188 



THE OSAGE TRIBE 



[ETH. ANN. 36 



as a trope for the head. (When giving these songs, Wa-xthi'-zhi 

 took advantage of the ]irivilege granted to the A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka and 

 omitted all stanzas but the first and last in order to shorten the 

 monotony of repetition.) In the sequence of the stanzas is not onh^ 

 indicated the plij'sical growth of the animal and the endless repro- 

 duction of that particular form of life, but as the call to the animal 

 is made by a woman, this call is not only for the continued life of 

 the animal but is a prayer for the continuity and the perpetuation of 

 the people of the tribe. 



Song 3 



(Osage version, p. 387) 



Traoacribod by Alice C. Fletcher 



Time beats ' 



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\\i-tsi"(lii no" ku - dsc to" no", VVi-tsi" do no" ku - dse to" no" 



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O-e no"-no"-ge he, O-e no"-no'>-e, 0-e no"-no" - ge he, VVi-t.si" - 



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do no" ku-dse to" no", \Vi-tsi"-do no" ku-dse to" no", O-e no"-no"-ge he. 



r r r \ \ I I I i 



I I i 



O-e no"-no"-e, O-e no"-no°-ge he, 



Wi-tsi° do no" ku-dse to" no". 



Wi-tsi '-do no" ku-dse to" no°, 

 Wi-tsi"-do no" ku-dse to" no", 

 O-e no"-no"-ge he, o-e no"-no"-e, 

 O-e no"-no"-ge he, 

 Wi-tsi "-do no" ku-dse to" no", 

 Wi-tsi "-do no" ku-dse to" no", 

 O-e no"-no"-ge he, o-e no" no"-e, 

 O-e no"-no"-ge he, 

 Wi-tsi"-do no" ku-dse to" no". 



My brother shoots from where he stands, 



My brother shoots from where he stands. 



He wounds the deer, it runs, he wounds the deer, it runs, 



He wounds the deer, it runs, etc. 



