LA FLESCHE] 



Nl'-KI AVi'-GI-ES 



245 



Into the earth my grandfathers dug, 



In the palms of their hands they gathered its soil, 



In the palms of their hands they gathered its soil, 



Into the earth my grandfathers dug, 



In the palms of their hands they gathered its soil, 



In the palms of their hands they gathered its soil. 



Into the earth my grandfathers dug, 



In the palms of their hands they moistened its soil, etc. 



3 



Into the earth my grandfathers dug. 



In the palms of their hands they rubbed its soil, etc. 



Song 2 



(Osage version, p. 433) 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



Time beats ^ 



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-tsi - go ho ga-k'o-ga bi the the, E hu-bi - ka bi the the, 



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E hu-bi - ka bi the the the the, Ho°- ga wi° wa - no° no" 



r r I 



hu-bi - ka 



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



E hu-bi-ka bi the the, 



E hu-bi-ka bi the the the the, 



HC-ga wi" wa-no" no" ga-k'o-ga bi the the, 



E hu-bi-ka bi the the. 



1 



Into the earth my grandfathers dug. 



In the palms of their hands they rubbed its soil, 



In the palms of their hands they rubbed its soil, 



Into the Sacred One, the Aged One, 



They dug, 



In the palms of their hands they rubbed its soil. 



Into the earth my grandfathers dug. 

 Upon their faces they put its soil, etc. 



the the. 



Into the earth my grandfathers dug, 

 Upon their foreheads they put its soil, etc. 



