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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



TBTH. ANN. S 



■ of living; (5) pa, his head which empowers him to formulate his 

 thoughts; (6) i, his mouth which enables him to give expression to 

 his thoughts. All these powers in turn were greeted with gladness. 

 The words that are translatable are: Tsi-go, Grandfather; tha-tsi e, 

 O, you have come; Ha-we, a word of greeting, also the names for 

 the various parts of the body mentioned above. Ta-ko'i°da is an 

 archaic expression which could not be interpreted by the men 

 consulted. 



When the A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka starts to sing the seventh song the 

 No^'-ho^-zlii^-ga of the two great divisions and the two gentes, the 

 Ni'-ka Wa-ko"-da-gi and Tho'-xe, enter the House of Mystery in the 

 order as given on page 100. 



Song 7. 

 (Osage version, p. 397; literal translation, p. 535.) 



M M J -100 Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



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The words of the eighth song are practically the same as those of 

 the seventh, but the intent of tlie two songs is different. It is said 

 that in the eighth song the greeting of welcome is extended to each 

 No"'-ho"-zhi"-ga in person and the No'''-ho"-zhi°-ga collectively in 

 their priestly capacity in which they are designated as Ni'-ka Xo-be, 

 Holy Men. 



During the singing of the eighth song the No°'-ho"-zhi°-ga take 

 their seats, those of the Wa-zha'-zhe and the Ho°'-ga subdivisions of 

 the Ho"'-ga great division at the south side of the House and those 

 of the Tsi'-zhu great division at the north side, each gens of both 

 divisions having its own permanent place in the House. 



