LAFLESCHE] KITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TEANSLATION. 607 



Song 3. 

 (Free translation, p. 262; Osage version, p. 482.) 



1. Sho°-ni-pa, archaic; wi°, a; tha, you; wi, I; tha, send; tse, shall. 



3. Sho°-ni-pa, archaic; vn", a; tha, you; wi, I; tha ha, send; shke he 



the, to be untied. 



Song 4. 



( Free translation, p. 263; Osage version, p. 482.) 

 1. 



I°-da-ko, archaic; a-ha, now; shka, imtied; ho° dse, when it becomes. 



(Line 1.) 

 Sho-the, come toward you (the bird); the e he, vocables; shka, 



untied ; ho° dse, when it becomes. (Line 4;) 



I°-da-ko, archaic; a-ha, now; gtha, unfolded (mouth of the pouch); 



ho" dse, when it becomes. (Line 1.) 

 Sho-the, come toward you; the e he, vocables; gtha, unfolded; ho° 



dse, when it becomes. (Line 4.) 



3. 



I°-da-ko, archaic; a-ha, now; ga-wa, widened (mouth of the pouch); 



ho° dse, when it becomes. (Line 1.) 

 Sho-the, shall come toward you; the e he, vocables; ga-wa, widened; 



ho° dse, when it becomes. (Line 4.) 



4. 



I°-da-ko, archaic; a-ha, now; ga i-hi-tha, thi-ough this (the mouth of 



the pouch). (Line 1.) 

 Sho-the, shall come toward you; the e he, vocables; ga i-hi-tha, 



through this (the mouth of the pouch). (Line 4.) 



Pe'-xe Thu-^e Wi'-gi-e. 



Rattle take up ritual. 



(Free translation, p. 265; Osage version, p. 483.) 



1. Da-do°, what; pe-xe, rattle; gi-the, make to be their; mo°-tlii°, 



as they travel the path of life; ta, shall; ba, they; do°, inter- 

 rogative particle. 



2. Mi, sun; hi-e, it disappears; ge, the places where; ta, in that 



direction; to°-wo"-gtho", villages; pe-tho°-ba, seven; ha, sepa- 

 rate; bi, they; a bi a, they said. 10, IS. 



3. I-thi-shno°, the odd one in nmnber; thi"-kshe, that sits; wa-pa, 



head; i-ta, belonging to; tlu°-kshe, that sits. 



4. Ga, that one; pe-xe, rattle; gi-the, make to be their; mo°-thi", as 



they travel the path of life; bi, they; a bi a, they said. 



