LAFLBSCHE] RITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 577 



5. 



Pa, head; hi wa ta ha, with my; sho° ni da we, it is well. (Lines 2 

 and 4 in the fifth stanza.) 



6. 



I-a, mouth; hi wa ta ha, with my; sho° ni da we, it is well. (Lines 2 

 and 4 in the sixth stanza.) 



Wa-?a'-be Wa-tho''. 



Black bear songs. 



Song 1. 



(Free translation, p. 1S8; Osage version, p. 445.) 



1. 



Mo°-thi-to°, acts of touching the earth; ge he, the; ta-ko, divine, 

 sacred; i° da, they are; ha-we, greetings. (Lines 1, 2, 3, and 5 in 

 the first stanza.) 



Wi, I; a-tsi, I come; i" da, have; ha-we he, greetings. (Line 4 in 

 both of the two stanzas.) 



2. 



Mo°-thi-k'o, acts of digging into the earth; ge he, the; ta-ko, divine, 

 sacred; i° da, they are; ha-we, greetings. (Lines 1, 2, 3, and 5 in 



the second stanza.) 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, p. 189: Osage version, p. 445.) 



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No"-be, hands; o^-xo-dse, I am browned; u-wa-ni-ke, in which is my 

 being; no", the; ta-ko, sacred; i° da ha, it is. (Lines 1, 2, and 5 

 in the first stanza.) 



E tho, it is; wa-da da, the act of supplication; e the wa na, it is. 



(Lines 3 and 4 in all the five stanzas. To line 4 is added the vocable, 



the.) 



2. 



No°-be, hands; o"-pa-be, I am blackened; u-wa-ni-ke, in which is my 

 being; no°, the; ta-ko, sacred; i° da ha, it is. (Lines 1, 2, and 5 

 in the second stanza.) 



3. 



l°-dse, face; o°-xo-dse, I am browned; u-wa-ni-ke, in which is my 

 being; no'', the; ta-ko, sacred; i° da ha, it is. (Lines 1, 2, and 5 

 in the third stanza.) 

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