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BITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 



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Rfcpt. B. A. E., pp. 139, 141, 196, 198) which is applied to the tribal 

 camp when pitched for ceremonial purposes. Both terms refer to 

 the primal ceremonial organization of the Osage and the Omaha, 

 which is based upon the conception that all material forms of life 

 proceed from the combined power of two cosmic forces, the sky and 

 the earth. Gi'-pshe means the going forth as to travel over the earth 

 as upon one's own property or possession. Wa-tho", a Song. 



The words of the song imply that they proceeded from a person 

 who had just accomplished a difficult task, and are addressed to one 

 for whom the great act was performed. 



A translation of two lines from the first stanza and one from each 

 of the other five stanzas -will make clear the meaning of the song. 



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Song 5. 

 (Osage version, p. 313; literal translation, p. 629.) 



TranBcribedby Alice C.Pletcher 



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It is done, thou man. It is done, thou man, 

 I send thee forth upon thy feet. 



I send thee forth upon thy legs. 



