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THE OSAGE TKIBE. 



[ETH. AXN., 39 



Song 2. 



(Osage version, p. 491; literal translation, p. 614. 

 M. M. • r 84 Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



^ ^^-^u njJ 



ho" - da ha we. 



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Time beats 



r r r r 



Qi-awa-thi-ko - ge he, ka-wa 



; r r ' r r r r r. 



^i-awa-thi-ko-gejhon-won - da ha we, Qi-awa-thi-ko- 



r r r r r 



r r 



ge,hon-wo°-da ha we, Qi-awa-thi-ko-ge,ho"-wo"-da ha we, 



r r r r r r r 



(Ji-a wa-thi-ko - ge he, ka-wa ho" - da ha we. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



May their feet be cramped, i.s what we ask. 



May their legs be cramped, is wliat we ask. 



3. 

 May their l)odies be cramped, is what we ask. 



4. 

 May their arms be cramped, is what we ask. 



5. 

 May their heads be cramped, is what we ask. 



6. 

 May their mouths be cramped, is what we ask. 



The third song, as the wortls imply, and as explained by the Singer 

 is an appeal of the warriors for success. In the first stanza the sup- 

 plication as made to the supernatural is for success in the war enter- 

 prise; in the second stanza the warriors ask for aid in taldng a village. 



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



