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RITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 



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two hours the No°'-ho''-zhi°-ga return to the lodge and take their 

 places without formality. 



Archaic words are employed in the first song and they are, there- 

 fore, untranslatable. 



Song I. 



(Osage version, p. 490; literal translation, p. 61S.) 



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Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 

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r ^ 



He ke 



T r r r r 



da we the e he 



da we ni da ha, 



r r r r r r T^ 



He ke 



da we the he 



(Sung twice.) 



da wi; ni da ha. 



Most of the words of Song 2 are not translatable, as only two 

 complete and intelligible sentences occur in the two stanzas of the 

 song: Ka-xe a-tsi i" da, The crows have come; and Tsi-go tsi i" da 

 My grandfathers have come. 



Song 2. 



(Osage version, p. 499; literal translation, p. 618.) 



M.M. J r 80 Transcribed by Alice C.Fletcher 



J r r r r r r r f ^^V 



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Timebeatsl I I I I | I I ' I f T 



Ka.xea.tsii"dahaheko-wi-tha,Thi-ahiwaka-xe he ko-wi-tha, 



; r r r r f r r r -rV 



r 



Ka-xea-tsiin daha he ko-wi-tha, Thi-a hi wa ka-xe he ko-wi-tha, 



r r r 



Ka - xe a-tsi i" da 



ko - wi 



