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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [eth. 
  ann. 
  27 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  ge 
  shuthethabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   Xii'im' 
  shuthethabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   I 
  <l;i 
  ni(i"thi" 
  duwage 
  he 
  

   No 
  n 
  ge 
  shuthethabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   No^e 
  shuthethabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   No 
  ge 
  Bhuthethabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   No^ge 
  shuthethabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   No°se 
  shuthethabi.ua 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

  

  Xo'^e 
  shuithabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   Xn 
  n 
  w' 
  shuithabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   t'"da 
  mo 
  D 
  thi 
  n 
  duwage 
  he 
  

   No 
  n 
  ge 
  shuithabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   No"ge 
  shuithabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   No 
  n 
  ge 
  Bhuithabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  he 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   No"ge 
  shuithabiga 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  he 
  ha 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  tl) 
  No 
  n 
  ge, 
  running; 
  shuthethabiga, 
  going 
  forth 
  

   in 
  your 
  direction; 
  u 
  n 
  da 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  duwage, 
  along 
  the 
  different 
  paths 
  they 
  

   are 
  running. 
  (2) 
  No 
  n 
  ge, 
  running; 
  shuithabiga, 
  coming, 
  returning. 
  

  

  The 
  song 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  rapid 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  "four 
  children" 
  when 
  

   they 
  ran 
  around 
  the 
  lodge 
  and 
  stopped 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  directions. 
  

   The 
  two 
  stanzas 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  another 
  significance: 
  The 
  "run- 
  

   ning" 
  indicates 
  vigorous 
  and 
  abundant 
  life, 
  the 
  birth 
  of 
  living 
  things 
  

   "going 
  forth;" 
  the 
  second 
  stanza 
  refers 
  to 
  their 
  "returning" 
  to 
  

   Mother 
  Earth, 
  moving 
  along 
  the 
  different 
  paths 
  to 
  final 
  death. 
  

  

  The 
  music 
  is 
  unusually 
  attractive 
  and 
  melodious 
  — 
  in 
  contrast 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  snugs 
  of 
  this 
  society. 
  

  

  Third 
  Song 
  — 
  Slow 
  Song, 
  Introductory 
  to 
  a 
  Dramatic 
  Movement 
  

  

  Transcribed 
  by 
  Edwin 
  S. 
  Tracy 
  

   , 
  ii 
  M. 
  M. 
  1=100 
  

  

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  fr^= 
  

  

  Sui-ge 
  thi-no 
  n 
  -ge-tha 
  

  

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  # 
  # 
  1 
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  ha 
  

  

  i 
  • 
  » 
  

  

  ha 
  ha 
  Shi 
  

   3 
  —fie 
  f 
  m 
  

  

  the 
  - 
  thu 
  

  

  

  ! 
  ^_4_t5-|-4- 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  *=4~ 
  *-* 
  $ 
  

  

  \f— 
  ^"P 
  

  

  ha. 
  

  

  Shi 
  

  

  the 
  - 
  thu 
  

  

  ha 
  

  

  ha 
  

  

  ha 
  

  

  

  ha 
  

  

  -17—1 
  — 
  * 
  — 
  

  

  he 
  

  

  he 
  he 
  Shi-ge 
  thi-no 
  Q 
  -ge- 
  tha 
  

  

  ha! 
  

  

  fed 
  

  

  