LAFLESCHE] EITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TKANSLATIOTST. 535 



2. 



Thu-shke, to uiitie; mo" ki sho ho, airhaic words; tsi-the, to pass as 

 in birth; ta ko" tha, archaic words. 



Gtha-tha, to loosen; mo°-ki sho ho, archaic words; tsi-the, to pass as 

 in birth; ta ko° tha, archaic words. 



4. 



Ga-wa, to open wade; mo" ki sho ho, archaic words; tsi-the, to pass 

 as in birth; ta ko" tha, archaic words. 



Tsi-the, to pass as in birth; mo" ki sho ho, archaic words; tsi-the, 

 to pass as in birth; ta ko° tha, archaic words. 



Song 5. 

 (Free translation, p. 97: Osage version, p. 396.) 



Ni-ka, man; e-tho, thou; sho", complete, perfect; ni da, thou art; 



Ha-we, a word of greeting. (Lines 1, 2, and 3.) 

 Ni-ka, man; wa ha, vocables; ko"-ha, near to us; tha tsi i" da, thou 



hast come; Ha-we. 

 Ni-ka, man; e, a; tho wi lii" da, is here present. 

 Ki-no°, insignia; tho-to" tha, straight, correct; tho-to" a, correct. 



(Lines 6 and 7.) 

 Ki-no", insignia; tho wi hi" da, is here present; da, vocable. 



Song 6. 



(Free translation, p. 99; Osage version, p. 396) 



Tsi-go, grandfather; tsi, has come; he ko i, archaic words; tha-no"-te, 

 you dance. (Lines 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 in all the stanzas.) 



Ba-xo°, waving or imdulating line; tse, the; he ko i, archaic words; 

 tha-no"-te, you dance. (Line 4 in the first and third stanzas.) 



Tho-to", straight line; tse, the; he ko i, archaic words: tha-no"-te, 

 you dance. (Line 4 in the second and fourth stanzas.) 



Song 7. 



(Free translation, p. 102; Osage version, p. 397-) 

 1. 



Tsi-go, grandfather; tha, abbreviation of tha-tsi e, you have come; 



tsi-go, grandfather; tha-tsi e, you have come. (Lines 1, 5, and 7 



in all the six stanzas.) 

 Ta-ko i" da, mysterious it is; ha-we, ha-we, greetings; he, vocable. 



(Lines 2, 4, 6, and 8 in all the stanzas.) 



