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BITE OF VIGIL. FREE TKANSLATION. 



97 



4 



M.M.J 



SONQ 5. 

 (Osage version, p. 396; literal translation, p. 635.) 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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Time beats f f T f '' ' ' 



Ni-kaetho,shoniiida,ha-we, Ni-kae tho.shonni da,ha-we, 



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Ni - ka e tho, shon ni da, ha-we, Ni - ka wa ha, kC-ha tha-tsi" da, ha- 





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■we, Ni-kaetho,-wihin da da, Ki-non tho-to" tha, tho-to"-a. 



Ki-non tho-to" tha,tho-to"-aha,Ki-nontho wi hi^i da da. 



TREE TRANSLATION. 



Thou man, who art perfect, Ha-we ! (a greeting of welcome). 



Thou man, who art perfect, Ha-we ! 



Thou man, who art perfect, Ha-we ! 



Thou man, near to us hast thou come, Ha-we ! 



(Behold, liere is a man.) 



(Behold, the straight line of adornment.) * 



(Behold, the straight line of adornment.) 



(It is the straight line of adornment.) 



In the sixth song the Sacred Hawk is spoken of as "Grandfather." 

 This kinship term is not employed in its ordinary meaning but as 

 denoting reverence. The term is apphed to tilings mysterious, or of 

 a mysterious nature, such as the sun, the moon, to single stars or 

 groups of stars that are particularly conspicuous, and to certain 

 forms of animal or plant life. 



While the term "Grandfather," as used in this song, appears to 

 refer directly to the Hawk, the symbol of the valiant warrior, yet 

 in reality the term reflects back to the ancient No°'-ho°-zhi°-ga who, 

 long ago, sat around the fireplace of their House of Mystery pondering 

 over the means by which the life of their people as an organized 

 body might best be prolonged. Reverence was therefore due to 

 these men of the oklen times, for the thought they put into the rites 

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