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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Theihu, 
  here; 
  ati, 
  come; 
  no 
  n 
  zM 
  n 
  , 
  stand; 
  ho 
  n 
  tho 
  n 
  

   (haihe, 
  you 
  have 
  found 
  me; 
  tha, 
  end 
  of 
  sentence; 
  ha, 
  vowel 
  prolonga- 
  

   tion. 
  This 
  song 
  represents 
  the 
  singer 
  proclaiming: 
  "Here 
  where 
  I 
  

   stand 
  the 
  pebble 
  has 
  come 
  and 
  found 
  me, 
  struck 
  me 
  with 
  its 
  power." 
  

  

  zho" 
  mi 
  - 
  ke 
  tho" 
  the 
  

  

  lSS 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  -J.— 
  * 
  4 
  * 
  • 
  S 
  ' 
  J 
  . 
  — 
  - 
  

  

  w 
  *'-#•-#■ 
  ■»■'-»■ 
  

  

  A-zho" 
  mi-ke 
  tho"- 
  the-tlie 
  ho 
  tha 
  ha 
  

  

  ?:r- 
  ' 
  

  

  A-zho" 
  mi-ke 
  an-tho 
  n 
  -tlKi-tlie 
  

  

  Hu-hu 
  mi-ke 
  tho"- 
  tha-the 
  he 
  Hu-hu 
  mi-ke 
  an-tho°- 
  tha 
  - 
  tha 
  he! 
  

  

  -* 
  Jr 
  

  

  Cry 
  of 
  the 
  Magic 
  Ancients 
  E 
  

  

  hu 
  

  

  u 
  - 
  

  

  =^ 
  1- 
  

  

  u 
  hu 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Wa]co 
  n 
  'da 
  — 
  this 
  does 
  not 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  

   Wako 
  n 
  'da 
  but 
  to 
  the 
  mysterious 
  creatures, 
  the 
  givers 
  of 
  magic; 
  th<>", 
  

   as; 
  mike, 
  I 
  am; 
  aPthoHhaihe, 
  thou 
  hast 
  found 
  me; 
  he, 
  vowel 
  prolon- 
  

   gation; 
  azho 
  n 
  , 
  I 
  lay; 
  mike, 
  I 
  am; 
  thoHhathe, 
  hast 
  found 
  me; 
  hulm, 
  

   fish; 
  mike, 
  I 
  am; 
  aHhoHhathe, 
  thou 
  hast 
  found 
  me; 
  e-hu-u-u-hu, 
  vibra- 
  

   tions, 
  cry 
  of 
  magic 
  power. 
  

  

  This 
  song 
  refers 
  to 
  an 
  experience 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   society 
  who 
  was 
  one 
  day 
  bathing, 
  when 
  he 
  caught 
  sight 
  of 
  a 
  hawk, 
  

   and 
  fearing 
  it 
  was 
  an 
  enemy 
  he 
  turned 
  himself 
  into 
  a 
  fish. 
  The 
  bird 
  

   descended 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  fish, 
  when 
  the 
  man 
  eluded 
  his 
  fellow-magician 
  

   by 
  turning 
  himself 
  into 
  a 
  rock, 
  and 
  so 
  escaped 
  by 
  his 
  magic 
  power, 
  

   while 
  his 
  fellow-magician, 
  the 
  bird, 
  hurt 
  his 
  bill 
  on 
  the 
  hard 
  rock. 
  

   There 
  are 
  many 
  songs 
  which 
  refer 
  to 
  these 
  magical 
  transformations. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  song 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  preserve 
  an 
  incident 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  his- 
  

   tory 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  : 
  

  

  When 
  magic 
  was 
  first 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  members 
  the 
  power 
  was 
  not 
  

   strong. 
  By 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  felt 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  gained 
  in 
  strength 
  

   and 
  they 
  determined 
  to 
  attempt 
  to 
  do 
  something 
  more 
  than 
  merely 
  

   to 
  exercise 
  it 
  on 
  animals. 
  So 
  they 
  agreed 
  to 
  try 
  their 
  magic 
  power 
  

   on 
  men 
  and 
  two 
  persons 
  were 
  chosen 
  to 
  experiment 
  on. 
  When 
  these 
  

   men 
  were 
  "shot" 
  by 
  the 
  pebble 
  the 
  magic 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  powerful 
  

  

  