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THE OSACJE TRIBE. 



[IVTH. ANN. 39 



Song 1. 



(Osage version, p. 445; literal translation, p. 577.) 



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Mon - thi - to" ge he ta-ko i" da ha- we. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

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The touching of the earth is an act divine — Greetings, 

 The touching of the earth is an act divine — Greetings, 

 The touching of the earth is an act divine — Greetings, 

 I have come — Greetings, 

 The touching of the earth is an act divine — Greetings. 



The digging into the earth is an act divine — Greetings, 

 The digging into tlie earth is an act divine — Greetings, 

 The digging into the earth is an act divine — Greetings, 

 I have come — Greetings, 

 The digging into the earth is an act divine — Greetings. 



The burden of song 2 of tliis group is the sanctity of the act by 

 which a person taking the rite of vigil puts upon his face the sacred 

 soil of the earth as a supplicatory symbol. It also refers to the act 

 as being a part of the daily life of the people, for they never let a 

 day pass without coming close to Wa-ko^'-da with their prayers. 

 The song is also used in the group entitled No°'-zhi"'-zho° Wa-tho", 

 Songs of the Vigils (p. 110). 



The translation of two lines of each stanza will suffice to give the 

 meaning, as the other lines are repetitions. 



