LAFLESCHE] KITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 589 



2. 



Ga-xa, make; thi°-e e, ye; wa-ko°-da, mystery; tsi, house; ga-xa, 

 make; thi°-e, ye. (Line 3 in the third stanza.) 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, p. 219; Osage version, p. 461. 



1. 



Tsi, house; wi", a; ga-xa, make; tlu°, ye; ga-xa, make; thi°-e he the, 



ye. (Lines 1, 2, and 5 in the first stanza.) 

 Ga-xa, make; thi°, ye; ga-xa, make; tlii^-e he the, ye. (Line 3 in 



all the tlu'ee stanzas.) 

 Tsi, house; wi-ta no°, that is mine; ga-xa, make; thi", ye; ga-xa, 



make; thi"-e, ye. (Line 4 in the first stanza.) 



Wa-ko°-da, mystery; tsi, house, the house of; ga-xa, make; thi", ye; 

 ga-xa, make; thi°-e, j-e. (Line 4 in the second stanza.) 



Tsi-hiu-gthe, frame of the house; wi-ta no°, that is mine; ga-xa, 

 make; thi°, ye; ga-xa, make; thi°-e, ye. (Line 4 in the third 

 stanza.) 



Zho''-thi'-xo*' Wa-tho^. 



Breaking wood songs. 



Song 1, 



(Free translation, p. 221; Osage version, p. 462.) 



I. 



fto the, gathering; fto the, gathering; fto the, gathering (the wood); 



tha ni da, ye are. 



2. 



Tsi-zhe, noisily; tsi-zhe, noisily; tsi-zhe, noisily; tha ni da, ye move. 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, p. 222; Osage version, p. 462,) 

 1. 



To-xe the, crashing; to-xi ni da, crashing 3'ou are; to-xi ni da, crash- 

 ing you are. 



2. 



Gthi he the, you put them down; to-xi ni da, you with a crash; to-xi 

 ni da, you with a crash. 



