LAFLESCHE) BITE OF VIGIL FREE TBANSLATION. 113 



Song 3. 



(Osage version, p. 403; literal translation, p. 540.) 



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go k'o" bthe hi" da da. 



A free translation is not necessary, the purport of the song being 

 given above. 



The fourth song refers to the final act of the Do-do°'-ho°-ga before 

 going forth with his warriors when he formally tells the No°'-ho°- 

 zhi°-ga that all the preparations for the expedition have been com- 

 pleted. These preparations he speaks of as " tilings gathered." The 

 word " things" not only includes the rite of the seven days' vigil and 

 the vigil during the ceremonies connected with the organization of the 

 war party, but the bringing together of sjoubohc objects; the stand- 

 ards, the sacred thongs for the tying of captives, the sacred charcoal, 

 symbol of merciless fire, the paint for the warriors when about to make 

 an attack, and the assembling of the armed men with their command- 

 ers. He has gathered all these ' ' things ' ' necessary for the success of 

 the expedition, he reports to the No°'-ho"-zhi"-ga, whom he continues 

 to address as Tsi '-go, and now is ready to go forth and to perform the 

 important act to which he has been consecrated. 

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