280 THE OSAGE TRIBE. [bph. ajjn. 39 



Song 4. 

 (Osage versicn, p. 4S8; literal translation, p. 611.) 

 M.M.J - 73 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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Little Songs of the Sun. 



The next group of thi-ee songs is called Mi Wa'-o° Zlii"-ga, Little 

 Songs of the Sun, and are appeals for aid from that heavenly body for 

 success in defeating the enemies of the tribe. 



The first song has four stanzas, in each of winch the sun is spoken 

 of as Tsi-go, Grandfather. Four degrees of the sun's rising are men- 

 tioned as marking a time when supplications shall be offered : First, 

 when outspreading rays shoot upward above the horizon; second' 

 when the smi itself becomes visible; thinl, when the plumelike shafts 

 wluch at times come with it appear at its sides; and fom-th, when the 

 sun has fully risen and it is eagerly scanned for some sign that may 

 mark its ajjproval. 



Lines 1, 2, and 4 in all the four stanzas are the same in meaning, 

 therefore one line only is translated : the third line in each stanza,' 

 being different from the others, is translated in its sequence. 



