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THE OSAGE TRIBE 



|KTH. ANN. 30 



Tliis song and other songs in which are used similar words to express 

 the same meaning, Wa'-thu-xa-ge said, are given the title "I'-ki 

 Wa-tho"" — I, of; ki, themselves; Wa-tho", Sing; that is to say, the 

 members of the gens, having completed their task of the initiation 

 of a new member into the mysteries of life, sing of their own (oming 

 to the earth, where they took bodily form and where their botlies 

 developed from infancy to maturity. First, the infant must achieve 

 the power of walking; second, he must learn to use his legs; third, 

 he must learn to care for the body; fourth, he must learn to use his 

 arms; fifth, then in his young manhood he must learn to use his head, 

 to formulate his thoughts; sixth, with his power of utterance he must 

 learn to express his thoughts through speech. 



In the next song only one word stands out clearly, the word 

 " Wa-ko"'-da." All the rest of the words are cryptic and unin- 

 telligible. Even Wa'-thu-xa-ge could make no ex])lanation concern- 

 ing them or as to the purport of this song. However, there is strong 

 probability that it refers to the future success of the candidate as a 

 warrior. This very song was given by Sho"'-ge-mo"-i" in a ritual 

 entitled "No"'-zhi"-zho" No"-k'o"," Hearing of the Vigil. It is the 

 fourth in a group of songs called " Wa-tsi'-a-dsi Wa-tho"," Songs of 

 Triumph or of Victory. The songs and the ritual to which they 

 belong will be pu1)lishod in a later volume. The one word in the song, 

 " Wa-ko^'-da," probably is to direct the thoughts of the candidate to 

 that unseen source of all power which enables man to act his part inhfc. 



Song 4 



Trauscribcd by Alico C. Fletcher 



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ha tho ka wc da da, E da tha wa - ko" - da 



E da wa-ko"-da ta ha we ha, 

 Tho ka we da da ha tho ka we da da. 

 Ha tho ka we da da, tha ho ka we da da. 

 Ha tho ka we da da, ha th(j ka we da da, 

 R da wa-ko"-<la la ha we. 



ta ha we. 



