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KITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 



147 



Come hither, ye Men of Mystery, 

 Bring ye spoils, bring ye spoils. 



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Come hither, ye Men of Mystery, 

 Bring ye the day, bring ye the day. 



The third song, of but one stanza, is composed wholly of vocables 

 that are imitative of the cry of the Do-do^'-ho^-ga during his vigils. 



Song 3. 

 (Osage version, p. 421; literal translation, p. 657. 



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Songs of Seizing the Wa'-do^-be. 



The next group, composed of six songs and three wi'-gi-es, bears 

 the title Wa-thu'-fe Wa-tho", wliich freely translated is Songs of 

 Seizing the Wa'-do°-be. The Wa'-do^-be is the old warrior chosen 

 by the Singer to recotmt the thirteen prescribed military honors won 

 by him and called o-do°' (see p. 67). The three wi'-gi-es relate to the 

 military honor symbols of the Tsi'-zhu division and the Ho°'-ga and 

 Wa-zha'-zhe subdivisions of the great Ho°'-ga division. The sym- 

 bols of the Tsi'-zhu are thirteen of the sun's rays; those of the Ho^'-ga 

 subdivision thirteen footprints of the black bear; those of the Wa- 

 zha'-zhe subdivision thirteen willow trees that grow near the water's 

 edge. 



When the reciting of the Wi'-gi-e of the Dream has come to a close 

 and the wailing of the Singer and the women has ceased, the Singer 

 puts back the pipe and the hawk in their places near the shrine and 

 goes to his place by the side of the Xo'-ka. As soon as the Singer 

 is seated the Sho'-ka rises, takes the ceremonial pipe, and again 

 places it in the hands of the Singer. Then in low tones the Sho'-ka 

 and the A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka prompt the Singer in his part of the next 

 act. Following the instructions given liim, the Singer, if he is a 

 Ho°'-ga, approaches a man on the Tsi'-zhu side of the lodge and, 



