LAFLESCHE] KITE OF VIGIL FREE TBANSLATION. 209 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



I rise, I rise, 



I, whose tread makes the earth to rumble. 



2. 



I rise, I rise, 



I, in whose thighs there is strength. 



3. 

 I rise, I rise, 

 I, who whips his back with his tail when in rage. 



4. 

 I rise, I rise, 

 I, in whose humped shoulder there is power. 



5. 

 I rise, I rise, 

 I, who shakes his mane when angered. 



6. 

 I rise, I rise, 

 I, whose horns are sharp and curved. 



In the second song of this group the six bulls are represented as 

 speaking to one another of a mysterious command directing them to 

 proceed from the unseen to the visible world. The No°'-ho°-zhi°-ga, 

 by these songs, made known their desire for the continuity of the 

 life of the animal that afforded the people food by which to live, but 

 these ancient men also sought to express, in the songs, their recogni- 

 tion that the command given to the bulls was from the Mysterious 

 Power whence proceeds all Hfe and movement. 

 3594°— 25t— 14 



