LAFLBSCHE] RITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 521 



14. Ni-shku-shku, swallow; mo^-ge, breast; ^a-be, black; kshe, that 

 lies outstretched; a, they said. 



22. Gi-Do°-thi°, forgets; a-zhi, not; xtsi, verily; ni-ka-shi-ga, a per- 

 son; thi°, he is; a, they said. 32, 42. 



25. Ni-shku-shku, swallow; mo^-ge, breast; fka, white; kshe, that 

 lies outstretched ; a, they said. 



34. Ni-shku-shku, swallow; mo°-ge, breast; ^i, yellow; kshe, that lies 

 outstretched; a, they said. 



43. Da-do°, things or acts; no°-thi°, obsciu-e or beyond understand- 

 ing; a-zhi, not; xtsi, verily; ni-ka-shi-ga, a person; tiii", he is; 

 a, they said. 



No^-NI A-THA-SHO-DSE Wl'-GI-E. 



Tobacco smoke upon ritual. 



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(Free translation, p. 54; Osage version, p. 380.) 



1. Da-do°, what; zhi°-ga, the little ones; wa-zhi°, courage, anger; 



gi-the, make to be their; mC-thi", as they travel the path of 

 life; ta, shall; ba, they; do°, interrogative particle; a, they 

 said. 62. 



2. I"-gtho°-gthe-zhe, mottled cat; zhi°-ga, the little; kshe, that lies 



outstretched; no", the; a, they said. 



3. Wi-tsi-go, my grandfather; wa-zhi°-to''-ga, great in courage; do°, 



being; wa-zhi°, courage; gi-tha, make him to be; a-ka, they. 

 19, 64. 



4. Ho°-ba i-ta-xe, at the beginning of day; tho" dsi, at that time; 



a, they said. 20, 35, 48, 65. 



5. Wi-tsi-go, my grandfather; wa-ko''-tha, attack; tsi-the, went 



forth; do", when; a, they said. 21, 36, 49, 66. 



6. Ta, deer; he, horns; ba-shi-zhe, curved; kshe no", that lies out- 



stretched. 



7. Wi-tsi-go, my grandfather; ts'e-the, killed; i-he-the, made to lay 



in death; to", he stood; a, they said. 24, 39. 



8. Wi-tsi-go, my grandfather; e-dsi, there, to the spot; the, went; 



a, they said. 



9. Wa-ko"-tha, attack; tsi-the, went forth; do", when; a, they said. 



10. He-dsi, at that time and place; xtsi, verily; a, they said. 56. 



11. Wa-tse, trimnph; bo", a call or cry; to", stood; a, they said. 57. 



12. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; mi, sun; hi-e ge, the setting of; ta, there 



in the direction of. 



13. Wa-tse, to attack, to touch; tha, go; bi, they; tho", when; shki, 



and; a, they said. 



14. Ga xto", acquit themselves in this very manner; mo"-thi", as 



they travel the path of life; ta, shall; i, they; tsi" da, they 

 shall. 



