LAFLDSCHE] EITE OF VIGIL LITEBAL TRANSLATION. 613 



E he, lo; mo°-(ho", vocable) bthi° da he, I go forth; the, vocable; 

 he-tho^-be the, to appear (in bodily form). (Lines 2, 3, and 4 in 

 all the stanzas.) 



2, 3, and 4. 



2. Do-ga, male; 3. Zhi^-ge, the little one; 4. Ts'a-ge, the aged one. 



Song 2. 

 (Free translation, p. 287; Osage version, p. 490.) 



1. 



Mi-ga, female; tha ha, the; mo°-(ho", vocable) thi° be, is coming. 



(Lines 1 and 3.) 

 E he, lo; the he, vocables; mi-ga, female; tha ha, the; mo°-(ho°, 



vocable) thi" be, is coming. (Lines 2 and 4.) 

 A he the the the he, vocables. (Line 5 in all the stanzas.) 



2, 3, and 4. 



2. Do-ga, male; 3. Zhi°-ga, the little one: 4. Ts'a-ge, the aged one. 



Song 3. 



(Free translation, p. 289: Osage version, p. 490.) 



L 



A-pi-gthe no°, footprints I make; do" ho° no°, good, beneficial. 



(Lines 1 to 6.) 

 A he the the the he. (Line 7 in all the stanzas.) 



. . gi-xa no", clearing the ground for the seed. (Lines 1 to 6.) 



3. 



gthe-fa no", the hills lie in rows like stripes. (Lines 1 to 6.) 



4. 



Ho°-ga no", sacred, mysterious. (Lines 1 to 6.) 



5. 



ba-bthi no", the seeds push upward, breaking the soil. 

 (Lines 1 to 6.) 



6. 



ga-mi no", the leaves sway in the ^vin(l. (Lines 1 to 6.) 



7. 

 . mo"-gthe no", the stalks stand upright. (Lines 1 to 6.) 



