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NI-KI NON-K ON RITE 



187 



Song 2 



(Osage version, p. 387) 



Tranacribed by AUce C. Fletcher 



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Tiine heats f T ^ f T T 



Tsi" - do he (.-ka gthe lie, Tsi" - do he gka gthe he, 



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Qi no"-no"-e, (,'i - no"-no" - ge he, Tsin - do he gka gthe he, 



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r r ■ r r 



Tsi" -do he gka gthe he, (,'i no"-no"-e, (,'i no"-no"-gc he. 



r r -^"^ r r r 



Tsi" - do he fka gthe he, Tsin - tlo he yka gthe he. 



Tsi "-do he ?ka gthe he,. 



Tsi "-do he gka gthe he, 



51 no" no"-e, ^i no"-no"-ge he, 



T8i"-do he fka gthe he. 



Tsi "-do he ?ka gthe he, 



Qi no"-no"-e, Qi no"-no°-ge he, 



Tsi"-do he fka gthe he, 



Tsi "-do he f ka gthe he. 



To my brother, thou with white horns, thou with white horns. 

 Run thither upon thy feet, run tnither upon thy feet. etc. 



To my brother, thou mth white horns, thou with white horns. 



Run thither with thy white horns, thou with wliite horns run thither, etc. 



The words of these songs are figurative. Nevertheless they reveal 

 the many thoughts that played upon the minds of the ancient 

 No°'-ho°-zhi°-ga, who composed them. The words convey the sup- 

 plicatory wish for the success of the hunters, as upon their success 

 depends the very life of all the people. They pray for the continual 

 reproduction of this animal, so necessary to man's physical existence. 

 This thought is expressed in the sequence of the stanzas, in which are 

 mentioned the various parts of the deer, beginning with the feet, the 

 hind legs, the body, the forelegs, and closing with the antlers, used 



