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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [BTH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  41. 
  He! 
  nio 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  ta 
  i 
  ke 
  ecka 
  

  

  42. 
  Wi"'u"wata 
  uki'mo^tho" 
  i 
  ke 
  ecka 
  

  

  43. 
  A'baku 
  tho 
  11 
  no 
  n 
  t'u'<;a 
  xli 
  

  

  44. 
  Uzho 
  n/ 
  ge 
  no"cta 
  xti 
  i 
  ke 
  

  

  45. 
  Pe 
  a'eo" 
  githe 
  ihe'thatha 
  xti 
  

  

  46. 
  Mo"ahni 
  n/ 
  ado 
  11 
  I 
  n 
  shage' 
  e.;ka 
  

  

  47. 
  He! 
  zhi"ga' 
  giko 
  n/ 
  tha 
  bado 
  n 
  ecka 
  

  

  48. 
  Ithigiko"'tha 
  tabado" 
  ecka 
  

  

  49. 
  Thie 
  i'wigipathi 
  11 
  ta 
  mike 
  tho 
  n 
  zha 
  ecka 
  

  

  50. 
  I 
  n 
  sha'ge 
  erka 
  

  

  He! 
  is 
  an 
  exclamation 
  involving 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  supplication 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   tress; 
  egka, 
  a 
  refrain, 
  meaning 
  "I 
  desire," 
  "I 
  crave," 
  and, 
  sometimes, 
  

   "I 
  implore." 
  

  

  Fin 
  translation 
  

  

  1. 
  He! 
  Aged 
  One, 
  ecka 
  

  

  2. 
  Thou 
  Rock, 
  ecka 
  

  

  3. 
  Aged 
  One, 
  ecka 
  

  

  4. 
  He! 
  I 
  have 
  taught 
  those 
  little 
  ones 
  

  

  5. 
  They 
  obey, 
  ecka 
  

  

  6. 
  Aged 
  One, 
  ecka 
  

  

  7. 
  He! 
  

  

  8. 
  He! 
  Unmoved 
  from 
  time 
  without 
  end, 
  verily 
  

  

  9. 
  Thou 
  sit 
  test, 
  ecka 
  

  

  10. 
  In 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  paths 
  of 
  the 
  coming 
  winds 
  

  

  11. 
  In 
  the 
  midst, 
  of 
  the 
  winds 
  thou 
  sittest, 
  ecka 
  

  

  12. 
  Aged 
  One, 
  ecka 
  

  

  13. 
  He! 
  The 
  small 
  grasses 
  grow 
  about 
  thee, 
  ecka 
  

  

  14. 
  Thou 
  sittest 
  as 
  though 
  making 
  of 
  them 
  thy 
  dwelling 
  place, 
  ecka 
  

  

  15. 
  He! 
  Verily 
  thou 
  sittest 
  covered 
  with 
  the 
  droppings 
  of 
  birds, 
  ecka 
  

   10. 
  Thy 
  head 
  decked 
  with 
  the 
  downy 
  feathers 
  of 
  the 
  birds, 
  ecka 
  

  

  17. 
  Aged 
  One, 
  erka 
  

  

  18. 
  Thou 
  who 
  standest 
  next 
  in 
  power, 
  ecka 
  

  

  19. 
  Thou 
  who 
  standest 
  next 
  in 
  power, 
  ecka 
  

  

  20. 
  He! 
  Thou 
  water, 
  ecka 
  

  

  21. 
  Water 
  that 
  hast 
  been 
  flowing 
  

  

  22. 
  From 
  time 
  unknown, 
  ecka 
  

  

  23. 
  He! 
  Of 
  you 
  the 
  little 
  ones 
  have 
  taken 
  

  

  24. 
  Though 
  thy 
  mysteries 
  remain 
  unrevealed 
  

  

  25. 
  These 
  little 
  ones 
  crave 
  thy 
  touch, 
  ecka 
  

  

  20. 
  He! 
  Thou 
  that 
  standest 
  as 
  one 
  dwelling 
  place, 
  ecka 
  

  

  27. 
  Even 
  as 
  one 
  dwelling 
  place, 
  ecka 
  

  

  28. 
  Ye 
  great, 
  animals, 
  erka 
  

  

  29. 
  He! 
  Who 
  make 
  for 
  us 
  the 
  covering, 
  erka 
  

  

  30. 
  These 
  little 
  ones, 
  thou 
  hast 
  said, 
  let 
  their 
  thoughts 
  reverently 
  dwell 
  on 
  me, 
  ecka 
  

  

  31. 
  He! 
  Thou 
  tent 
  frame, 
  ecka 
  

  

  32. 
  Thou 
  standest 
  with 
  bent 
  back 
  o'er 
  us 
  

  

  33. 
  With 
  stooping 
  shoulders, 
  bending 
  over 
  us 
  

  

  34. 
  Verily, 
  thou 
  standest 
  

  

  35. 
  Thus 
  my 
  little 
  ones 
  shall 
  speak 
  of 
  me, 
  thou 
  hast 
  said 
  

   30. 
  Brushing 
  back 
  the 
  hair 
  from 
  thy 
  forehead, 
  ecka 
  

  

  