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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [eth. 
  ass. 
  27 
  

  

  latter 
  prepared 
  a 
  sweat 
  lodge, 
  and, 
  taking 
  within 
  the 
  person 
  threat- 
  

   ened, 
  chanted 
  his 
  special 
  ritual 
  and 
  gave 
  him 
  a 
  strenuous 
  sweat 
  

   bath, 
  which 
  effectually 
  averted 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  death. 
  Children 
  

   were 
  not 
  given 
  baths 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  sickness. 
  

  

  Til: 
  1 
  following 
  ritual 
  was 
  recited 
  while 
  the 
  sweat 
  lodge 
  was 
  being 
  

   prepared 
  for 
  medicinal 
  purposes: 
  

  

  He! 
  I 
  n 
  shage! 
  ecka 
  

  

  He! 
  Nikashiga 
  petho 
  n 
  ba 
  

  

  Uthe'wi" 
  kitha 
  i 
  kizhi 
  

  

  I"shage, 
  ecka 
  

  

  Thi 
  wepetho"ba 
  shni 
  ama 
  

  

  Thi 
  wepetho"ba 
  thagthi"' 
  ego" 
  

  

  Thi 
  I"da'do" 
  ke 
  i'shpaho" 
  ama 
  

  

  I"shage, 
  e<;ka 
  

  

  Ecko 
  n 
  no 
  n 
  i"da'do" 
  ithanibtha 
  te 
  do" 
  ethe'go" 
  igkizhi 
  ecka 
  

  

  Uzhu"ge 
  uki'gthixida 
  i 
  do", 
  ec;ka 
  

  

  Thagthi" 
  abito"thethe 
  xti 
  thagthi" 
  ego 
  11 
  

  

  Tade' 
  ui'the 
  duba 
  te, 
  uthuti" 
  xti 
  thagthi" 
  ego" 
  

  

  Thino" 
  xti 
  'dado" 
  ihuthe 
  wathe 
  'go 
  n 
  thagthi" 
  abado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  I"shage! 
  ecka 
  

  

  A'wate 
  i 
  te 
  'do" 
  

  

  Awate 
  no"de 
  tho" 
  edo 
  n 
  

  

  Awate 
  ci 
  te 
  'do" 
  ethe'wathe 
  xti 
  thagthi" 
  tho"zha 
  

  

  Thi 
  no" 
  xti 
  i 
  n 
  dado" 
  ihuthe 
  wathe 
  'go" 
  thagthi" 
  abado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  I"shage! 
  ecka 
  

  

  Ec;ko"no" 
  zhi"ga 
  ecko°no" 
  

  

  Gudiha 
  ego" 
  zhuawagigthe 
  bthe 
  ado" 
  

  

  Nie' 
  thi"ge' 
  xti 
  zhuawagigthe 
  ado", 
  eeka 
  

  

  Um'ba 
  no 
  n 
  ba, 
  um'ba 
  tha'bthi", 
  um'ba 
  du'ba 
  etho"be 
  pi 
  ko"bthego 
  n 
  

  

  I"shage! 
  ecka 
  

  

  Go" 
  wi'bthaho", 
  thano"'o 
  n 
  e'zha 
  mi 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  shage! 
  eeka 
  

  

  Wa'gacu 
  shti 
  wo" 
  iteatha 
  mo"zhi 
  tho"zha, 
  go" 
  wi'ka 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  shage! 
  e?ka 
  

  

  Free 
  translation 
  

  

  Ho! 
  Aged 
  One, 
  e^ka, 
  

  

  At 
  a 
  time 
  when 
  there 
  were 
  gathered 
  together 
  seven 
  persons, 
  

  

  You 
  sat 
  in 
  the 
  seventh 
  place, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  

  

  And 
  of 
  the 
  Seven 
  you 
  alone 
  possessed 
  knowledge 
  of 
  all 
  things, 
  

  

  Aged 
  One, 
  ecka. 
  

   When 
  in 
  their 
  longing 
  for 
  protection 
  ami 
  guidance, 
  

   The 
  people 
  sought 
  in 
  their 
  minds 
  for 
  a 
  way, 
  

  

  They 
  beheld 
  you 
  sitting 
  with 
  assured 
  permanency 
  and 
  enduranc 
  

   In 
  the 
  center 
  where 
  converged 
  the 
  paths, 
  

   There, 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  violence 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  winds, 
  you 
  sat, 
  

   Possessed 
  with 
  power 
  to 
  receive 
  supplications, 
  

  

  Aged 
  One, 
  efka. 
  

   Where 
  is 
  his 
  mouth, 
  by 
  which 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  utterance 
  of 
  speech? 
  

   Where 
  is 
  his 
  heart, 
  to 
  which 
  there 
  may 
  come 
  knowledge 
  and 
  understanding? 
  

   Where 
  are 
  his 
  feet, 
  whereby 
  he 
  may 
  move 
  from 
  place 
  to 
  place? 
  

   We 
  question 
  in 
  wonder, 
  

  

  