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THE OSAGE TKIBE. 



lEXn. AXN. 39 



The third song relates to the Do-do^'-ho^-ga, who goes to a place 

 not frequented by men, where he can perform the rite of vigil undis- 

 turbed by human activities. In digging into the earth with his bare 

 hands to take from it the sacred soil to put upon his face as the 

 sign of liis vigil, his actions are like those of the black bear who 

 seeks for food within the recesses of the earth. The cry of the 

 Do-do°'-ho"-ga, while in his vigils, is to the unseen Power wliich 

 gave to both the black bear and to man life and form. Both are 

 dependent upon that Power for their continued existence, and so 

 the man, in the moment of stress, utters a cry of appeal to that 

 Power. 



The seciuential arrangement of the first three stanzas implies that 

 in the cry of the Do-do°'-ho°-ga is included the cry of the fathers, 

 the mothers and the little ones of the people. 



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Song 3. 

 (Osage version, p. 446; literaltranslation, p. 578.) 

 MM J - 88 Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



O, grandfather, I go forth longing to dig into the earth, 



0, grandfather, I go forth longing to dig into the earth, 



1, the male, go forth longing to dig into the earth. 



2. 



O, grandfather, I go forth longing to dig into the earth, 



0, grandfather, I go forth longing to dig into the earth, 



1, the female, go forth longing to dig into the earth. 



3. 



O, grandfather, I go forth longing to dig into the earth, 



0, grandfather, I go forth longing to dig into the earth, 



1, the little one, go forth longing to dig into the earth. 



