LA FLESCHE] 



KITE OF VIGIL FKEE TKANSLATION. 



269 



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Song 2. 



(Osage version, p. 485; literal traDslation, p. 609.) 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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Time beats II | ' 



Wa-k'o" wi tse sho" ni-pa 



r r r r 



dse no" do", Wa ha 



^nU^^^M^ LT' f^^' Ip/ ^ ^'ll 



r r r r r 



r 



r r r 



k'o" ha <;i no" do", Wa-k'o" <;i no" do", Wa-ha k'o" ha 



1^^- -^r |f tf' |g' f p- [f r 1 1 



r r 



r r r r 



r r 



9i no" do", Wa - k'o" ha 9! no" do", Wa ha 



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3 



r r r 



k'o" ha 9! no" do". 



r r r r 



Wa - k'o" ha ^i no" do", 



r r r ^ r ? r r 



Wa-ha k'o" ha, Wa-k'o"witse sho" ni-pa- dse. 



The same difficulty of translation is met with in the tliinl song, 

 but it also refers to the power acquired by the tribe tlirougli the 

 completeness of its organization. 



