. Bulletin. Ethnology. La Flesche) OSAGE WAR CEREMONY 121 recites a wi'-gi-e to the Ho°'-ga and Wa-zha'-zhe subdivisions. These songs have the title of Hi°'-no°-xpe Ga-xe Wa-tho°, Songs of Making a Nest, or Tsiu'-i-btha U-thi-sho° Wa-tho°, Songs of the March Around the Village. Xu-tha'-wa-to°-i° said that this ceremony- belongs to the Ho'^'-ga Wa-no" gens. In song 1 the first and second stanzas do not follow the same form; in the third and fourth stanzas only the second line is changed. Between the fourth and fifth stanzas a wi'-gi-e is introduced. SONGS OF MARCHING AROUND THE VILLAGE Son
. Bulletin. Ethnology. La Flesche) OSAGE WAR CEREMONY 121 recites a wi'-gi-e to the Ho°'-ga and Wa-zha'-zhe subdivisions. These songs have the title of Hi°'-no°-xpe Ga-xe Wa-tho°, Songs of Making a Nest, or Tsiu'-i-btha U-thi-sho° Wa-tho°, Songs of the March Around the Village. Xu-tha'-wa-to°-i° said that this ceremony- belongs to the Ho'^'-ga Wa-no" gens. In song 1 the first and second stanzas do not follow the same form; in the third and fourth stanzas only the second line is changed. Between the fourth and fifth stanzas a wi'-gi-e is introduced. SONGS OF MARCHING AROUND THE VILLAGE Song 1 (Osage version, p. 190) J = 80 8 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher. a t^ -4-»=J :3=P m 4z-^ Time beats [" P j* ' f T f Moo-thi^-ka u - thi - sho° a - tha - bi e - he Moi-thin-ka u-thi^sho° a -. thabie-he, e he Da-do^i a-thi° a-do° u-thi-sho'^ a -tha bi e-he, he. FREE TRANSLATION 1 Around the earth our warriors shall go, Around the earth our warriors shall go, Bearing the mystic emblems our warriors shall go. Around the earth our warriors shall go, Bearing the mystic club our warriors shall go, Around the earth our warriors shall go. Around the earth our warriors shall go, Bearing the mystic pipe our warriors shall go, Around the earth our warriors shall go. Around the earth our warriors shall go, Bearing the mystic deerskins our warriors shall go. Around the earth our warriors shall go. The first stanza of this song speaks collectively of all the consecrated articles used in the Wa-sha'-be A-thi° ceremonies; the second, to the mystic club of the Tsi'-zhu Wa-no" gens, the symbol of the weapons of the warriors; the third, to the ceremonial pipe which the people must offer to Wa-ko'^'-da when calling upon Him for aid; the fourth, to the deerskin attached to each of the wa-xthe'-xthe, or standards; the fifth, which is sung at the close of the wi'-gi-e, to the standards themselves. 83773—39 9. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
Size: 4418px × 566px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectethnolo, bookyear1901
