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  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

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  hia 
  

  

  hia 
  

   Cry 
  of 
  Magic 
  Ancients 
  

  

  -N 
  KB 
  

  

  bo. 
  

  

  ha 
  

  

  Ah! 
  ke 
  ya 
  ha 
  we 
  he 
  

  

  I 
  Me 
  muca 
  ya 
  ke 
  ya 
  ha 
  we 
  hia 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  de 
  muca 
  ya 
  ke 
  ya 
  ha 
  we 
  hia 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Ah 
  Ice, 
  now 
  then; 
  ya 
  ha 
  we 
  he, 
  come, 
  let 
  us 
  

   gather 
  together; 
  i^ae, 
  fa.ce; 
  muca, 
  to 
  shoot; 
  hia, 
  magical 
  cry. 
  Some 
  

   of 
  the 
  words 
  are. 
  archaic. 
  

  

  This 
  song 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  the 
  stranger 
  

   and 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  society. 
  In 
  it 
  the 
  members 
  are 
  bidden 
  

   to 
  "come 
  now 
  and 
  shoot 
  each 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  face." 
  The 
  otter-skin 
  

   from 
  which 
  the 
  shell 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  "shot" 
  was 
  always 
  aimed 
  

   at 
  the 
  mouth, 
  whence 
  comes 
  the 
  breath, 
  the 
  sign 
  of 
  life 
  in 
  man. 
  

   The 
  Pebble 
  people 
  shot 
  at 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  person; 
  the 
  Shell 
  people 
  

   only 
  at 
  the 
  face. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  the 
  "youngest 
  son" 
  led 
  toward 
  the 
  west, 
  

   the 
  others 
  following. 
  When 
  all 
  were 
  in 
  line 
  he 
  circled 
  the 
  fire 
  alone, 
  

   and 
  on 
  his 
  return 
  took 
  his 
  place 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  "daughter." 
  All 
  

   four 
  were 
  then 
  in 
  their 
  first 
  position. 
  

  

  Standing 
  before 
  the 
  fire 
  and 
  facing 
  the 
  east, 
  the 
  four 
  laid 
  their 
  mys- 
  

   tery 
  bags 
  down 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  them. 
  Then, 
  beginning 
  with 
  the 
  "eldest 
  

   son" 
  (no. 
  4), 
  they 
  coughed 
  in 
  order 
  as 
  they 
  stood. 
  The 
  cough 
  was 
  

   repeated 
  four 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  order 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  fourth 
  cough 
  the 
  

   shell 
  was 
  ejected. 
  The 
  four 
  coughs 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   gaining 
  strength 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  four 
  hills 
  of 
  life 
  leading 
  to 
  old 
  age. 
  The 
  

   palms 
  of 
  the 
  hands 
  were 
  then 
  moistened, 
  the 
  bag 
  was 
  picked 
  up 
  with 
  

   the 
  right 
  hand, 
  the 
  shell 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  left. 
  Then 
  all 
  four 
  started 
  around 
  

   the 
  circular 
  dwelling 
  at 
  a 
  trot, 
  with 
  one 
  breath 
  uttering 
  the 
  magic 
  

   cry 
  Ohochochooo 
  until 
  they 
  reached 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  north 
  c'de. 
  

   There 
  they 
  took 
  breath, 
  then, 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  cry, 
  trotted 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  east, 
  took 
  breath, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  cry 
  and 
  movement 
  went 
  

   to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  south 
  side, 
  where 
  they 
  again 
  paused 
  to 
  breathe 
  

   and 
  then 
  went 
  on 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  cry 
  to 
  the 
  west. 
  This 
  movement 
  

   about 
  the 
  dwelling 
  with 
  the 
  four 
  stops 
  and 
  prolonged 
  magic 
  cries 
  was 
  

   repeated 
  four 
  times. 
  After 
  a 
  brief 
  rest 
  the 
  four 
  started 
  again. 
  With 
  

   the 
  same 
  magic 
  cry 
  they 
  circled 
  the 
  fire 
  without 
  pausing 
  until 
  they 
  

  

  