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THE OSAGE TRIBE. 



[eTH. ANN". 39 



Song 1. 

 (Osage version, p. 513; literal translation, p. 629.) 

 MM J - ftO Transcribed by Alice CFletcher 



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hi hi, hi hi. 



FBEE TRANSLATION. 



1 and 3. 



Lo, I send one to overtake thy grandfather, 



I send the Black Bird to overtake thy grandfather, 



Lo E , hirhi, hi-hi, e, e. 



2 and 4. 



Lo, I send one to overtake thy grandfather, 



I send the Little Hawk to overtake thy grandfather. 



At the close of Song 1 the Sho'-ka goes to the place where lies the 

 sacred Hawk, picks it up, puts around the neck of the Xo'-ka the 

 carrying cord attached to the bird so that it hangs on the back of the 

 man between his shoulders (PI. 16), then places in his hands the 

 symbolic bow (Fig. 4) and the two mystic arrows (Fig. 4) to be sent 

 in llight toward the setting sun. 



WTieu the Xo'-ka has been thus prepared the A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka at 

 once begins to sing the second song. The Xo'-ka immediately rises 

 and dances to the rhytlun of the music. When the fourth line is 

 reached he takes two or three quick steps toward the fireplace, fixes 

 the red arrow to the bow and cord and speeds (figuratively) the mystic 

 arrow on its com-se to pursue forever the Day. With the release of 



the arrow the Xo'-ka utters the sacred cry, E , lii-lii, hi-hi, e, e. 



He then retiu-ns to liis starting point and continues to dance while the 

 A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka, without pause, proceeds to the second stanza. 

 When the fom-th line is reached the Xo'-l^a fixes the black arrow to 

 the bow and cord and steps forward as he sets in fhght the black 

 arrow of the Night and utters the mystic cry, and for a moment, with 

 his mind's vision, he follows the arrow in its fhght. 



