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1 owe to her also the introduction which gave me access to the 
Omaha tribe and enabled me to take down many songs for my¬ 
self. Finally, I owe much to Mr. Francis La Flesche, a son of 
a former chief of the Omahas, who not only sang for me many 
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of the songs of his tribe, but accompanied me to their reserva¬ 
tion and made it possible to hear the tribal songs on the occa¬ 
sion of a great festival, to witness the irreligious ceremonies, 
and to take down some of the songs of visiting Indians as well, 
among them a song of the Sioux. 
