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RITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 



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O, grandfather, I go forth longing to dig into the earth, 

 O, grandfather, I go forth longing to dig into the earth. 

 Longing for the final day of my digging into the earth. 



In the fourth song the singer in his vigil recalls the former suc- 

 cesses of those Do-do" '-ho°-gas who had faitlifully performed all the 

 acts required by the Rite of Vigil. The song represents him as 

 forecasting his own acts. 



A free translation of the first three lines of each stanza will sufEce 

 to give the meaning, as all the other lines are repetitions. 



Song 4. 



(Osage version, p. 447: literal translation, p. 578.) 

 •w- -w J _ qo Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 



1. 



Grandfathei-, O, grandfather, 

 When I find the enemy, 

 I fall upon him iinawares. 



Grandfather, O, grandfather, 



When I find the enemy, 



I make him fall to the earth in death. 



