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Song 6. 

 (Osage version, p. 396; literal translation, p. 635.) 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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Tsi-gotsihe ko i thanonte, Tsi-gotsihe ko i thanoote, 



Tsi-go tsi he ko i tha no" te, Ba-xo°tsehe ko i thano" te, 



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Tsi-go tsi he ko i thano" te, Tsi-go tsi he ko i thano"^te. 



Preparing to Enter the House of Mystery. 



At the beginning of the singing of the series of songs during which 

 the shrine is ceremonially opened by the Xo'-ka, the No'''-ho"-zhi°-ga 

 of the Ho°'-ga great division assemble at the house of a prominent 

 man belonging to that division and the No°'-ho°-zhi°-ga of the 

 Tsi'-zhu great division gather at the house of a man of that division 

 for the purpose of dressing and symbolically painting their faces, 

 preparatory to their ceremonial approach and entrance into the House 

 of Mystery where sit the Xo'-ka, the Singer, and the A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka. 



As the sixth song is being sung the No°'-ho"-zhi"-ga of the two great 

 divisions come out of their respective houses and stand outside to 

 wait for the close of the song, which will be the signal for them to 

 approach in a prescribed order the place of the ceremony. While 

 thus waiting, the men of the two great tribal divisions take part in a 

 drama that commemorates the introduction by the two gentes, the 

 Ni'-ka Wa-ko°-da-gi and the Tho'-xe, of the Hawk to be used as an 

 emblem of courage in the war rite by which war parties were to be 

 organized in smaller bodies than by the hundreds, and also to indicate 

 the great lapse of time before the rite belonging to this modified form 

 was formulated and perfected. (See 36th Ann. Rept. B. A. E., 

 pp. 64-65.) In preparation for their part in tliis drama the two 

 gentes, the Ni'-ka Wa-ko°-da-gi and the Tho'-xe, occupy a separate 

 house wherein to make their preparation for the ceremonial approach 

 to the House of Mystery. Suddenly the No°'-ho°-zlii°-ga of the two 

 great divisions, as they stand waiting, exhibit, by their manner and 

 speech, impatience at the delay of the two gentes in coming out of 



