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145 



Song 1. 



(Osage version, p. 419; literal translation, p. 556.) 



M.M.J : 168 



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Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 

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FREE TR.-\NSLATION. 



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This is what I have, what I have to give. 



A task most diflficult to perform I give to thee. 



The second song refers to the call to the No°'-ho°-zhi"-ga to assem- 

 ble. In tills call the Men of Mystery are bidden to bring with them 

 the pipe, the knife, and the war club, articles consecrated for use as 

 sjmibols in the war ceremonies; the bows and arrows (metaphorically, 

 warriors); wishes for success in the capture of trophies and spoils; 

 and finally, the return of the war party from the night of uncertainty 

 to the day of life and reality. 



Two lines only of each stanza, the first and fourth, are translated 

 as the others are repetitions. 

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