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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



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rious character to the mystery within these places addressed which 

 ever excites the wonder and reverence of the people. 



Song 2. 

 (Osage version, p. 489; literal translation, p. 612.) 



M. M. • r 80 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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wi-tse sho". Wa-ko° wi-tse 8ho°,wa-k'o° wi-tsesho". 



FREE TRANSLATION. 



All my ceremonial acts, all my ceremonial acts, 

 They alone, they alone, are sacred and mysterious. 



The theme of the third song is the same as that of the second. In 

 each of the four stanzas is extolled the sanctity of the established 

 tribal ceremonials by wliich the people invoke the aid of Wa-ko°'-da. 



A free translation of the first two lines of each stanza will suffice to 

 give the meaning of the song. 



