LAPLESCHB] RITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 531 



Tsi Ta'-pe Wa-tho". 



House approach song. 



(Free translation, p. 80; Osage version, p. 3900 



Tsi, house; vvi°, a; e-dsi, there; tse do", stands; dsi, there; the hi" da, 



I go. (Lines 1, 2, and 3.) 

 Dsi, there; the hi" da, go I. (Line 5.) 

 Ho°-ga, the Ho^-ga subdivision ; tsi, house; wi". a; e-dsi, there; a-ka 



do", they dwell; dsi, there; the hi" da, go I. (Line 5.) 

 Tsi, house; wi", a; e-dsi, there; a-ka do", dwell there; dsi, there; the 



hi" da, go I. (Lines 6 and 7.) 



Wa'-^i-thu-^e Wi'-gi-e. 



Taking footsteps ritual. 



(Free translation, p. 81; Osage version, p. 390) 



1. Da-do", what; wa-pi-thu-^e, take footsteps toward; mo"-thi", as 



they travel the path of life; ta, shall; ba, they; do", interroga- 

 tive particle; a', they said. 12, 21, 3 L 



2. Mi, sun; hi-e, setting; ge, of the; ta, in the direction of. 13, 



22, 32. 



3. Ni, river; u-ga-xthi, bend; wi", a; a, they said. 



4. Ga, that; a-(;'i-thu-ge, take footsteps toward; iuo"-tlii", as they 



travel the path of life; hi, they; a, they said. 7, 24. 



5. Ni, river; u-ga-xthi, bend; %vi", a; e-(?ka, in truth; e-wa-ka, mean; 



ba, they; zhi, not; a, they said. 



6. Tsi, house; zhi"-ga, little; wi", a; a, they said. 



8. A-fi-thu-pe, take footsteps toward; mon"-thi", as they travel the 



path of life; bi, they; do", when; a, they said. 10, 17, 19, 

 27, 29, 36, 38. 



9. A-pi-thu-pe, take footsteps toward; gi-o-ts'e-ga, easy for them- 



selves; ki-the, cause to be; mo°-thi", as they travel the path of 

 life; ta, shall; i, thej^; tsi" da, they shall. 

 11. Wa-xo-be, slu'ine; zhi"-ga, little; ha-gtha-thi, carrying with them; 

 e-dsi, coming there; ba she tse, you shall. 20, 30, 39. 



14. Ni, river; u-ga-xthi, bend; tho"-ba, two; wa-fi-thu-fe, take foot- 



steps toward ; mo"-thi" , as they travel the path of life ; bi, they ; 

 a, they said. 



15. Ni, river; u-ga-xthi, bend; tho"-ba, two; e-pka, in truth; e-wa-ka, 



mean; ba, they; zhi, not; a, they said. 



16. Tsi, house; zhi°-ga, little; tho"-ba, two; wa-fi-thu-pe, take foot- 



steps toward; mo"-thi", as they travel the path of life; bi, they; 

 a, they said. 

 18. Wa-fi-thu-Qe, take footsteps toward; gi-o-ts'e-ga, easy for them- 

 selves; ki-the, cause to be; mo"-thi", as they travel the path of 

 life; ta, shall; bi a, they; zlii"-ga, the little ones. 28, 37. 



