I^FLBSCHE] KITE OF VIGIIy LITERAL TRANSLATION. 575 



2. 



Wa-tse the he, the military honors; Mi-k'i", the Sun-carrier gens; 

 tho°-ba, the second; tha-wa, count; tse the he, let liim. (Line 3 



in the second stanza.) 



3. 



Wa-tse the he, the military honors; Mi-k'i", the Sun-carrier gens; 



tha-bthi", the third; tha-wa, coimt; tse the he, let him. (Line 3 



in the third stanza.) 



4. 



Wa-tse-the he, the military honors; Mi-k'i°, the Sim-carrier gens; 



do-ba, the fourth; tha-wa, count; tse the he, let him. (Line 3 in 



the fourth stanza.) 



5. 



Wa-tse the he, the military honors; Mi-k'i°, the Sun-carrier gens; 



i?a-to°, the fifth; tha-wa, coimt; tse the he, let him. (Line 3 in 



the fifth stanza.) 



6. 



Wa-tse the he, the military honors; Mi-k'i°, the Sun-carrier gens; 

 sha-pe, the sixth; tha-wa, count; tse the he, let him. (Line 3 in 



the sixth stanza.) 



7. 



Wa-tse the he, the military honors; Mi-k'i°, the Sim-carrier gens; 

 she-no°, the final number; tha-wa, count; tse the he, let him. 

 (Line 3 in the seventh stanza.) 



Song 6. 



(Free translation, p. 182; Osage version, p. 443.) 

 1. 



E he ha, an interjection which may be translated as, lo!; he-be ni, 

 a, large, portion; ha-thi°, carrying; a-gtha-gtha be, they go home- 

 ward. (Lines 1, 3, and 4 of the stanza.) 



He-be ni, a, large, portion; ha-thi", carrying; a-gtha-gtha be, they go 

 homeward. (Lines 2 and 5 of the stanza.) 



Ka'-xe Wa-tho''. 



Crow songs. 



Song 1. 



(Free translation, p. 184; Osage version, p. 443.) 



Ka-xe, ye crows; a-tsi° da, I have come; ha, ni-wa-the, I, the pro- 

 tector of life. (Lines 1, 2, and 4 in all the six stanzas.) 



