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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[ETH. AXX. 39 



SONQ 2. 



(Osage versioD, p. oOO; literal translation, p. 619.) 

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Hi"-da-'dsi he-tho"-thon-be, 



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I-a be tho-to" ga-xa, 



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Ka-wa no" da ha we the the, Hi"-dii-dsi he-tho"-thon-be, 



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I-a be tho-to'i ga-xa, 



Ka-'wa no" da ha we, 



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(Sung twice.) 



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be. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



My father will appear, 



WTien he comes to the point straight above. 



Then and there (shall we offer our prayers to him). 



