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By these symbolic acts the initiate is not only assured that he 

 will be protected by the Black Hawk, the Gray Hawk, the Little 

 Hawk, and the Consecrated One, as all of these represent the warriors 

 of the tribe, but thafhe will have a line of descendants that will con- 

 tinue through all time. 



A free translation of two lines from each stanza will suffice to give 

 the meaning, as the other lines are repetitions. 



Song 2. 



(Osage version, p.'467; literal translation, p. 594.) 

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FREE TRANSLATION. 

 ' 1. 



Look you, my grandfather draws the arrow, 

 The Black Hawk draws the arrow. 



Look you, my grandfather draws the arrow. 

 The Grav Hawk draws the arrow. 



.3. 



Look you, my grandfather draws the arrow, 

 The Little Hawk draws the arrow. 



Look you, my grandfather draws the arrow, 

 The Consecrated One draws the arrow. 



