LAFLESCHE] RITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATIOISI. 557 



Do-ka, scalps; a-thi° a-do°, bringing. (Line 3 in the sixth stanza.) 

 Do-ka, scalps; a-thi° a-do", bringing: ni-ka xo-be, men of mystery; 

 ko-wi-tha ha, come ye hither. (Line 4 in the sixth stanza.) 



7. 



Ga-mo°, spoils; a-tlii" a-do°, bringing. (Line 3 in the seventh stanza.) 

 Ga-mo°, spoils; a-thi° a-do°, bringing; ni-ka xo-be, men of mystery; 

 ko-wi-tha ha, come ye hither. (Line 4 in the seventh stanza.) 



Ho°-ba, the day, a-thi" a-do", bringing. (Line 3 in the eighth stanza.) 

 Ho°-ba, the day; a-thi° a-do°, bringing; ni-ka xo-be, men of mystery; 

 ko-wi-tha ha, come ye hither. (Line 4 in the eighth stanza.) 



Song 3. 

 (Osagc version, p. 421.) 



The first stanza of this song is made up entirely of vocables that 

 are imitations of the cry of the chosen Do-do°-ho"-ga as he appeals 

 to Wa-ko°-da during his vigil. In the second stanza appears three 

 times the word Tsi-go, grandfather, uttered with vocables that 

 imitate the cry. The term Tsi-go is addressed to the god of mystery. 



Wa-thu'-^e Wi'-gi-e. 



The seizing ritual. 



By Wa-xthi'-zhi. 



(Free translation, p. 148; Osage version, p. 421.) 



1. He-dsi, at that time and place; xtsi, verily; a, they said; a bi° da, 



it has been ssid; tsi, house; ga, in this. 29, 44, 49, 56, 61, 64, 

 69, 74. 



2. Wa-(pa-be, black bear; u-^^a-ka, blemish, in color; thi"-ge, that has 



none; kshe, that lies outstretched; no°, the; a, they said. 



3. Wa-ki-gthi-gtho", to meditate, serious contemplation; tsi-the, pro- 



ceeded to; to", as he stood: a, they said. 5. 



4. Ta, deer; ki-thi-xa bi, in the month when they rut; u-zhin-ga 



was still young; xtsi, verily; thi^-kshe, sitting; dsi, at that 

 time; a, they said. 



6. Ni-dse, haunches; ki i-no°-the, to put down to rest; ta do", that 



he might; a, they said. 41, 51. 



7. 0-k'o" wa-no°-tha zhi, bewildered; xtsi, verily; to", he stood: a, 



they said. 



8. E-ki-pa, to the same place; a-gthi, returning: no"-zlii"-zhi° the, 



repeatedly; to", he stood; a, they said. 



