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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[ETH. ANN'. 39 



top of the club a straight line down its entire length. This straight 

 line typifies that part of the path of the God of Day that extends 

 from the zenith to the western horizon (PI. 15). 



Thus in this dramatic and picturesque way the Xo'-ka directs the 

 attention of his initiate to the fixed path of the God of Day that 

 extends from the eastern horizon to a central point in the sky and 

 from that point to the western horizon. He also designates those 

 pai-ts of the eartli that lie to the right and to the left of the sun's 

 mystic path and to the life-giving touches the God of Day bestows 

 upon these lower regions as it daily takes its westward journey. 



A free translation of two lines from the first and second stanzas will 

 give the meaning of the words. , 



Song 2. 



(Osage version, p. 512; literal translation, p. 628.) 

 MM J - Si Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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ki-no" ba-xo" he tha, Ki no" ba-xo" 



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FREE TR.\NSLATION. 



Behold the weapon adorned with its mystic emblem, 

 Lo! the waving line is its mystic emblem. 



2. 



Behold the weapon adorned with its mystic emblem, 

 Lo! the straight line is its mystic emblem. 



SoxGs OF Steikixg the Earth. 



Songs 3 and 4 have in common the subtitle Mo^-i^'-ka I-ga-xthi 

 Wa-tho°, Songs of Striking the Earth. At the close of Song 2 the 

 Sho'-ka conducts the initiate to a spot toward the north side of the 

 fireplace and then puts into his hands the mystic weapon, at the 



