LiAFLESCHE] RITE OF VIGIL FEEE TRANSLATION. 279 



The words of lines 1,3, and 5 of all the five stanzas of the song 

 are: She, those, the things in thy possession, the clay and the little 

 pipe in which are placed the prayers of the people for the success of 

 their warriors; wi-ta ha, are mine; She, those; wi-ta, are mine. 



The words of lines 2 and 4 of the first stanza are unintelligible. 



The words of lines 2 and 4 of the second stanza are: Things of 

 value; spoils to be taken from the enemy; to seek; go thou. 



The words of lines 2 and 4 of the third stanza are : Ever ready to 

 do thy sacred duty; thou shalt stand; go thou. 



The words of lines 2 and 4 of the fourth stanza are : Traveling with 

 an up-and-down motion of the body, referring to the manner of 

 walking; carrying the sacred articles, the clay and the pipe; go thou. 



The words of lines 2 and 4 of the fifth stanza are: The final day, 

 the day of fulfillment; thou shalt have; go thou. 



From the words of the song it may be understood that its theme 

 is the supplicatory duty imposed upon the Do-do" '-ho°-ga, the man 

 chosen to act as the head of the forces sent against the enemies of 

 the tribe. His sacred duty continues from the time he goes out 

 from the House of Mystery to take his seven days' vigil, even to the 

 end of the war expedition. Upon this officer is conferred the highest 

 of the honors attending the success of the enterprise. His authority 

 is greater than that of the actual commanders, for at the close of 

 the confhct there are placed before him all the spoils to be divided 

 among the warriors, and the captives to be presented to the tribal 

 authorities. 



Tlfis song is also used in the Ho°'-ga version of the No°'-zhi°-zho° 

 ritual and entitled Wa'-i° Xa-ge Wa-tho", or The Act of Weeping 

 (sec p. 145) . One stanza only is there used and the words are different, 

 but the burden of the song is the same as that given above. Both 

 songs, that used by the Tsi'-zhu and that used by the Ho°'-ga, dwell 

 with insistence upon the importance of invoking aid from the divine 

 power that is recognized as being far greater than any force that man 

 could put forth. 



