 
  — 
  they 
  all 
  conformed 
  to 
  the 
  rhythmic 
  stand- 
  

   ard 
  peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  society 
  or 
  the 
  ceremonial. 
  As 
  a 
  result, 
  an 
  Indian 
  

  

  