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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  initial 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  lodges: 
  

   Initial 
  Song 
  of 
  the 
  Lodge 
  of 
  the 
  "Eldest 
  Ron' 
  

  

  M.M. 
  j=72 
  (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  Transcribed 
  by 
  Edwin 
  S. 
  Tracy 
  

  

  

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  U- 
  tha 
  ki 
  - 
  da 
  wi 
  - 
  the 
  he 
  he 
  he 
  wa 
  - 
  ko" 
  - 
  da 
  

  

  the 
  

  

  giiiSsig 
  

  

  wi 
  - 
  the 
  

  

  he 
  he 
  i 
  u 
  - 
  ga 
  - 
  we. 
  

   Eutha 
  kida 
  wihithe 
  he 
  he 
  he 
  

   Washige 
  he 
  hehe 
  

   Eutha 
  kida 
  withe 
  he 
  he 
  he 
  

   WakoMa 
  withe 
  he 
  he 
  he 
  e 
  

   I°gawehe 
  hehe 
  

   Eutha 
  kida 
  wihithe 
  he 
  hehe 
  

   I"gawehe 
  hehe 
  

   Eutha 
  kida 
  wihithe 
  he 
  he 
  he 
  

   I 
  Q 
  gawehe 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Eutha, 
  tell; 
  kida, 
  when 
  home; 
  withe, 
  I 
  cause 
  

   you 
  ; 
  he 
  he 
  he, 
  vocables 
  ; 
  washige, 
  possessions 
  or 
  wealth 
  ; 
  wako 
  n 
  da, 
  mys- 
  

   terious 
  — 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  mysterious 
  stranger 
  who 
  gave 
  the 
  magic; 
  

   withe, 
  caused, 
  appointed 
  ; 
  i 
  n 
  gawehe, 
  speaking 
  to 
  me 
  thus. 
  

  

  