294 THE OSAGE TRIBE. [bth. Ann. 39 



Song 4. 

 (Osage version, p. 492; literal translation, p. 615.) 



M. M. - 84 ' Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



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Tsi-go gthinonhe no"no" no", Tsi-go gthi no" he no" no" no", 



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Tsi-go gthi no" he no" no" no". He the tlfe the. 



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Ho" do" gthi no" he no" no" no". Ho" do" gthi no" he no" no" no". 



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He the the the, Tsi-go gthi no" he no" no" no". 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



My grandfather, he who never fails to return, i.s all in all, 

 He who never fails to return as night, is all in all. 



2. 



My grandfather, ho who never fails to return, i.s all in all, 

 He who never fails to return as day, is all in all. 



Songs Pertaining to the Attack. 



The group of songs next in order bears the title Wa-no'''-9e A-ba-fu 

 Wa-tho°, Songs Pertaining to the Attack; literally, Wa-no^'-^e, 

 Attack; A-ba-fu, Pointing out the direction for the; Wa-tho", Songs. 

 This name took its origin from the final ceremonial act of the Do-do°'- 

 ho°-ga (Chief Commander) of a war party composed of men from the 

 two great tribal divisions, the Ho°'-ga and the Tsi'-zhu. Such a war 

 party was organized with elaborate ceremonials (to be described in a 

 later volume) in wliich the people of both the great tribal divisions 

 participate. The rite occupied a period of four days for its com- 

 pletion. 



On the morning of the fourth day the N(>"'-ho°-zhi°-ga, the Do-do"'- 

 ho"-ga, and the warriors depart from the village, going in a westerly 

 direction. Wlien they have gone beyond the places frequented by 



