Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg&nbsp;49]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>SONG TO THE THUNDER GODS<SPAN name="FNanchor_A_1" id="FNanchor_A_1"></SPAN><SPAN href="#Footnote_A_1" class="fnanchor">[A]</SPAN></h2> <p class="subtitle">Omaha</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Ye four, come hither and stand, near shall ye stand,<SPAN name="FNanchor_B_2" id="FNanchor_B_2"></SPAN><SPAN href="#Footnote_B_2" class="fnanchor">[B]</SPAN></span><br/> <span class="i0">In four groups shall ye stand,</span><br/> <span class="i0">Here shall ye stand, in this place stand.</span><br/> <span class="i11">[The thunder rolls]</span><br/> <span class="i0">Turned by the wind goes the one I send yonder;</span><br/> <span class="i0">Yonder he goes who is whirled by the winds;</span><br/> <span class="i0">Goes, where the four hills of life and the four winds are standing;</span><br/> <span class="i0">There in the midst of the winds do I send him,</span><br/> <span class="i0">Into the midst of the winds standing there.</span><br/> <span class="i11">[The thunder rolls]</span><br/></div> </div> <div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> <div class="footnote"><p><SPAN name="Footnote_A_1" id="Footnote_A_1"></SPAN><SPAN href="#FNanchor_A_1"><span class="label">[A]</span></SPAN> By Alice C. Fletcher.</p> </div> <div class="footnote"><p><SPAN name="Footnote_B_2" id="Footnote_B_2"></SPAN><SPAN href="#FNanchor_B_2"><span class="label">[B]</span></SPAN> The &ldquo;four&rdquo; are the four winds.</p> </div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />