LA.FLBSCHD] KITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 529 



Kl'-NO" Wl'-GI-E. 



Symbolic painting ritual. 



(Free translation, p. 74; Osage version, p. 388.) 



1. Da-do°, what; ki-no", symbolic painting; gi-the, make to be or 



to use; mo°-thi°, as they travel the path of life; ta, shall; ba, 

 they; do", interrogative particle; a, they said. 



2. Wa-ko°-da, god; ho°-ba do°, of day; thi°-kshe, that sitteth; a, 



they said. 18. 



3. Ga, him; ki-no", symbolic painting; gi-the, make to be or to use; 



mo°-thi°, as they travel the path of life; bi, they; a, they 

 said. 5. 



4. Wa-ko"-da, god; tse-ga, early; xtsi, verily; u-ga-zhu-dse, as 



though stricken with crimson; hi no" no", comes habitually; 

 a, they said. 



6. Ki-no", symbolic painting; gi-the, make to be; mo^-thi", as they 



travel the path of life; bi, they; do°, when; a, they said. 



7. Ki-no", when they use that symbol; i-ts'a, causes of death; 



tlii°-ge, having none; ki-the, cause themselves to be; mo"- 

 thi°, as they travel the path of life; ta, shall; bi a, they; zhi°-ga, 

 the little ones. 



8. Da-do°, what; wa-gthe, as a symbolic plume; gi-the, make to 



be or to use; mo'^-thi", as they travel the path of life; ta, shall; 

 ba, they; do", interrogative particle; a, they said. 



9. Wa-ko"-da, god; tse-ga, early; xtsi, verily; e-tho°-be, appears; 



hi no" no", comes habitually; a, they said. 



10. I-sdu-ge, his right side; dsi, there, on that side; a, they said. 



11. Wa-gthe to", a plume-like shaft; e-go", resembling; to" no", that 



stands; a, they said. 



12. Ga, that shaft; wa-gthe, symbolic plmne; gi-tha, make to be; 



bi, they; a, they said. 



13. Wa-gthe, plume; gi-the, make to be; mo°-thi", as they travel the 



path of life; bi, they; do", when; a, they said. 



14. Wa-gthe, plume; gi-sho"-tha, droop or fall; zhi, not; ki-the, 



cause it to; mo"-thi", as they travel the path of life; ta, shall; 

 i, they; tsi" da, they shall. 



15. Da-do", what; wa-no"-p'i" to", as a symbolic gorget; kshi-the, 



put upon him; mo"-thi", as they travel the path of life; ta, 

 shall; ba, they; do", interrogative particle; a, they said. 



16. Tsiu-ge, mussel; thi"-kshe no", that sitteth; a, they said. 



17. Ga, that; no"-p'i", as a gorget; kshi-the, put upon him; a-ka, 



they. 



19. I-bi-po"-dse, close upon his body; xtsi, verily; a, they said. 



20. No"-p'i", as a gorget; kshi-the, put upon him; a-ka, they. 



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