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BITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 



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Toward the Wa-ko^'-da let my grandfather be spread. 



The fifth song adverts to the actu.il cutting of the-scalp for distri- 

 bution and its significance. The sacred war trophy to be distributed 

 and attached to the sacred hawk is spoken of as wa-no"'-xe, meaning a 

 spirit, and is also characterized as wa-ko"'-da, mysterious. In this 

 song the Symbolic Man is again brought forward and represented as 

 asking that the ceremony of distributing the spirit of the slain man 

 be performed. In the third line the Symbolic Man speaks of his going 

 forth to secure the mysterious spirit, and in the fourth line of his going 

 to the No"'-ho°-zhi"-ga and asking that the ceremony of distribution 

 be performed. In the song the physical structure of the vSymbolic 

 Man is again emphasized. He is made to speak as going forth, being 

 possessed of feet, legs, body, arms, head, and mouth. 



Song 5. 



(Osage version, p. 496; literal translation, p. 617.) 



Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



Time beats 



r r r r r'f«f 



E no" wa-no"-xe he wa-ko^-da wa-ha 9U wi-shi, 



^ r r !■ r r r^ 



E no" wa-no"-xe he wa - ko".(ia wa-ha qu wi-shi. 



r r r f * ? 



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r r 



bthe do" he wa - ko"-da wa-ha qn wi-shi, 



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Sho 



bthe do" he wa-ko"-da wa-ha 9U wi-shi. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 

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Lo, it is a spirit, mysterious, I ask you to distribute, 



Lo, it is a spirit, mysterious, I ask you to distribute, 



On my feet I set forth; this mystic spirit I ask you to distribute, 



I come desiring you to distribute this mystic spirit. 



