S04 



THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[ETH. ANN. 39 



SoNo 6. 



(Osage version, p. 455; literal translation, p. 584.) 

 M.M. J z 160 Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 



Look you, to yonder houses we are going, 

 Look you, to yonder houses we are going, 

 Already some are home with their burdens. 

 Already some are home with their burdens. 



Second stanza. 



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