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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[BTH. ANN., 39 



Song 3. 



(Osage version, p. 511; literal translation, p. 627.) 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



Behold the beauty of yonder moving black sky. 



2. 

 Behold the beauty of yonder moving gray sky. 



3. 

 Behold the beauty of yonder moving white sky. 



Behold the beauty of yonder moving blue sky. 



Song 4 is expressive of the awe that arises in the mind of the 

 warrior as these colored clouds gather together and in angry tunnoil 

 approach, sweeping through the sky in a swift, undulating movement. 



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

 give the meaning of the song. 



