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RITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 



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that the No'''-ho°-zhi"'-ga arise to depart, having performed the duties 

 required of them. 



When the Xo'-ka has taken liis seat at the close of the Songs of 

 Triimiph, the A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka begins to sing the .Song of the Rising 

 to Depart. The No°'-ho"-zhi"-ga promptly rise, those of the Ho°'-ga 

 division passing in single file between the fireplace and the Xo'-ka, 

 the initiate, and the A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka and go out of the lodge on the 

 Tsi'-zhu side. Those of the Tsi'-zhu division march in the same man- 

 ner and go out on the Ho°'-ga side of the lodge. Each head of the 

 various gentes on both sides of the two great tribal divisions greets 

 the initiate with the words, "Many animals shall appear for you," 

 meaning, abimdant shall be your food and many shall be j'our 

 descendants. Some whose relationship to the initiate permits of it 

 make a jesting remark to which the initiate responds seriously, ■with- 

 out the slightest sign of a smile, with the greeting, "How!" 



A free translation of one line from each stanza will suffice to give 

 the meaning of the song, as the other lines are repetitions. 



Song 1. 

 (Osage version, p. 468; literal translation, p. 595.) 



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Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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A - ki - pa wi" da do 



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ho pe - dae to" tha. 



A - ki - pa wi" da do ho pe - dse to" tha, 



A - ki - pa wi" da do ho. pe - dse to" tha. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

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Meet ye all as one, at the fireplace. 

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Meet ye all as one, with friendly touch. 



