LAFLBSCHE] KITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 559 



54. Mi, moons, months; pe-tho"-ba, seven; gthi°, to sit; ta do", that 

 he may; a, they said. 



57. Ho^-ba, days; u-^a-ki-ba, divisions of; wi°, a; o-pshi, I have 



come to; sho°, even as I sat; e-ki-the, he thought; thi°-kshe, 

 as he sat; a, they said. 60, 63. 



58. Wa-gthu-shka, bugs, insects; zhi°-ga, small. 



59. Ho-to", calling; wa-no^-lt'o"", he heard; thi^-kshe, as he sat; a, 



they said. 

 62. Wa-zhi"-ga, birds; ho-to°, calling; wa-no''-k'o°, he heard; thi°- 

 kshe, as he sat; a, they said. 



65. Wa-ko''-da, god; tse-ga, early; xtsi, verily; e-tho°-be, appears; 



hi no" bi, comes habitually; a, they said. 



66. Tsi-zhe-be, to the door of his house; u-hi-gthi", he came to and 



sat; thi"-kshe, sitting; a, they said. 



67. No"-be, his hands; mi, at sight of the sun; ba-mo°-da-da, with 



joy he rubbed; xtsi, verUy; thi°-kshe, as he sat; a, they said. 



68. Mi, the sun; sha-ge, his hands; gi-ba-ha, exhibited to him, lifted 



to him in gladness; xtsi, verily; thi°-kshe, as he sat; a, they said. 



70. Ha, 0; wi-tsi-go e, my grandfather, he said; a, they said. 



71. Zhu-i-ga, my flesh; a-tha-xi°, has shrunken; xtsi, verily; a-zho°, 



I slept; mi°-kshe, as I sat; sho", even as I; e-ki-the, he thought; 

 thi°-kshe, as he sat; a, they said. 



72. Ha, O; ni-ka-shi-ga, thou person. 



73. U-no° tha bi, that vrhich is the means of reaching old age; i-the, 



to see; tha-ki-the a- tha, you have caused yourself to; ni-ka- 

 shi-ga, thou person; e-gi-a, said to him; bi a, they said. 



75. Tsi-zhe-be, the door; i-sdu-ge, at the right side; dsi, there; a, 



they said. 



76. U-fi-gthe, footprint; wi°, a; hi-tse-the, he placed upon the 



groimd; to°, as he stood; a, they said. 85. 



77. Ga tse, this; shki, also; a, they said. 



78. Wa-thi°-e-9ka, without a purpose; she-mo°, I have done; mo°- 



zhi i" da, I have not. 



79. Wa-zha-zhe, the people of the Wa-zha-zhe subdivision; a, they 



said. 86. 



80. Tsi-zhu, the Tsi-zhu great division; e-tho"-ba, they also. 87. 



81. We-tha-wa, use it to count with; mo^-thi", as they travel the path 



of life; ta i tsi" da, they shall. 88. 



82. We-tha-wa, use it to coimt with; mo°-thi°, as they travel the path 



of life; bi, they; do°, when; shki, and; a, they said. 89. 



83. Zho°-xa, tally sticks; gi-tsi-fa, run evenly, accurately; ki-the, for 



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

 shall. 90. 



84. Tsi-zhe-be, the door; tha-ta, at the left side; dsi, there; a, they 



said. 



