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Song 6. 

 (Osage version, p. 506: literal translation, p. 624.) 

 JI_J{ J -too Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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ta-ha kshe 



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shki he - ni da 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 



1. 



Ho ! the deerskin that alone has mystic power, etc. 



2. 

 Ho ! the white standard that alone has mystic power, etc. 



3. 

 Ho! the Ho'"-ga standard that alone has mystic power, etc. 



4. 

 Ho ! the Day that alone has mystic power, etc. 



Song 7 has one stanza that is sung four times. The words, being 

 disguised, are not intelHgible. However, it was explained that the 

 song refers to the violence of the struggles of the warriors as they 

 push and fight with one another in their efforts to secure a burning 

 brand; also to the self-control exercised by the participants in the 

 conflict, and to the good nature with which the accidents are endured 

 that sometimes occur. 



This ceremony will be given in full in the Wa-sha'-be A-thi"', to 

 be published in a later volume. 

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