. Bulletin. Ethnology. La Flesche] OSAGE PEACE CEREMONY 239 126 Touching the Charcoal Song Nc-ithe Wa-tse Wa-tho" (Osage version, p. 269) Transcribed by Alice 0. Ni - ka 9to bi ui wa tha tse, he he he A we he tha ha ha 3= 1—q- i*—ir -li—^- ne tha ha Ni - ka ^to bi ni wa tha tse, he he. This song refers to the securing of some of the charcoal, the symbohc insignia, by each one of the participants in the "; During the singing of this song the Wa-sha'-be A-thi° Wa-zho'-wa-gthe, his officers and the young men and boys, hurriedly paint their faces and bodies and
. Bulletin. Ethnology. La Flesche] OSAGE PEACE CEREMONY 239 126 Touching the Charcoal Song Nc-ithe Wa-tse Wa-tho" (Osage version, p. 269) Transcribed by Alice 0. Ni - ka 9to bi ui wa tha tse, he he he A we he tha ha ha 3= 1—q- i*—ir -li—^- ne tha ha Ni - ka ^to bi ni wa tha tse, he he. This song refers to the securing of some of the charcoal, the symbohc insignia, by each one of the participants in the "; During the singing of this song the Wa-sha'-be A-thi° Wa-zho'-wa-gthe, his officers and the young men and boys, hurriedly paint their faces and bodies and also their horses with the charcoal, in preparation for the dramatic attack on the Ho°'-ga. This and the preceding song are aUke except the tune and vocables occurring in each. The vocables that make up the third Une of each stanza of this song do not suggest any meaning, but when the symbolic pipes were to be taken on a war expedition, which used to be done sometimes, and the charcoal ceremony referred to war, the following words take the place of the vocables: U-wi-hi, I have won from you the game. War is here likened to a game of chance which may be won by a well-organized force. Going to the Attack When all who are to take part in the dramatic attack have painted themselves and their horses with the sacred charcoal, and the sun has risen, the Wa-ko°'-tha The'-the Wa-tho°, The Song of Going to the Attack, is started by the Do-do°'-ho°-ga and the Xo'-ka. Then the Wa-sha'-be A-thi° Wa-zho'-wa-gthe, his Xthe'-ts'a-ge and Tse-xe- k'i"", the young men and boys, mount their horses, go to the end of a smooth course, about "a running distance of horses" (a mile). There they arrange themselves in a hne and at a signal given by the Wa- zho'-wa-gthe, urge their horses to their utmost and with wild shouts and war cries make for the little house of the Ho°' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digi
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