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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[BTH. ANN. 39 



M. 



M.^: 



168 



Song 1. 



(Osage version, p. 393; literal translation, p. 534.) 



Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



S-=f •• . JlJ^ J1 i' J' J^ ' I I 



Time beats I I I I ' f f 



Wa - ^a thi-ko we he, 



r ^' r r r r 



ki-ta ha we he 



r-p "p pn ^:^\\?J''—ff)^^^^ ^ m 



^ 



r r r w r 



Wa - 9a thi-ko we, 



^ 



n t n 



r r r r r r r 



wa - 9a thi-ko we he. 



P-P P F I ' 



r r r r r r r f ' r r 



Ki-ta ha - we he, 91 u - wi - hi" da, 



I'^''^>P"JPPP 



^te5 



;t 



^ ^ L ^ r r r 



Wa - <;a ""thi-ko we he. 



r r r r r 



ki-ta ha-we he. 



*No tie for the other stanzas 



The title of the second song is Ki-thi'-to° Wa-tho°, The Song of 

 Reversal. The song is sung four times, at each of which the position 

 of the slirine is reversed so that the head of the sacred hawk witliin 

 the shiine may point toward the Tsi'-zhu or toward the Ho"'-ga side 

 of the house. These ceremonial acts of the Xo'-ka emphasize the 

 idea of the ancient No°'-ho°-zhi°-ga who formulated the rites, that 

 in all war movements there must be unity of purpose and of action 

 by the people of the two great tribal divisions, and that all must 

 share alike in the fortunes and misfortunes of the tribal enterprises. 



The close of song 1 is followed by a slight pause, after wliich the 

 A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka begins to sing song 2. At the fourth line the 

 Xo'-ka, who has kept his hands quietly on the shrine, at once reverses 

 the position of the slu-ine so that the head of the Sacred Bird is 

 turned from the fsi'-zhu toward the Ho°'-ga side of the house. 

 This act of reversing is done four times. 



The word Ki-thi'-to", meaning reverse, is the only word that can 

 be interpreted. All the others are untranslatable, being archaic and 

 obsolete. 



