I^FLESCHB] KITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TKANSLATION. 539 



6. 



Tsi, house; u-da-ko", lighted by fire within; i°-dse, my face; o^-fa-be 

 tha, is blackened. 



7. 



Tsi, house; u-da-ko", lighted by fire within; ga-mo°, downy feathers 



(upon the heads of the assembled No^-ho^-zlii^-ga) ; a-to°-be tha, 



I see. 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, p. 110; Osage version, p. 402.) 



1. 



No°-be, my hands; o"-xo-dse, the browning of; u-wa-ni-ke no", an 

 act which I make to be a part of my being; ta-ko i" da, is sacred. 

 (Lines 1, 2, and 5 in the first stanza.) 



E the, it is the act; wa-d.a-da, of supplication; e tho wa-na, it is 

 indeed. (Lines 3 and 4 in all the five stanzas.) 



2. 



No°-be, my hands; o"-pa-be, the blackening of; u-wa-ni-ke no", an 

 act which I make to be a part of my being; ta-ko i° da, is sacred. 

 (Lines 1, 2, and 5 in the second stanza.) 



I°-dse, my face; o°-xo dse, the browning of; u-wa-ni-ke no", an act 

 which I make to be a part of my being; ta-ko i" da ha, is sacred. 

 (Lines 1, 2, and 5 in the third stanza.) 



4. 



I°-dse, my face; o"-ca-be, the blackening of; u-wa-ni-ke no", an act 

 which I make to be a part of my being; ta-ko i" da ha, is sacred. 

 (Lines 1, 2, and o in the fourth stanza.) 



I°-dse, my face; o"-ho"-ba, brightened by the light of day; u-wa-ni-ke 

 no", an act which I make to be a part of my being; ta-ko in da ha, 

 is sacred. (Lines 1, 2, and 5 in the fifth stanza.) 



