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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[ETH. AN.V. 39 



Song 4. 

 (Osage version, p. 403; literal translation, p. MO.) 

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FREE TRANSL.'iTIGN. 

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I have gathered all, I have gathered all, 



I have gathered all. All the things I have gathered. 



It is all, It is all. 



Grandfatlier, I now go to perform an act. 



I have gathered all. I have gathered all. 



Songs of Taking up the Symbolic Rattle. 



The group next in order is composed of one wi'-gi-e with two songs, 

 and called Pe'-xe Thu-pa bi Wa-tho°, freely translated, Songs of 

 Taking up the Rattle. From the beginning of the ceremony the 

 A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka had been accentuating the time of the songs by 

 striking his thigh with his hand, but he now takes up the rattle cere- 

 monially and uses it thi-oughout the rest of the ceremony for beating 

 the time of the songs that are to follow. 



The office of custodian of the Pe'-xe, the rattle consecrated for use 

 in the ceremonies of the tribal rites, belongs to the Ho^'-ga U-ta-no°- 

 dsi gens. The use of a rattle in the tribal rites evidently dates back 



