LAFLESCHB] RITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 615 



Song 3. 



(Free translation, p. 293; Osage version, p. 492.) 



1. 



Ho°-wo°-da ha we, we make our appeal; ho''-wo''-da ha we, we make 

 appeaL (All three lines.) 



2. 



To^-wo" da ha we, we ask for a village; to"-wo° da ha we, we ask 

 for a village. (All three lines.) 



Song 4. 

 (Free translation, p. 294; Osage version, p. 492.) 



1. 



Tsi-go, my grandfather; gthi no°, who fails not to return; he no", he 

 is all in all; no" no°, vocables. (Lines 1, 2, 3, and 8 in the two 

 stanzas.) 

 He the the the, vocables. (Lines 4 and 7 in the two stanzas.) 

 Ho° do°, as night; gthi no", fails not to return; he no°, he is all in all; 

 no" no°, vocables. (Lines 5 and 6.) 



Ho°-ba, as day; gthi no", who fails not to return; he no°, he is all in 

 all; no° no°, vocables. (Lines 5 and 6.) 



Wa-no'-^e A-BA-gu Wa-tho". 



Attack pointing to the direction of songs. 



Song 1. 



(Free translation, p. 297; Osage version, p. 492.) 

 1. 



Tsi-go, to my grandfather; wa-pi"-da, the bird: ha ni wa-ta, ask ye 



for aid. (Lines 1, 2, and 5 of both stanzas.) 

 Ka-xe, to the crow; mo" the tha, the arrow; ha ni wa-ta, ask ye for 



aid. (Lines 3 and 4 of the first stanza.) 



2. 



Gthe-do°, to the hawk; mo" the tha, the aiTow; ha ni wa-ta, ask ye 

 for aid. (Lines 3 and 4 of the second stanza.) 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, p. 298: Osage version, p. 493.) 



1. 



Ho, ho; ni wa-ta, ask ye for aid, ask ye for aid. (Line 1 in all the 



five stanzas.) 

 Ka-xe, to the crow; mo" the tha, the arrow; ha ni wa-ta, ask ye for 



aid. (Lines 2 and 3 of the first stanza.) 



