﻿574 
  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [etii. 
  asv 
  27 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  was 
  intoned 
  as 
  the 
  sweat 
  lodge 
  was 
  prepared 
  for 
  

   curative 
  purposes: 
  

  

  Ritual 
  for 
  Sweat 
  Lodge, 
  No. 
  '2 
  

  

  1. 
  He! 
  ["sha'ge, 
  'cka 
  

  

  _'. 
  Zhi"ga' 
  wako 
  n/ 
  ditha 
  ba 
  'do 
  n 
  , 
  ecka 
  

  

  3. 
  Gthi 
  'thC'thigitha 
  ba 
  'do 
  n 
  , 
  e'cka 
  

  

  4. 
  Edi 
  uwi'Ih- 
  la 
  mike 
  xu'ka, 
  edi 
  uwe'he 
  ta 
  mike 
  

  

  5. 
  Eahe' 
  ama 
  tho" 
  d'ecka 
  

  

  G. 
  Zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  wako 
  n 
  'dith.a 
  ba'do" 
  ecka 
  

  

  7. 
  I'thiginitha 
  ta 
  ba'do", 
  ecka 
  

  

  8. 
  Gthi 
  'tho 
  n/ 
  thigitha 
  ba'do 
  n 
  , 
  ecka 
  

  

  9. 
  I 
  n 
  sha 
  / 
  ge, 
  'vka 
  

  

  10. 
  He! 
  Zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  ithigino 
  11 
  zbi 
  n 
  go^ha 
  ba'do", 
  ecka 
  

  

  11. 
  Gthi 
  'tho 
  n 
  'thigitha 
  i 
  tho' 
  ! 
  zlia, 
  ecka 
  

  

  12. 
  I 
  n 
  sha'ge 
  'cka 
  

  

  13. 
  Eda'do" 
  shti 
  wo" 
  'de 
  'shna 
  'zhi 
  te 
  

  

  14. 
  Uki'hi 
  'azhi 
  tho 
  n 
  ka 
  e8hne'go 
  n 
  te 
  

  

  15. 
  Insha'ge 
  'vka 
  

  

  1. 
  ili 
  ml 
  translation 
  

  

  1. 
  He!, 
  address 
  to 
  call 
  attention; 
  i 
  n 
  sha'ge, 
  old 
  man, 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  

   respect 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  stones 
  that 
  are 
  heated 
  for 
  the 
  bath; 
  'pka, 
  

   i 
  cLii. 
  I 
  desire, 
  implore. 
  

  

  2. 
  ZM 
  n 
  ga, 
  children; 
  wdko 
  n 
  'diiha, 
  being 
  in 
  distress; 
  ba, 
  they; 
  

   'ilu", 
  tnln", 
  therefore; 
  ecka, 
  1 
  implore. 
  

  

  3. 
  Gthi, 
  at 
  home, 
  the 
  arrival 
  at 
  home 
  (refers 
  to 
  sweat 
  lodge); 
  

   'tho 
  n 
  'thigiiha, 
  itho 
  n 
  'thigitha, 
  iihoHha, 
  something 
  round 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground 
  (refers 
  to 
  t 
  he 
  stones 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  sweat 
  lodge, 
  but 
  the 
  appeal 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  singular 
  as 
  the 
  generic 
  stone 
  is 
  addressed); 
  ihi, 
  you 
  (refers 
  to 
  

   the 
  stone); 
  gi, 
  the 
  possessive 
  sign; 
  ba, 
  they: 
  '</«", 
  mlo", 
  therefore, 
  

   because 
  of.; 
  < 
  pica, 
  I 
  desire. 
  

  

  4. 
  Edi, 
  with 
  them, 
  there; 
  u/wehe, 
  I 
  shall 
  join, 
  or 
  take 
  part, 
  or 
  

   cooperate; 
  to, 
  shall, 
  it 
  is 
  my 
  will; 
  mike, 
  I 
  am 
  or 
  I 
  be 
  ; 
  in 
  mike, 
  I 
  shall 
  

   he; 
  xu'ka, 
  lo 
  teach, 
  instruct, 
  initiate. 
  

  

  o. 
  F.slu 
  '. 
  you 
  have 
  said; 
  ama, 
  they 
  say; 
  iho 
  n 
  d' 
  , 
  iho 
  n 
  di, 
  an 
  idiom 
  

   meaning 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  denied 
  : 
  epka, 
  I 
  desire. 
  

  

  6. 
  The 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  second 
  line. 
  

  

  7. 
  Vihiginiiha 
  — 
  /, 
  of, 
  by, 
  in; 
  ihi, 
  you; 
  gi, 
  possessive; 
  initha, 
  to 
  seek 
  

   protection 
  (gi 
  implies 
  a 
  relation 
  between 
  the 
  one 
  speaking 
  and 
  the 
  one 
  

   addressed, 
  something 
  in 
  common; 
  if 
  the 
  appeal 
  was 
  to 
  a 
  stranger 
  the 
  

   gi 
  would 
  be 
  omitted); 
  ta 
  ba 
  'do" 
  (to, 
  may; 
  ba, 
  they; 
  \lo", 
  that), 
  

   that 
  they 
  may 
  — 
  "That 
  in 
  you 
  they 
  may 
  seek 
  protection." 
  

  

  8. 
  The 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  third 
  line. 
  

  

  9. 
  The 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  first, 
  omitting 
  he. 
  

  

  1(1. 
  //'.address 
  to 
  call 
  attention; 
  zM 
  n 
  ga, 
  children; 
  Ithhji 
  n<>" 
  :lii'\ 
  

   h\ 
  means 
  of 
  you 
  to 
  stand 
  (no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  standi; 
  goHha, 
  to 
  desire, 
  

   applied 
  to 
  whatever 
  supports 
  life, 
  health 
  ; 
  /»/, 
  the\ 
  : 
  './.<". 
  mln", 
  that. 
  

  

  