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THE OSAGE TRIBE 



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1192. When you likewise make of it your body, 



1193. Even the malevolent e;o(ls in their destnictive course, 



1194. And they bi-eak their teeth when they set them upon me in 



anger. 



1195. The red houlder, that sitteth firmly upon the earth, 



1196. When you likewise make of it your body, 



1197. Even the malevolent gods in their destructive course 



1198. Shall break their teeth when they set them upon you in anger, 



O, Wa-zha'-zhe. 



tsi hi'-ka-xe wa-tho'' (songs of setting up the house of 



mystery) 



Song 1 

 (Osage version, p. 395) 



Tranacribcd by Alice C. Fletcher 



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Wi-e tsi wi" ga-xa thi°-e e, 



Wi-e tsi wi" ga-xa thi^-e. 



Make ye a house for me. 

 Make ye a house for me, 

 Make ye 



A house that shall be my own, 

 Make ye a house for me. 

 Make ye a house for me. 



Make ye 

 A House of Mystery for me. 



