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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[BTH. ANN. 39 



Song 1 of this group has four stanzas. The first refers to the 

 calling of all the men to assemble for the ceremonies pertaining to 

 the Wa-sha'-be A-t,hi°'; the second stanza, to the calling of those 

 warriors belonging to the gentes having the black hawk as their 

 sacred symbol; the third, to those warriors of the gens having for its 

 sacred symbol the deerskin; the fourth, to the calling of those men 

 of the gens having for its sacred symbol the mottled eagle. 



A free translation of two lines from each stanza will suffice to make 

 clear the meaning of the song. 



Song 1. 



(Osage version, p. 504; literal translation, p. 622. 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



Let all the men assemble, to sing the mystic songs, 

 They alone, they alone, Ha-we, they alone, etc. 



Men who have the black bird, to sing the mystic songs, 

 They alone, they alone, Ha-we, they alone, etc. 



