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THE OSAGE TEIBE. 



[Bin. ANN. 39 



Song 4. 



(Osage version, p. 507; literal translation, p. 625 ) 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletiher 



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Song 5 relates to the man who has won all of the tliirteen pre- 

 scribed war honors, seven of wliich are dedicated to the Ho°'-ga 

 great tribal division and six to the Tsi'-zhu great tribal division. 

 Only the warrior who has succeeded in winning all of the tliirteen 

 honors can be chosen to take the principal part in the war ceremony 

 that requires the recounting of these war honors. 



A free translation of two lines from each of the two stanzas of the 



