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  that 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  was 
  killed. 
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  the 
  society 
  knew 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  

   really 
  become 
  possessed 
  of 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  magic. 
  

  

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  ha 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Awakide, 
  I 
  shot 
  at 
  them; 
  tha, 
  end 
  of 
  sentence; 
  

   wi 
  n 
  , 
  one; 
  auiha, 
  I 
  wounded 
  at 
  once, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  shot; 
  tha, 
  end 
  of 
  

   sentence; 
  ha, 
  vocable; 
  wo 
  n 
  shige, 
  man 
  — 
  an 
  old 
  word 
  now 
  in 
  use 
  among 
  

   the 
  Winnebago; 
  no 
  n 
  ba, 
  two; 
  walcide, 
  shot; 
  beiha, 
  they 
  were; 
  o 
  n 
  'mo 
  n 
  , 
  

   the 
  other; 
  hide, 
  shot 
  or 
  killed. 
  

  

  The 
  song 
  presents 
  a 
  point 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  historic, 
  interest, 
  in 
  the 
  

   word 
  used 
  for 
  "man" 
  — 
  the 
  one 
  who 
  was 
  shot 
  and 
  killed 
  — 
  wo 
  n 
  shige. 
  

   This 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  old 
  word. 
  It 
  has 
  disappeared 
  from 
  the 
  Omaha 
  

   language 
  but 
  is 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Winnebago, 
  whose 
  speech 
  has 
  been 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  preserving 
  an 
  older 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  tongue 
  than 
  the 
  

   present 
  Omaha 
  language. 
  The 
  keeping 
  of 
  this 
  one 
  word, 
  which 
  

   relates 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  magic 
  in 
  killing 
  a 
  man, 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  

   words 
  have 
  changed, 
  raises 
  the 
  question 
  whether 
  this 
  song 
  (said 
  to 
  

   be 
  very 
  old) 
  has 
  come 
  down 
  from 
  a 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  Omaha 
  and 
  Win- 
  

   nebago 
  were 
  still 
  together 
  as 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  body. 
  

  

  The 
  rituals 
  and 
  the 
  customs 
  of 
  the 
  Pebble 
  society 
  are 
  more 
  primi- 
  

   tive 
  than 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Shell 
  society 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  indications 
  that 
  

   the 
  latter 
  society 
  has 
  borrowed 
  from 
  the 
  former. 
  In 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Shell 
  

   Society 
  songs, 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  account 
  of 
  that 
  society, 
  the 
  

   shell 
  is 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  a 
  pebble 
  or 
  stone. 
  

  

  As 
  these 
  two 
  societies 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  ones 
  in 
  the 
  tribe 
  which 
  observe 
  

   shamanistic 
  practices 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  both 
  strongly 
  emphasize 
  magic, 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  impossible 
  that 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  connected, 
  

   If 
  such 
  was 
  the 
  case, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  Pebble 
  is 
  the 
  older 
  society 
  

   of 
  the 
  two. 
  

  

  