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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[BTH. ANN. 39 



4. 



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



That I shall go, Ha-we, that I shall go, 



A ha, that I shall go, Ha-we, that I shall go, etc. 



Song 3 has a similar meaning to that of Song 2. Kia, an archaic 

 word, is frequently used in this song, followed by Ha-we. The words 

 Kia and Ha-we are practically untranslatable. The two words \vill 

 be used in the free translation wherever they occur in the original. 



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

 meaning of the song. 



Song 3. 

 (Osage version, p. 5(11; literal translation, p. 620.) 

 IW M J an Transcribed hy Alice C. Fletche- 



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Ha -we mi" dse he, 



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Ki-a ha-we mi"- dse he tha. 



r r r 



Ha - we mil dse he 



r r 



ha. mi" - dse he 



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Ki-a 



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tha. 



FREE TRANSL.\TION. 

 1. 



Kia, Ha-we, it is the bow, 



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



2. 



Kia, Ha-we, it is the arrow, 



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



Kia, Ha-we, it (the deer) is coming, 

 Ha-we, it is coming, A ha, it is coming. 



4. 



Kia, Ha-we, then shall I go forth, 



Ha-we, then shall I go forth, A ha, I shall go forth, etc. 



