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Song 3. 

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



Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



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tha ha 



Time bei-ts 



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wa - k'o° wi - tse 



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k'o" wi - tse sho", E - no" 



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he tha ha wa-ko"wi-tse E-no" he tha ha wa 



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kVwi-tse sho°. E-no" he tha ha wa - k'o" wi - tse. 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 



1. 



My ceremonial acts, they alone are holy, 

 All my ceremonial acts, they alone are holy. 



My ceremonial acts, they alone are mysterious, 

 All my ceremonial acts, they alone are m}'sterious. 



3. 



My ceremonial acts, they alone I hold as sacred, 

 All my ceremonial acts, they alone I hold as sacred. 



My ceremonial acts, they alone I hold as of value, 

 All my ceremonial acts, they alone I hold as of value. 



Buffalo Songs. 



The group of songs next in order is called Tse Wa-tho", Buffalo 

 Songs. Before the singing begins the wife of the initiate and other 

 women desiring to do so come in and sit before the Xo'-ka and the 

 A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka to be instructed as to the ceremonies to be per- 

 formed by them on certain occasions. These instructions given by 



