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THE OSAGE TKIBE. 



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fore the warriors were depended upon to hold with all their strength 

 and valor against invasion by unfriendly tribes the land that yields 

 such products. 



The Deer Songs are six in number. The first song has two stanzas. 

 Only the first and third lines are translated, as all the other lines are 

 repetitions. 



Song 1. 

 (Osage version, p. -Ill; literal translation, p. 547.) 

 J _ ^^^ Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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Ti'"el"'**Vi-tsi"-donon she-thotoOiion.Wi-tsin-do non she-tho to" no", 



Dsi n6''-no''-ge he, dsi no^-non-e, Dsi no"-non^ehe,Wi-t.sin- 



r r 



do non g*ie-tho to" no", Wi-tsin-do no" she-tho to" no", 



Dsi 



r ' 



no"-no" - ge he, 



r r 



Dsi no"-r()"-e 



r r 



Dsi nC-nC-ge he, 



r r r r 



Wi-tsi".do no" she-tho to" no". 



FREE TRANSLATION. 



1. 



My elder brother stands in yonder place, 



Upon thy feet run thou there, upon thy feet run thou. 



My elder brother stands in yonder place, 



Run thou there with thy horns, with thy horns run thou. 



In the second song the sister continues to call to the male deer 

 with white horns. In a sense these calls to the deer are supposed 

 to be magical, but in reality they are supplicatory and ask for the 



