LAFLBSCHD] BITE OF VIGIL FREE TEANSLATXON. 233 



Song 1. 

 (Osage version, p. 446; literal translation, p. 693.) 

 M M J - 176 Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 



1. 



O, Black Bird, thou hast triumphed, 

 Hast triumphed, hast triumphed. 



O, Gray Bird, thou hast triumphed, 

 Hast triumphed, hast triumphed. 



O, Little Hawk, thou hast triumphed, 

 Hast triumphed, hast triumphed. 



O, Consecrated One, thou hast triumphed, 

 Hast triumphed, hast triumphed. 



The next two songs of tliis group bear in common a subtitle, Mo°'- 

 gthu-stse-dse Wa-tho", freely translated, Songs of Drawing His 

 Arrows. These songs are supplicatory in character, as are, intleed, 

 all the songs, wi'-gi-es, and ceremonial acts of the tribal rites. There 

 are none that have not some recognition of the power that abides 

 within and controls all living forms. The Songs of Drawing His 

 Arrows and the ceremonial acts accompanying them express a desire 

 that the initiate shall not only have a successful military career but 



