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KITE OF VIGIL FKEE TRANSLATION. 



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M.M, 



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Song 2. 

 (Osage version, p. 610; literal translation, p. 626.) 



Transcribe* by Alice C. Fletclier 





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P - to"-to" wa-thi" da, i^ to"-e wa-thi" da, P 



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to"-to" wa-thi" da, i" to"-e wa-thi" da, P-to^-e wa-thi" da. 



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Da-we he tha, da-we he tha, da-we he tha. 



Songs or the Clouds. 



The title of the next group of foiu- songs is Ni-zhiu' Wa-tho°. 

 Ni-zhiu', Rain; Wa-tho", Songs, Rain Songs. 



The theme of the first two songs is the mystery of the clouds that 

 rise from the horizon and stand upright. Four of these standing 

 clouds are spoken of as being the greatest in mystery. In these 

 two songs the word for the standing position, "Mo°'-gthe," is used 

 for the clouds rather than the ordinary name, "mo^-xpi'." 



These two songs are identical in words and meaning, therefore a 

 free translation of two lines of the fii-st song will serve for the two. 



