610 THE OSAGE TRIBE. [eth. ann. 39 



Song 4. 



(Free translation, p. 270; Osage version, p. 485.) 

 1. 



^'i-a wa, their feet; thi-ko, cramped; ta we, shall become. 



2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. 



2. Hi-a wa, their legs. 3. Zhu wa, their bodies. 4. A wa, their arms. 

 5. Pa wa, their heads. 6. I-a wa, their mouths. 



Mi'*'-DSE Ga-xe Wa-tho". 



Bow making songs. 



Song 1. 



(Free translation, p. 272; Osage version, p. 486.) 



1. 



Tsi-go, my grandfather: wa-fi"-da, archaic; ko^-to", tie; ga-xa, make. 



(Line 1.) 

 Mi, sun; wa-^i^-da, archaic; ko^-to", tie; the the he the the, vocables. 

 (Line 3.) 



2. 

 Gthe-do°, hawk. (Line 3.) 



3. 

 Ka-xe, crow. (Line 3.) 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, p. 272; Osage version, p. 486.) 



Most of the words of songs 2, 3, 4, and 5 are corrupted and given 

 in a manner that makes it impossible to give intelligible translations. 



No'"-ZHl''-ZHO'* Wa-tho^. 



Vigil songs. 



Song 1. 

 (Free translation, p. 27.*); Osage version, p. 487.) 



1. 



There are no words to this song, but vocables are used imitative 

 of the cry of the man taking the rite of vigil. 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, p. 277; Osage version, p. 487.) 



1. 



Tsi-go-e, my grandfather; hu-thi-k'u mo° a, I gather or draw tliee 

 into my hand. 



2. 



hu-bi-ka mo° a, I crumble thee in my hand. 



