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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[ETH. ANN. 39 



The following is the song with which she called the animals : 



Song. 

 MM J - 66 TrangcriBed by Alice C.Fletcher 



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Du- da i 



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du - da i 



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Wi-ti-nu thi-ki-de ta ye, Du-da i ba, 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



Come ye hither, come ye hither, 



That my elder brothers may shoot you, 



Come ye hither. 



In the tliird Deer Song belonging to the ritual the sister continues 

 her calling, but in this song the calling is with a divining spirit by 

 which she sees her elder brother in the act of shooting as he stands in 

 wait amidst the hamits of the deer. His shot wounds the animal, 

 which flees for its life. 



' The song has but one stanza. The translation of the first and 

 third lines give the unport of the song. 



