LAPLESCHB] EITE OF VIGIL FKEE TBANSLATION. 199 



6. 



My footprints ! the ears cross each other in profusion. 



7. 

 My footprints! I pluck the ears. 



8. 

 My footprints! I break down the stalks. 



9. 

 My footprints ! gray blossoms cover the field. 



10. 

 My footprints ! smoke arises from my house. 



11. 

 My footprints ! there is joy in my house. 



12. 

 My footprints! the day (life) has come. 



The third song bears the subtitle U'-we Gi-do°-be Wa-tho°, Song 

 of Viewing the Field. In the title is implied the arrival of the time 

 when the grains of corn ceremonially planted by the woman should 

 be matured. The woman is represented as getting ready to go and 

 see the field whereon she had made the mysterious footprints that in 

 time were broken through by the growing plants which now cover the 

 field with their gray blossoms. She stands looking forward with faith 

 and hope toward the day of the fulfillment of her duty, the day of 

 fruition, and the day of harvest. 



A free translation of two lines of each stanza will suffice to give the 

 meaning of the song. 



