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RITE OF VIGIL FBEE TKAKSL.\TION. 



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In Song 6 the black bear, the otter, the puma, and the beaver are 

 appealed to for supernatural aid for the reason that the Mysterious 

 Power had made it possible for these animals to be equally at home 

 in the water or on land. It is said that when the warriors are about 

 to cross a stream that is too deep or too wide to be forded they cere- 

 monially make out of the skins of these mystic animals little boats 

 in which to carry over the portable shrines and other ceremonial 

 articles to be used during the journey. On such occasions the skins 

 of these animals were brought forth with songs and ceremony from 

 the cases in which they were carrietl. 



The words of this song are intelligible and clearly expressed, 

 therefore they can be given a free translation. Two lines of each 

 stanza will suffice to give the meaning of the song. In stanzas 1 

 and 3 Wa-pa'-be, the name of the black bear, and I^-gtho^'-to^-ga, 

 the name of the puma, are abbreviated in order that the syllables of 

 the words may conform to the rhythm of the music. 



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Song 6. 

 (Osage version, p. 499; literal translation, p. 61S.) 



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