1''6 THE OSAGE TRIBE. [eiu. am.n. 39 



Song 4. 

 (Osage version, p. .141; literal translation, p. 572. 

 ,. ,. t Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher. 



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I - ha thi" a-do°u-thi-sho°bthehi" do, a he he. 



FREE TR.\.\SL.\TIO.V. 

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Lo, around them I tread, bearing the mystic clay, 

 Around them I tread, bearing tlie mystic clay, 

 Around them I tread, bearing the mystic pipe. 



Around tliem I tread, bearing the sacred knife. 



3. 

 Around them I tread, bearing the sacred club, 



4. 

 .\round them I tread, bearing the sacred paint. 



5. 

 Around them I tread, bearing the sacred standard. 



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Lo, I pass from group to group, bearing the mystic clay, 

 I pass from group to group, Ijearing the mystic clay, 

 I pass from group to group, bearing the mystic pipe. 



7. 

 I pass from group to group, bearing the sacred knife. 



I pass from group to group, bearing the sacred club. 



