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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  Ha 
  - 
  thi 
  

  

  Mo" 
  witawe 
  he! 
  Shewatheke 
  he 
  

   Hathithiude 
  thekano 
  n 
  se 
  

   Ga'moMe 
  shewatheke 
  

   Hathithiude 
  thekano 
  n 
  ge 
  

   Ga'moMe 
  shewatheke 
  

   Hathithiude 
  thekano 
  n 
  ge 
  

   Ga'nio 
  n 
  de 
  shewatheke 
  

   Hathithiude 
  thekano"ge 
  

   Ga'mo'Hle 
  shewatheke 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  witawe 
  he! 
  Shewatheke 
  he 
  

   Hathithiude 
  thekano 
  n 
  ge 
  

  

  Translation: 
  Mo", 
  arrow; 
  vntawe, 
  mine; 
  he, 
  vocable; 
  shewatheke, 
  

   as 
  you 
  have 
  bidden; 
  hathithiude, 
  deserted 
  or 
  abandoned; 
  theJca 
  no"ge, 
  

   you 
  who 
  have 
  been; 
  ga'mo 
  n 
  de, 
  this 
  I 
  shall 
  do. 
  "You 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  

   deserted 
  [or 
  abandoned] 
  have 
  given 
  me 
  an 
  arrow 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  

   bidden 
  me 
  to 
  use, 
  and 
  this 
  I 
  shall 
  do 
  as 
  you 
  have 
  bidden 
  me." 
  

  

  This 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  instructions 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  father 
  and 
  mother 
  to 
  

   the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  when 
  they 
  first 
  organized 
  it. 
  The 
  song 
  

   speaks 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  the 
  "abandoned 
  ones," 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  left 
  all 
  alone 
  

   when 
  the 
  stranger 
  and 
  the 
  four 
  children 
  disappeared 
  among 
  the 
  

   waters. 
  The 
  "arrow" 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  shell, 
  which 
  was 
  shot 
  as 
  an 
  

   arrow. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  the 
  lodge 
  inarched 
  around 
  the 
  fire 
  and 
  the 
  

   master 
  returned 
  the 
  invitation 
  stick 
  to 
  the 
  host, 
  after 
  which 
  they 
  

   moved 
  to 
  their 
  places. 
  

  

  Then 
  the 
  master 
  who 
  represented 
  the 
  "second 
  son" 
  arose, 
  hold- 
  

   ing 
  his 
  painted 
  invitation 
  stick. 
  All 
  his 
  lodge 
  rose 
  and 
  followed 
  him 
  

   around 
  the 
  fire 
  to 
  the 
  entrance, 
  where 
  they 
  turned, 
  faced 
  the 
  fire, 
  

   and 
  sang 
  the 
  song 
  belonging 
  to 
  their 
  master 
  and 
  lodge. 
  This 
  song 
  

   the 
  writers 
  were 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  obtain. 
  After 
  the 
  singing 
  of 
  this 
  song 
  

   the 
  "second 
  son" 
  circled 
  the 
  fire 
  and 
  returned 
  his 
  painted 
  invitation 
  

   stick 
  to 
  the 
  host, 
  when 
  he 
  and 
  his 
  lodge 
  went 
  back 
  to 
  their 
  appointed 
  

   seats. 
  

  

  The 
  "daughter" 
  then 
  arose, 
  as 
  did 
  her 
  lodge. 
  They 
  circled 
  the 
  fire 
  

   to 
  the 
  entrance, 
  where 
  they 
  turned, 
  faced 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  the 
  fire, 
  and 
  

   sang 
  their 
  song. 
  This 
  song 
  the 
  writers 
  were 
  not 
  successful 
  in 
  obtain- 
  

   ing. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  thev 
  circled 
  the 
  fire 
  and 
  the 
  "daughter" 
  returned 
  

  

  