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BITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 



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Song 3. 

 (Osage version, p. 490; literal translation, p. 613.) 



M. M. • = 88 Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



Footprints I shall make; good and mysterious. 



2. 

 Footprints I shall make; I clear the ground. 



3. 

 Footprints I shall make; to lie in even rows. 



4. 

 Footprints I shall make; that are sacred. 



5. 

 Footprints I shall make; tlie seed pushes open the earth. 



6. 

 Footprints I shall make; the leaves wave in the wind. 



7. 

 Footprints I shall make; the stalks stand firm. 



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Footprints I shall make; the sacred act is done. 

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