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lent can be found. Therefore in the free translation the native word 

 will be used where the expression occurs. 



A translation of three lines from each stanza will serve to make 

 clear the meaning of the song. 



Song 2. 

 (Osage version, p. 501; literal translation, p. 619.) 

 MM J - H4 Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher. 



mi" - dse he, 



ha - we mi" - dse he, 





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Ha- we tha - we, tha- we tha - ke 



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he 



FREE TRANSLATION. 



1. 



Ha-we, tha-we, tha-we, it's given me, 

 The bow, Ha-we, the bow, the bow, 

 A ha, the bow, Ha-we, the bow, etc. 



2. 



Ha-we tha-we, tha-we, it's given me, 

 The arrow, Ha-we, the arrow, the arrow, 

 A ha, the arrow, Ha-we, the arrow, etc. 



Ha-we tha-we, tha-we, it's given me. 



The coming (of the deer), Ha-we, it's given me, 



A ha, the coming, Ha-we, the coming, etc. 



