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THE OSAGE TBIBE. 



[ETII. AX.V. 39 



Song 4. 

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



M M J - 100 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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zho-gthe, The he tse hia wi-tha ho. 



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V Wa-dsi nio"-gthe tse, wa-dsi ino".gthe tse hia wi-tha ho. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



Wheresoever the Vertical may be, 

 Wheresoever the Vertical may be, there I go, 

 The weapon with its straight line, 

 To send forth, I go, 

 Wheresoever the Vertical may be, 

 Wheresoever the ^'ertical may be, there I go. 



2. 



AVheresoever the Vertical may be. 

 Wheresoever the Vertical may be, there I go, 

 The weapon with its waving line. 

 To send forth, I go. 

 Wheresoever the Vertical may be, 

 Wheresoever the Vertical may be, there I go. 



Songs of Walking Over the Earth. 



The title of Song 5 of this group is Ho'-e-ga Gi'-pshe Wa-tho°, 

 Song of Walking Over the Earth. 



Ho'-e-ga is the ceremonial name for the earth. It is explained 

 that the word means a snare-like enclosure into which falls life in 

 all its variety of forms never to depart therefrom except by death. 

 Ho'-e-ga corresponds to the Omaha name Hu'-thu-ga (see 27th Ann. 



