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EITE OF VIGIL FEEE TBANSLATION. 



319 



Song 1. 



(Osage version, p. 500; literal translation, p. 61S.) 

 « « J - an Transcribed by Alice C. Fletcher 



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Xi - tha sha 



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ho" - k i-e tha 



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FREE TRANSLATION. 

 1. 



r r r 



oi-ba-he the. 



Yonder moving sun offers to me a gift, 

 Yonder moving sun oflfers to me a gift, 

 The red eagle he holds out as a gift to me, 

 The red eagle he holds out as a gift to me. 

 Yonder moving sun offers to me a gift. 



Yonder moving sun offers to me a gift, 

 Yonder moving sun offers to me a gift. 

 The white eagle he holds out as a gift to me, 

 The white eagle he holds out as a gift to me. 

 Y'onder moving sun offers to me a gift. 



3. 



Yonder moving sun offers to me a gift, 

 Yonder moving sun offers to me a gift. 

 The bald eagle he holds out as a gift to me, 

 The bald eagle he holds out as a gift to me. 

 Yonder moving sun offers to me a gift. 



A free translation of the first three lines of the one stanza of Song 2 

 will suffice to give the meaning of the song. In line 3 the sentence is 

 not complete. The words that are lacking are left to be implied. 

 The song itseK relates to the sun, who is spoken of as Father. 



