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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[BTH. ANX. 39 



Song 2. 

 (Osage version, p. 456; literal translation, p, 585.) 



M M • - 184 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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Time b**&t3 



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tho°-be on-ga-the t'se 



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he tho"-ka-e no" ho" E 



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tho°-be on-ga-the tse he tho"-ka e no" ho", Men. 



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U' r fr-^-^ 



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non.ti-de oil-ga-the tse 



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he tho°-ka-e no" ho". E 



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r r r 



tho"-be on-ga-the tse 



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he tho°-ka-e no" ho", E 



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tho"-be on-ga-the tse he tho"-ka-e no" ho". 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



We are commanded to go into the visible world, 

 Mo°-no°'-ti-de, we are bidden to go forth. 



2. 



We are commanded to go into the visible world, 

 Hiu'-gthe-to''-ga, we are bidden to go forth. 



3. 



We are commanded to go into the visible world, 

 Qi°'-dse-sa-tha, we are bidden to go forth. 



We are commanded to go into the visible world, 

 A'-ba-t'u-xa, we are commanded to go forth. 



