LA FLBSCHE] 



RITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 



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lation of only one line of each stanza will suffice to give the meaning, 

 as all the other lines are repetitions and vocables. 



Song 1. 



(Osage version, p. 448; literal translation, p. 579.) 

 ,, ,, I Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 





1^ i n ri 



-m — •- 



^ 



Time beat; 



^^ 



r r 



A- 9i-gthe no" 



r 



r r 



r 



wa - k'o" no", A - ^i-gthe no" 



m 



i^m 



i~y n I 'M ^^ 



r ,r r r 



wa - k o"no", A - ci- gthe no" 



r ,r 



wa - k o" no", 



r ,r r r r r ^ r^ r 



wa-k o"no", A-qi-gtheno"' wa-k'onno" a he he. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



Footprints I have made; a sacred act. 



2. 

 Footprints I have made; to lie in even lines. 



3. 

 Footprints I have made; they are broken. 



4. 

 Footprints I have made; in which stand leafy stalks. 



S. 

 Footprints I have made; the leaves wave in the wind. 



6. 

 Footprints I have made; the ears cross each other in profusion. 



7. 

 Footprints I have made; I pluck the ears. 



8. 

 Footprints I have made; I break down tlie stalks. 



9. 

 Footprints I have made; gray blossoms cover the field. 



