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possession of the burning brand from which to procure the emblematic 

 charcoal. In a crj^tic fashion the song also indicates the significance 

 of the charcoal thus dramatically procured by the men who are to 

 go forth against the foe determined to be like the fire that knows no 

 mercy when it breaks out. 



The first stanza represents the warrior, declaring, as he seizes the 

 burning brand as his to use as a ki'-no°, an emblem, when the war- 

 riors gather to attack the foe; the second stanza makes known his 

 purpose to take the sacred emblem to the gathering and to put it 

 upon himself, thus accepting all that it implies; the third stanza makes 

 claim to a share in the honors to be won by the warriors who wear 

 the emblem when struggling with the foe; the fourth stanza speaks 

 of the act of the warrior pom'ing into his hand the powdered charcoal 

 for its sacred use; the fifth stanza indicates the warrior as rubbing 

 into the skin of his face the black charcoal, an act by which he 

 obligates himself not to yield to any feeling of mercy when he falls 

 upon the enemy. 



Song 4. 



(Osage version, p. 606; literal translation, p. 623.) - 



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Fire! fire! give it me, it is mine. 



Fire ! fire ! give it me, it is mine. 



Mine to use as an emblem at the gathering, 



Mine to use as an emblem at the gathering. 



Fire! fire! give it me, it is mine. 



