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for ceremonial acts that accompany the songs the A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka 

 takes up his rattle and begins to sing and the Xo'-ka rises to dance. 

 The Xo'-ka dances in one place mitil the A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka comes to 

 the third line in each stanza, when the Xo'-ka takes two steps for- 

 ward, holds the war club aloft, and strikes the scalp wound around 

 the club with the Wa-xo'-be (sacred hawk) , uttering as he does so the 

 magic cry: 



Masic Cry Transcribed by Alio? C. Fletrlur 



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hi hi 



hi hi 



Then he steps back to his place where he continues to dance. This 

 symbolic act repeated at each stanza forms a little drama of the war- 

 riors going forth to strike and overcome the enemy. 



Wa-xtlii'-zlii said this group was composed of three songs, but as 

 he could recall only one the other two had to be omitted. 



A free translation of two lines from each stanza of the song given 

 will suffice to make known the meaning, as the other lines are repe- 

 titions. 



Song 1. 



(Osage version, p. 466; literal translation, p. 593.) 



Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



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•ir -tr J.jnn Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



Timebeats ^ T T f T f ^ T T T 



Tsi-go a - he the tse the, the the, he the, Tsi-go 



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a - he the tse the 'W'a-zhi"-9a- be a - he the tse 



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the, the the, he the, Tsi-go a - he the tse 



the, the the he. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 



Let my grandfather go forth against the enemy, 

 Let the Black Bird go forth against the enemy. 



Let my grandfather go forth against the enemy. 

 Let the Gray Hawk go forth against the enemy. 



