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THE OSAGE TKIBE. 



[ETH. ANN. 39 



The second song has one stanza of eight lines. The song refers to 

 the eight commanders of a ceremonially organized war party. Al- 

 though each commander has a voice in the council as to the route to 

 be taken, yet when the decision is made it is spoken as though with 

 one voice. 



Song 2. 

 (Osage version, p. 410; literal translation, p. 546.) 



M.M. J = 160 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 



1. 



I, the wolf, alone must give command, 

 Upon what land the warriors shall pass, 

 I, the wolf, alone must give command, 

 Upon what land the warriors shall pass, 

 I, the gray-haired wolf, 

 Upon what land the warriors shall pass, 

 I, the wolf, alone, must give command, 

 Upon what land the warriors shall pass. 



The third song refers to the success of the Xthe'-ts'a-ge in over- 

 coming the enemy and to the feasting of the wolves upon the fallen 

 foe. This song has but one stanza of seven lines. The translation of 

 the first and second lines is given, all the other lines being repetitions 

 of the two lines. 



