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THE OSAGE TRIBE 



Song 2 



M.M. J=112 



[BTH. ANN. 36 



TrBascribed by Ailce C. Fletcher 



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Mi-ga ha mo" ho" ihi" be, 



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FREE TRANSLATION 

 1 



TJie females now go forth, etc. 



2 

 The males now go forth, etc. 



3 

 The little ones now go forth, etc. 



4 

 The aged ones now go forth, etc. 



5 

 They go forth into the light of day, etc. 



The second song speaks objectively of the food-giving buffalo as 

 going forth upon their life journey, having come from the unseen 

 into the visible world. The translation of the first line of each 

 stanza is sufficient, as the other lines are composed of repetitions 

 of the first and of vocables. 



The song next in order is the U'-zhi Wa-tho°, Planting Song. 

 Before the A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka sings this song the Sho'-ka conducts the 

 wife of the candidate, together with her women companions, most 

 of whom are her relatives, into the lodge and gives them a place in 

 front of the Xo'-ka. The Sho'-ka puts into the hands of each of the 

 women a woven bag and a planting pole. Each woman throws upon 



