LAPLESCHE] BITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 49 



60. Takes from the guilty, even their spirit when asked to do so. 



61. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



62. The nighthawk that lies outstretched (Tse-shi°'-shi"-e), 



63. Moves amidst tjie winds that precede the storm, 



64. Verily there is nothing hidden to my grandfather, 



65. He overtakes the guilty persons, 



66. And verily makes them to become languid, 



67. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



68. He makes their skin to become sallow and of sickly hue, 



69. To lie here and there in restlessness, in distress, 



70. Verily at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



71. My grandfather, 



72. Takes from the guilty, even their spirit when asked to do so. 



73. Amidst the winds that precede the storm, 



74. The great dragon fly (Tse'-pi-tha to°-ga), 



75. Moves always. 



76. To my grandfather nothing is hidden as he moves forth in the 



winds, 



77. Guarding the acts over wliich hang the penalties, 



78. My grandfather overtakes the guilty, 



79. And verily makes them to become languid, 



80. Makes their skin to become sallow and of sickly hue, 



81. He makes them to lie here and there in restlessness, in distress, 



82. My grandfather, 



83. Takes from the guilty even their spirit -when asked to do so. 



84. What is the Wa'-pa-ki-the of the little ones, they said to one 



another, 



85. My grandfather, 



86. The swallow that lies outstretched (Ni-shku'-shku), 



87. Amidst the winds that precede the stonn, 



88. Moves always, 



89. Guarding the acts over which hang the penalties. 



90. My grandfather, 



91. Overtakes the guilty persons, 



92. And verily makes them to become languid, 



93. Verily, he makes their flesh to wither, 



94. He makes them to lie here and there in restlessness, in distress, 



95. My grandfather, 



96. Takes from the guilty even their spirit when asked to do so. 



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