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THE OSAGE TRIBE 



iBTH. ANN. 86 



SONO 3 



(Osage version, p. 433) 



Transcribed by Alice C FleUiher 



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Time beats 

 Ki 



rr r 



no° the mo" 



r r rr 



the gi-do"-ba, 5i 



rr ^ 



no" the mo" 



r r rr 



the gi-do" - ba, 



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1 



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r I* ^ 



r f 



r r 



rr rr ^ ^ i rr 



I-thi-k'o no° the mo" the gi-do°- ba, ?i - no" the mo" - the gi-do°-ba, 



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it 



r r r r r r ^ r ^ r ^ -^ -^^ -j. -i- ^ 



I-thi-k'ono" the mo" the gi-do"-ba, Ifi - no" the mo"-the gi-do" - ba. 



Ki-no" the mo" the gi-do^-ba, 

 Ki-no° the mo" the gi-do"-ba, 

 I-thi-k'o no° the mo"-the gi-do^-ba, 

 Ki-no" the mo"-the gi-do°-ba, 

 I-thi-k'o no" the mo" the gi-do°-ba, 

 Ki-no" the mo"-the gi-do"-ba. 



1 



Behold, I have put upon myself thy symbol. 

 Behold, I have put upon myself thy symbol, 

 That which is gathered in the hollow of the hands, 

 Behold, I have put upon myself thy .symbol, 

 That which is gathered in the hollow of the hands, 

 Behold I have put upon myself thy symbol. 



I 



Behold I have put upon myself thy symbol. 

 Behold I have put upon myself thy symbol, 

 That which is moistened in the hollow of the handa, etc. 



3 

 That which is rubbed in the hollow of the hands, etc. 



4 

 That which is put upon the face, etc. 



5 

 That which is put upon the forehead, etc. 



At the close of these songs the Xo'-ka puts upon his face and fore- 

 head the (hirk soil dug up from the earth, while the A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka 

 recites the following wi'-gi-e, that relates to the woven girdle to be 

 used by the Xo'-ka in fastening his symbolic buffalo robe, and the 



