LAFLESCHE] RITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 533 



WA-K'oN-gi-HA Op-she Wa-thon. 



Animal skins walk upon song. 



(Free translation, p. 86; Osage version, p. 392. 



1. 



Tsi, village; u-h()"-ge, the border of; dsi, there; a-tsi-e the, I have 

 come. (Repeated three times.) 



Tsi, village; u-sda, places where the ground is trodden bare; ge, 

 where; dsi, there; a-tsi-e tho, I have come. (Repeated thi-ee 

 times.) 



3. 



0-shko''*bi, the frequented places; ge, the; dsi, there; a-tsi-e tho, I 

 have come. (Repeated three times.) 



4. 



Tsi-da-fe, back of the house; dsi, there; a-tsi-e tho, I have come. 

 (Repeated three times.) 



5. 



Tsi-zhe-be, door; dsi, there; a-tsi-e tho, I have come. (Repeated 

 three times.). 



6. 



fo^-ho", the whitened animal skins; ge, the; dsi, there; a-tsi-e tho, 

 I have come. (Repeated three times.) 



7. 



Bo-bthi, skins that sway in the wind; ge, the; dsi, there; a-tsi-e tho, 

 I have come. (Repeated thi'ee times.) 



8. 



Thi u-ba-he, side of the house; dsi, there; a-tsi-e tho, I have come. 

 (Repeatetl three times.) 



9. 



O-ko^-fka, the middle part of the house; dsi, there; a-tsi-e tho, I 

 have come. (Repeated three times.) 



10. 



O-zhe-tsi, the fireplace; a-dsi, there; a-tsi-e tho, I have come. 

 (Repeated three times.) 



