LAFLESCHE] RITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 579 



2. 



Ts'e, in death; i-he a-the, I make him to lie, upon the earth; a-thi" 

 he no", in my hfe's journey. (Lines 3 and 6 in the second stanza.) 



Sho-dse no°, turned to smoke; 9o°-ho°, pale, white; pa-xe, I make 

 them to be (his houses) ; a-thi" he no", in my life's journey. (Lines 

 3 and 6 in the third stanza.) 



4. 



Ni-xo-dse, turned to ashes; 9o"-ho", pale, white; pa-xe, I make them 

 to be (his houses); a-thi° he no", in my life's journey. (Lines 3 

 and 6 in the fourth stanza.) 



5. 



Wa-hi ge, the bones, those of the enemy; 9o°-ho", to lie, whitened; 

 pa-xe, I make them to; a-thi° he no", in my life's journey. (Lines 

 3 and 6 in the fifth stanza.) 



TsE Wa-tho''. 



Buffalo songs. 



SONQ 1. 

 {Free translation, p. 197; Osage version, p. 448.) 



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A-(?i-gthe-no", footprints I have made; wa-k'o" no", it is a sacred act. 

 (The four lines of which each stanza of tliis song is composed are 

 all alike excepting the third line, the last phi-ase of which is 

 repeated, and the fourth line to which are added three vocables.) 



A-fi-gthe no", fcotiDrints I have made; gthe-^e no", to lie in even 

 lines. 



3. 



A-fi-gthe no", footprints I have made; ba-bthi no", they are broken. 



4. 



A-fi-gthe no", footprints I have made; bo-xa no", in which stand the 

 leafy stalks. 



5. 



A-fi-gthe no", footprints I have made; ga-mi no", the leaves wave in 

 the Avind. 



6. 



A-fi-gthe no", footprints I have made; ga-dsi" no", the ears cross 

 each other in profusion. 



