LAFLESCBE] RITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION, 537 



4. 



A no", arms; tha-tsi e, you have come; sho° ni da, perfect thou art; 

 we, vocable. (Line 3 in the fourth stanza.) 



Pa no°, your head; tha-tsi e, you have come; sho° ni da, perfect thou 

 art; we, vocable. (Line 3 in the fifth stanza.) 



I no", your mouth; tha-tsi e, you have come; sho" ni da, perfect thou 

 art; we, vocable. (Line 3 in the sixth stanza.) 



Wa-no'*-xe Wa-tho'' 



Spirit songs. 



Song 1. 



(Free translation, p. 104; Osage version, p. 399.) 



1. 



Wa-no^-xe, spirits; i a-do", coming; a-no°-k'o'', I hear; mi°-kshe no", 

 as I sit. (Lines 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 in all the four stanzas.) 



Wa-no°-xe, spirits; tsi-ho-ko°, smoke vent; dsi, to the; i a-da", com- 

 ing; a-no^-k'o", I hear; mi°-kshe no", as I sit. (Line 3 in the first 



stanza.) 



2. 



Wa-no^-xe, spirits; tsi-da-^e, back of the house; dsi, to the; i a-do°, 

 coming; a-no"-k'o°, I hear; mi°-kshe no", as I sit. (Line 3 in the 

 second stanza.) 



3. 



Wa-no"-xe, spirits; tsiu-ho"-ge, ends of the house; dsi, to the; i a-do°, 



coming; a-no^-k'o", I hear; mi^-kshe, as I sit. (Line 3 in the third 



stanza.) 



4. 



Wa-no"-xe, spirits; tsi-hiu-gthe, frame of the house, within; dsi, to 

 the; i a-do°, coming; a-no°-k'o", I hear; mi°-kshe, as I sit. 

 (Line 3 in the fourth stanza.) 



Song 2. 



( Free traTislation, p. 105; Osage version, p. 100.) 



Wa-no"-xe, spirits; dsi, where they dwell; bthe, I go; ta, ready; to° 



he, I stand; the, vocable. (Lines 1, 3, and 5.) 

 E, vocable; Wi-tsi-go, to my grandfathers; bthe, 1 go; ta, ready; to° 



he, 'I stand; the, vocable. (Lines 2, 4, and 6.) 



