64 THE OSAGE TRIBE [btb. ann. 38 



SoNO 2 



He is born ! He is born ! 

 Behold, the hawk, he is born, 

 They have said. They have said, 

 He is born I 



2 

 He is born ! He is born ! 

 Behold, the black bird, he is born. 

 They have said. They have said, 

 He is born ! 



3 

 He is born ! He is born! 

 Behold, he is born of the One ot the Night, 

 They have said. They have said. 

 He is born ! 



4 

 He is born ! He is born ! 

 Behold, he is born of the One of the Day, 

 They have said. They have said. 

 He is bom! 



SoNo 3 



1 

 Lo, it has come to pass, 

 Behold, the hawk that lies outstretched. 

 Is now born they proclaim. Is now born they proclaim. 

 Welcome! be it said. Lo, it has come to pass. 



2 



Lo, it has come to pass, 



Behold, it is ot the One who is ot the Day, 



He is born they proclaim. He is born they proclaim. 



Welcome! be it said. Lo, it has come to pass. 



3 

 Lo, it has come to pass, 



Behold, the black bird that lies outstretched. 

 Is now born they proclaim. Is now born they proclaim. 

 Welcome ! be it said. Lo, it has come to pass. 



4 

 Lo, it has come to pass, 

 Behold, it is of the One who is of the Night, 

 He is born they proclaim. He is born they proclaim. 

 Welcome! be it said. Lo, it has come to pass. 



The No°'-ho"-zhi°-ga sat within their long house as they worked 

 on the wa-xo'-bes. Their heads were still bent over the last one 

 when they were startled by the angry bellowing of an animal. All 

 eyes turned upon the Sho'-ka, who hastened to the door and quickly 

 threw aside the flap. There stood an angry buffalo with his head 

 lowered and his tail trembling in the air, pawing the earth and 

 throwmg clouds of dust toward the sky. Stricken with fear, the 

 Sho'-ka asked with unsteady voice, "Who are you?" The bull 



