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THE OSAGE TRIBE 



[BTH. ANN. 36 



43. Come against us with sharp weapons in countless numbers, 



44. We shall always be able to ward off the weapons of our enemies, 



they said to one another. 



45. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



46. They spake to one another, saying: What other beneficent power 



shall the sacred fire draw toward us ? 



47. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



48. The God of Day that sitteth in the heavens 



49. The sacred fire shall draw toward us. 



50. When the God of Day that sitteth in the heavens 



51. The sacred fire draws toward us, 



52. Then all the gods shall always fear us, they said to one another. 



53. When the God of Day that sitteth in the heavens 



54. The sacred fire draws toward us, 



55. Even the gods themselves 



56. Shall always fear to stare us in the face, they said to one another. 



At the close of the wi'-gi-e the following songs are sung. They 

 relate to the actions of the person going through the ceremony 

 called No^'-zhi^-zho", a supplicatory rite, by which an appeal is made 

 to the Life-Givmg Power residing within the earth: 



Song 1 

 (Ossge version, p. 432) 



TrsDscnbed by Alice C. Fletcher 



MM. 



Time beats' 



" ^ ^ r r " r r r 



Wi-tsi- go ho ga-k'o-ga bi the the, E hi - thi - k'o - 



bi 



r 



the 



r 



the, 



>^-^ 



ih 



^¥ ¥^=i=wr- 



^ m m M M 



r r 



E hi- hi -k'o - bi 



r f r r 

 the the the the, 



^m 



r r r r r 



Wi-tsi -go ho ga-k'o-ga bi the the, 



m 



I 



n= 



r r " 



hi -thi - k'o 



r 

 bi the 



r 



the. 



E hi -thi- k'o 



r 



I 



bi the 



r 



the. 



Wi-tei-go ho ga-k'o-ga bi the the, 

 E hi-thi-k'o bi the the the the, 

 Wi-tsi-go ho ga-k'o-ga bi the the, 

 E hi-thi-k'o-ga bi the the, 

 E hi-thi-k'o-ga bi the the. 



