L.\FLESCHE] KITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 553 



93. U-no", sign of old age; a-gi-the, I have made to be; a-to" he 

 i" da, I who stand here. 



96. Zho"-i-ta-xe, tree top; ^ka, white with blossoms; ga, this; 



thi"-kshe, that sitteth; shki, also; a, they said. 



97. U-no°, sign of old age; pa-xe i° da, I have made to be. 



98. Ni-ka, aged men. 



99. Pa-hi", hairs; (?a-dse, scant; f.i e-go", yellowish with age; e no" 



hi no", spoken of as; a, they said. 

 100. Pa-hi", hairs; ^a-dse, scant: 91 e-go", yellowish with age; a bi, 



spoken of as; i-the, live to see; ki-the, cause themselves to; 



mo°-thi", as they travel the path of life; ta bi" da, they shall. 

 105. I-tsi", war clubs; ki-pa-no"-no"-the, rising up and down in a 



tangled mass; xtsi, verily; wa-do"-be, he saw: to", as he 



stood; a, they said. 



107. Wi-tho°-fka, men who are of my age; ho", why; a, say: ba, 



they: Wa-ko"-da, god; tha-k'e-tha, holds them in favor: bi, 

 they; a, say; ba, they; do", interrogative particle; c-ki-the, 

 he thought; to", as he stood; a, they said. 



108. The, in this place; shki do", also: a, they said. 



109. Wa-ko"-da, god; e-dsi a ba, therein reside: tho" ta, possible; 



sho", in any event; e-the, he thought: to", as he stood : a, they 

 said. 



113. Mo"-i"-ka, earth; no"-ni-ni-tha, treading upon softly, stealthily; 



xtsi, verily; wa-no"-k'o", he heard: to", as he stood; a, they 

 said . 



114. Pa, his head; thi-ho°, lifted; tsi-the, quickly: to", as he stood; 



a, thoy said. 118. 

 11.5. Gi-ha-go°, to him there appeared; a-zhi, nothing: xtsi, verily; 



thi"-kshe, as he sat; a, they said. 119. 

 117. Mo"-hi", grass: ga-QU-(?u-e, rustling as l)y approaching footsteps; 



xtsi, verily; wa-no°-k'o", he heard; to", as he stood; a, they 



said. 



121. (,'i-pa, foot; i-sdu-ge, the right; tse, the; a, they said. 



122. <^i-pa, foot: i-ga-sho°-ha, touched with some force. 



124. Ni-ka, man; ^vi°, a; wa-xpa-thi°, poor in body and mind; thi", 



moving about; a, they said. 

 12.5. Thi-e, you; ni-kshe, who sit here; a hi", interrogative particles; 



ka-ge, my younger brother; e-gi-a, said to him: bi a, they 



said. 



126. Ho-we, yes; ^vi-tsi-go e, O my grandfather; e, to say; tsi-the, he 



hastened: a, they said. 



127. Wi-e, it is I ; mi»-kshe o, I who sit here : wi-tsi-go e, O my grand- 



father; e, to say; tsi-the, he hastened; a, they said. 



128. Ha, O; ka-ge, my yoimger brother; a, they said. 146,153,167. 



