. Bulletin. Ethnology. La Flesche] OSAGE WAR CEREMONY 43 had seized the symbol and put it upon his face with the hope that some day he would become a warrior. Song 3 (Osage version, p. 153) 120 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher. zmuzLiM^ & ;4: Time beats \ i f Hi^^ - da-dsi o"^- gi - to° - be r r r r r hi tho, Hi° - da - dsi 0° - gi - toi>-be i -I—»—•—«—•- ^•i H*=P= -J d F- :4=t ±1 r r r r r r r r r r hi tho, 0°-gi-to°-be hi tho, Be ho°-gon-^e thin-ge,No°-xthei-tha- !|=rn= s s s- m ^ l:4z±: #: r r r ki^-dse tho,On-gi-ton-be r r r r r r r hi tho, Hi'^-da-dsi o°-gi - to"^ -
. Bulletin. Ethnology. La Flesche] OSAGE WAR CEREMONY 43 had seized the symbol and put it upon his face with the hope that some day he would become a warrior. Song 3 (Osage version, p. 153) 120 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher. zmuzLiM^ & ;4: Time beats \ i f Hi^^ - da-dsi o"^- gi - to° - be r r r r r hi tho, Hi° - da - dsi 0° - gi - toi>-be i -I—»—•—«—•- ^•i H*=P= -J d F- :4=t ±1 r r r r r r r r r r hi tho, 0°-gi-to°-be hi tho, Be ho°-gon-^e thin-ge,No°-xthei-tha- !|=rn= s s s- m ^ l:4z±: #: r r r ki^-dse tho,On-gi-ton-be r r r r r r r hi tho, Hi'^-da-dsi o°-gi - to"^ - be hi tho,. Hi°-da-dsi o'*-gi - to°-be hi tho, Hi"!-da-dsi 0°-gi - to°-be hi tho. FREE TRANSLATION Behold me, thy son, O, my father, Behold me, thy son, 0, my father, Behold me, thy son. Urged by no one, I have seized the sacred charcoal, Behold me, thy son, O, my father. Behold me, thy son, O, my father. Behold me, thy son, O, my father. On the return of the warriors the young men and the boys go to two ceremonial houses, the starting point, and the 0-tho°'-da Wa-tsi (Dance in the Center) already described on page 33 is repeated. At the close of this dance the women place before the warriors water and food for their morning meal. The women also similarly serve the Do-do°'-ho°-ga and the two Criers. The processions and dances that follow through the second day and evening are repetitions of those of the pre\dous day, and upon the return of the warriors to their respec- tive houses they are obhged to sit upright until the return of the Criers from making their announcement when at the command, as already described, the men are allowed to take their rest. About midnight, when the village is quiet, the two Criers set forth on their second march around the village, crying out, one after the other, in a loud singing tone, the following notice:. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enha
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