LAFLESCHE] KITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 595 



Wa-zhi°, bird; <?a-be, black; mo°-tlii-do", has drawn the arrow; 

 a-gthi, has come home; no°-zhi°-e, where he stands. (Line 4 in 



the first stanza.) 



2. 



Wa-zhi°, bird; xo-dse, gray; mo"-thi-do", has drawn the arrow; 

 a-gthi, has come home; no''-zhi°-c, where he stands. (Line 4 in the 

 second stanza.) 



3. 



Gthe-do°, hawk; zlii"-ga, little; mo"-thi-do", has drawn the arrow; 

 a-gtlii, has come home; no°-zhi"-e, where he stands. (Line 4 in 

 the third stanza.) 



4. 



Wa-ko°, actor; ho°-ga, the mystic, consecrated, sacred; mo°-thi-do°, 

 has dra-ftTi the arrow; a-gthi, has come home; no^-zhi^-e, where 

 he stands. (Line 4 in the fourth stanza.) 



U'-THU-DSE I-NO''-ZHI*' Wa-THO". 



Partakers rising song. 



Song 1. 



(Free translation, p. 237; Osage version, p. 468.) 

 1. 



A-ki-pa, meet ye; wi" da do ho, all as one; pe-dse to° tha, at the fire 

 place. (Lines 1 to 4 in the first stanza.) 



• 2. 



A-ki-pa, meet ye; wi° da do ho, all as one; i-bi-k'u tha, touching 

 closely each other. (Lines 1 to 4 in the second stanza.) 



Nl-DSE WA-gPE Wl'-GI-E. 



Haunches rest ritual. 



(Free translation, p. 238; Osage version, p. 4fi8) 



1. A, they said; a bi" da, it has been said; tsi, house; ga, in this. 



76, 85. 



2. Wa-^a-be, black bear; u-pa-ka, blemish in color; tlii°-ge, having 



none; kshe, that lies outstretched; a, they said. 



3. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; zhu-i-ga, their bodies; o°-the, make of 



me; ta bi" da, they shall. 



4. pi-pa-hi, my toes ; thi-^tu-the, that are gathered in folds; ga tse, 



this; a, they said. 



5. LT-no", signs of old age; a-gi-the, I have made to be; mi°-kshe 



i" da, I who sit here. 11, 17, 23, 30, 35, 41, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64. 



6. Zhi"-ga, the little ones; no", old age; hi, they come to; do°, 



when; a, they said. 



