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KITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION, 



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M.M.J: 



Song 1. 



(Osage version, p. 4SS; literal translation, p. 611.) 



Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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Ba-hthi he - tho^-he sho" niwa-tawa-k on he tse he, 



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- the"- be sho" ni wa-ta. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



As my grandfather comes we shall offer to him our prayers, 

 As his outspreading rays appear we shall offer our praj'ers. 



2. 



As the sun himself appears we shall offer our prayers. 



3. 

 As the plumelike shafts of light appear we shall offer our prayers. 



4. 



As he is fully risen we shall offer to him our prayers. 



The theme of the second song, which has only one stanza, is the 

 mysterious natm-e of the act of looking to the sim for supernatm-al aid. 

 It also refers to all the established ceremonial forms and acts by which 

 the people express their craving for divine aid and guidance in times 

 of general distress. These appeals are directed not only to the sim 

 but also to the sky with its celestial bodies, to the four winds, to the 

 night and day, to all the places wherein Wa-ko^'-da is believed to 

 make his abode. The cry of appeal is regarded as equal in its myste- 



