LAFLESCHE] RITE OF VIGIL, LITERAL TRANSLATION. 547 



Wa-tha-pa-pa, to feast voraciously; ha-dsi, there, to the battle field; 

 bthe hi no", we go forth. (Lines 2, 4, and 6 in the first stanza.) 



Song 2. 

 (Free translation, p. 129: Osage version, p. 4U.) 



1. 



Ni-ka, men; tho°-ba, as two; bthe a-do" he no", we are going. (Line 



1 in the first stanza.) 

 A he the, vocables; ni-ka, men; tho"-ba, as two; bthe a-do" he no", 



we are going. (Lines 2, 4, and 6 in the first stanza.) 

 A he the, vocables; bthe a-do" he no", we are going. (Line 3 in the 



first stanza.) 

 A he the, vocables; wa-tha-pa-pa, to feast voraciously; bthe a-do" 



he no", we are going. (Lines 5 and 7 in the first stanza.) 



Ta Wa-tho''. 



Deer songs. 



Song 1. 



(Free translation, j). 130; Osage version, p. 411.) 



1. 



Wi-tsi"-do no", my elder brother; she-tho, there, at that place; to" 

 no", stands. (Lines 1, 2, 5, 6, and 9 in the first stanza.) 



fi, feet;'no"-no"-ge he, running; fi, feet; no" no" e, running. (Lines 

 3 and 7 in the first stanza.) 



fi, feet; no"-no"-ge he, running. (Lines 4 and 8 in the first stanza.) 



He, horns; no"-no°-ge he, running; he, horns; no" no" e, rimning. 



(Lines 3 and 7 in the second stanza.) 



He, horns; no"-no"-ge he, running. (Lines 4 and S in the second 



stanza.) ' 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, p. 131; Osage version, p. 412.) 

 1. 



Tsi"-do, to my brother; he fka gthe he, thou with white horns. 



(Lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 in the first stanza.) 

 ^'i, feet; no°-no" e, running go thou; <;i, feet; no"-no°-ge he, running 



go thou. (Lines 3 and 6 in the first stanza.) 



He, horns; no"-no" e, rimning go thou; he, horns; no"-no"-ge he, 

 running go thou. (Lines 3 and 6 in the second stanza.) 



