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THE OSAGE TRIBE 



[ETH. ANN. 36 



SoNO 6 



M.M. J=104 



TraQBoribed by Alice C. Fletebur 



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Ha go ke no" ke no° gi wi - ta hi-a ka 



r r 



wo ho, 



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^^i 



r r r 



Ha ge ke no° ke no" 



wi - ta hi-a ka w», 



^i wi - ta hi-a ka 



r r 



wo ho 



r i i 



Ha ge ke no" ke no" 



(ji wi - ta. 



Ha ge ke no° ke no" fi wi-ta hi-a ka wo ho, 

 Ha ge ke no" ke no" ^i wi-ta hi-a ka wa, 

 Qi wi-ta hi-a ka wo ho, 

 Ha ge ke no" ke no" fi wi-ta. 



What has been gathered and here presented of the Ga-hi'-ge 0-k'o° 

 and the Ni'-ki-e rites is but a small portion of the Osage tribal rites 

 as a whole. Were the 21 versions of these two rites to be recorded 

 and presented, years of labor would be required and many volumes 

 filled. However, the rituals of these two rites as here recorded, both 

 in the Osage and the English languages, give a fair idea of what the 

 other versions would be like. 



The ancient No°'-ho°-zhi''-ga in their years of pondering over life 

 attempted to embrace in their mental vision not only the visible part 

 of Nature, but even Wa-ko'"-da, whom no man can see, but whom 

 they came to conceive of as a creative Power, a power that abides in 

 and moves among the great cosmic bodies, as well as the various forms 

 of life in and upon the earth. 



