lAFLESCHE] RITE OF VIGIL — FREE TRANSLATION. 203 



5. 



Here I pause and stand, here I pause and stand, 

 And view the ears that cross each other in profusion. 



Here I pause and stand, here I pause and stand, 

 And view the ears now ready to be plucked. 



Here I pause and stand, here I pause and stand, 

 And view the tall stalks waiting to be broken down. 



Here I pause and stand, here I pause and stand. 



And view the blossoms that color the broad field with gray. 



Here I pause and stand, here I pause and stand. 



And view the ears soon to cause smoke to rise from my house. 



10. 



Here I pause and stand, here I pause and stand. 

 And view the corn that will fill my house with joy. 



11. 



Here I pause and stand, here I pause and stand. 



And view the day of fulfillment, the day of harvest and happiness. 



The fifth song of this group, a buffalo song, could not be recalled to 

 memory by Wa-xthi'-zhi and had, therefore, to be omitted. 



The sixth song refers to the hunters who hasten homewartl from the 

 chase in order to be among the first to reach their houses. As they 

 come within sight of the camp they see that other himters have out- 

 stripped them and are Hearing their homes, laden with the products 

 of the chase, and point to them with exclamations of surprise. The 

 following is a free translation. 



