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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[ETH. ANN. 39 



In the second song the No°'-h()"-zhi"-ga picture the Do-do°'-ho°-ga 

 as pausing in his "evening" walk when he hears the voice of Wa- 

 po'-ga, the great gray owl, and speaks in response to the mysterious 

 voice that comes to him out of the darkness. In the first stanza the 

 great gray owl is mentioned and in the second the I'-to", the great 

 horned owl. 



A free translation of two lines from each of the stanzas will suffice 

 to give the meaning, as all the other lines are repetitions. 



Song 2. 



(Osage version, p. 465; literal translation, p. 592.) 

 « |yr J_oo Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



Time beats 



Pa-(;e u-mon-bthi" tha-tsi-e i" da, 



r ^'' r 



Pa-(;e u-moi-bthi" tha • 



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II 



:2= 



r " r r r r 



Pa - 9e u - mo" bthi" tha tsi-e i" do. 



PKEE TR.-VNSLATION. 

 1. 



Lo, in my evening walk thou comest to me, 

 Thou, Wa-po'-ga, comest to me. 



2. 



Lo, in my evening walk thou comest to me, 

 Thou, I'-to", comest to me. 



In the tlurd song the evening scene is continued. The Do-do°'- 

 ho^-ga is represented as standing and speaking to the beings who 

 approach him. Three stanzas are given to this song. In the first 

 the great gray owl, in the second the great horned owl, and in the 

 third the We'-ts'a, the snake, are addressed. 



