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7. 

 fi-gthe, footprints; wi-ta, my; xa-pe no° ho°, I pluck the ears. 



8. 



^"'i-gthe, footprints; wn-ta, my; bi-xtho° no° ho°, I break down the 



stalks. 



9. 



fi-gthe, footprints; wi-ta, my; xo-da no" ho°, gray blossoms cover 



the fields. 



10. 



fi-gthe, footprints; wi-ta, my; sho-da no'' ho°, smoke arises from my 



house. 



11. 



fi-gthe, footprints; wi-ta, my; zha-wa no° ho°. there is joy in my 



house. 



12. 



fi-gthe, footprints; wi-ta, my; ho°-ba no"" ho", day (life) has come. 



U'-WE Gl-DO^-BE Wa-THO''. 



Field toA-iew songs. 



Song 3. 



(Free translation, p. 200; Osage version, p. 451.) 



1. 



Do°-be, to view; the tse the he, I shall go; do^-be, to view; the tse 

 the, I shall go. (Lines 1, 3, 5, and 6 in all the twelve stanzas.) 



A-fi-gthe, footprints I have made; no° ho°, the, do°-be, to view; the 

 tse the he, I shall go. (Lines 2, 4, and 7 in the first stanza.) 



Gthe-9e, in even lines; ge no° ho", those that are; do°-be, to view; 

 the tse the he, I shall go. (Lines 2, 4, and 7 in the second stanza.) 



Ba-bthi, broken; ge no" ho", those that are; do°-be, to view; the tse 

 the he, I shall go. (Lines 2, 4, and 7 in the third stanza.) 



Bo-xa, stalks leafy; ge no" ho", that are; do°-be, to view; the tse the 

 he, I shall go. (Lines 2, 4, and 7 in the fourth stanza.) 



