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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[ETH. ANN. 39 



Song 2. 

 (Osage version, p. 462; literal translation, p. 589.) 

 M.M. • - 184 Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



Oij n.jnin n.n^>2 :^n 



Time beats ^ 111 rf \ I \ 



To-xe the, to - xi ni <la, io-xi ni da La, To-xe the. 



to-xi ni da, to-xi ni da ha, To-xe the, to-xi ni da. 



to-xi ni da ha, To-xe the, to-xi ni da. 



to- xi ni 



da ha, To-xe the. 



to - xi ni da. 



to - xi ni 



:^f FS 



/^•^ ll ir ^- i ia ^ 



m 



Vz 



E 



r r r r r r r r r 



da ha, To-xe the, to - xi ni da, to - xi ni da ha. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 



1. 



Crashing, crashing you are, crashing j'ou are. 



2. 

 Down you throw them, with a crash, with a crash. 



The wi'-gi-e which follows the second firewood song is explanatory 

 of the symbolic significance of the first four pieces of wood gathered 

 for the kindling of the sacred fire. 



The wi'-gi-e is recited as a part of the ritual relating to the cere- 

 monial acts performed in the Mystic House at the organization of a 

 war party and is addressed to the warriors. 



Each line of the wi'-gi-e ends with the refrain "ni-ka wa-fa-e," a 

 term used by the officers of a war party when addressing their men. 

 The term may be interpreted as follows: Ni'-ka, men; wa-^a-e, the 

 original meaning of this word has become obscured but it is under- 

 stood to signify valiant. The wi'-gi-e is recited for the Do-do°'- 

 ho^-ga by the man acting as his Xo'-ka throughout the Wa-sha'-be 

 A-thi° ceremony. 



