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EITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 



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because of his efforts in assembling the No"'-ho°-zlu°-ga and the war- 

 riors that they may unite in performing the ceremonies required for 

 the authoritative organization of a war party that has come home 

 triumphant from the land of the enemy. 



In the second stanza the Xo'-ka is given praise. He it was who, as 

 Master of Ceremonies, conducted the rites for the Do-do°'-ho°-ga so 

 that all the forms were observed in their proper sequence exactly as 

 arranged by the ancient No^'-ho^-zhi^-ga. The successful issue of the 

 war party was due not only to the efforts of these two officers in get- 

 ting the people to work together in rallying the warriors, but they 

 were regarded as specially favored by the Mysterious Power to whom 

 all the people appealed for sympathy for the Do-do°'-ho°-ga and his 

 men. 



At the close of the singing of this song, as the women start to leave 

 the loilge, they push to the ground their loom poles so that they lay 

 pointing to the setting sun. This act is in itself an appeal for the 

 destruction of all the enemies of the tribe in order that the tribal life 

 might peacefully proceed upon the path of life. 



The translation of the words of one line from each stanza will make 

 clear the meaning of the song. 



Song '2. 

 ( Osage version, p. 495; literal translation, p. 616.) 

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A triumph I have won, I liave won, lay my Sho'-lfa. 



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 A triumph I have won, I have won, by my Xo'-lja. 



