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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



(KTH. ANN. 39 



rites (to be jiublished in a later volume) are entitled Wa-ilsu'-ta 

 Gi-bo" Wa-tho", Songs of Calling tlie Animals. 



The words of the first of the two bufl'alo songs given by Sho^'-ge- 

 mo"-i" imply a response to the call of the people to the animals to 

 come forth from the unseen to the visible M'orld, in bodily form. In 

 the first and second stanzas the female and the male who possess the 

 power of reproduction are first made to speak. All Ihe animals men- 

 tioned in the four stanzas are personified and they speak for them- 

 selves. In the tliird stanza the little one to be born of the female and 

 the male gives promise to come forth. In the fourth stanza the male 

 who is to live to a great age is made to speak. 



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

 give the meaning. 



Song 1. 



(Osago version, p. 489; literal translation, p. 012.) 

 M.M. Jr84 



Transcribed by Alic'e C.Flefcher 



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FKKE TK.\NSLATION. 

 1. 



I, being the female, now go forth, 



Lo, I go fortli to appear in bodily form. 



I, being tne male, now go forth, 



Lo, I g(i forth to appear in bodily form. 



I, being the little one, now go forth, 

 Lo, I go forth to appear in bodily form. 



4. 



I, being tlie aged one, now go forth, 

 Lo, I go forth to appear in bodily form. 



