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THE OSAGE TRIBE. [eth. ann.3» 



Song 1. 

 (Osage version, p. 405; literal translation, p. 543.) 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 

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I go to perform an important act, I go to perform an important act. 



The theme of the second song is the Symbolic Man which personifies 

 the imity of the tribe, both in purpose and in action. In the song this 

 Symbolic Man is represented as speaking of the value of his gifts 

 which enable him to act: Of his feet; of his legs by wliich he can move 

 freely and swiftly from place to place; of his body, within which is 

 maintained the vigor of his physical structure; of his arms, by wliich 

 he defends himself; of his head, that contains his mental powers; of 

 his mouth, through which he expresses his thoughts. 



