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Song 2 clearly refers to the act of the Wa-zha'-zhe Wa-no° gens of 

 the Wa-zha'-zhe subdivision, in conferring upon the Ho°'-ga gens of 

 the Ho"'-ga subdivision the power and authority to organize war 

 parties. The story of the creation of this war office has been given 

 (36th Ann. Rept. B. A. E., 218-219, Hi'-^a-da Wi'-gi-e, lines 227-257), 

 wherein it is told that it was a subgens of the Ho"'-ga gens that 

 found the foe, when the tribe as a whole began its warlike career, 

 and at that time the Wa-zha'-zhe Wa-no° offei'ed to the Ho°'-sa 

 gens the use of their seven mystic arrows mth which to "lay low" 

 the foe. These mystic arrows were pointed with the tips of the horns 

 of seven deer. The language employed by the Wa-zha'-zhe Wa-no° 

 gens when making the offer is figm-ative and refers to the authority 

 given the Ho°'-ga gens to organize, when necessary, a force sufficient 

 in strength to successfully combat the enemy, to make him "lie low." 

 It is this incident that forms the theme of the song. 



A free translation of one line of the song will suffice to make clear 



its meaning. 



Song 2. 



(Osage vorsion, p. 508; literal translation, p. 626.) 

 M M. • T 113 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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