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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[BTH. ANN. 39 



Song 3. 



(Osage version, p. 488; literal translation, p. 611.) 



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76 



Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



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Wa-ko°ta bi Ha- wi tha ha, Wa-k'o°tabi Ha-wi tha ha, 



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Ha-ni da ha, Ha-wi tha ha, Ha-ni da ha, Ha-wi tha ha. 



Ha-ni da ha, Ha-wi tha ha, Wa-k*o° ta hi, Ha-wi tha ha. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 



Greetings to you, ye who are to act. 



2. 

 Greetings to you, ye men of mystery. 



3. 



Enter ye with rhythmic steps. 



No satisfactory information could be drawn from Sho^'-ge-mo"-!" 

 as to the full meaning of the fourth song of this group, aside from the 

 statement that it had a subtitle or titles, namely : U-dse'-the Wa-tho°, 

 Fireplace Song, or U-dse'-the U-gi-no^-zhi" Wa-tho", Song of Stand- 

 ing Before the Fireplace. These titles, he said, refer to the trail of 

 camp fires left by the warriors as they march toward the land of the 

 enemy. Wliile these subtitles may indicate scenes and movements, 

 the real meaning of the song may be gathered from two of the pre- 

 ceding songs: (1) Which pertains to the supplicatory cry of the man 

 to whom has been assigned the duty of acting as intermediary 

 between the people and Wa-ko^'-da; (2) the symbol he puts upon his 

 face when observing the rite of vigil, the moistened soil that repre- 

 sents the earth, one of the permanent abodes of Wa-ko^'-da, the power 

 to whom he offers the supplications of the people; and also from the 

 incomplete sentences and fragmentary words employed in the fourth 

 song itself. These latter may be interpreted as follows: 



