616 THE OSAGE TKIBE. [bth. ann. 39 



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Gthe-(lo", to the hawk; mC-the tha, the arrow; ha ni wa-ta, ask ye 

 for aid. (Lines 2 and 3 of the second stanza.) 



Mo°-the tha, to the arrow itself; ha ni wa-ta, ask ye for aid. (Lines 2 

 and 3 of the third stanza.) 



4. 



Mo" the a-the tha, to the arrow I send forth ; ha ni wa-ta, ask ye for 

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



Tsi-go the tha, to my grandfather, the mysterious one; ha ni wa-ta, 

 ask ye for aid. (Lines 2 and 3 of the fifth stanza.) 



• Song .3. 



(Free translation, p. 299: Osage version, p. 493.) 



The use of archaic and corrupted words in songs 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 

 makes it difficult to give an intelligible translation. 



Wa-tsi' a-dsi Wa-tho''. 



At the triumph songs. 



Song 1. 

 (Free translation, p. 302; Osage version, p. 496.) 



1. 



He wa-to, I have triumphed; He wa-to he tha, behold I have tri- 

 xmiphed. (All of the lines of the stanza.) 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, p. 303: Osage version, p. 495.) 



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He wa-to, he wa-to a ha, I have triumphed; Sho-ka, ceremonial mes- 

 senger; he-wa he the, through his efforts. (All tliree lines of the 

 first stanza.) 



2. 



Xo-ka, master of ceremonies; . . . (All three lines of 



the second stanza.) 



Song 3. 



(Free translation, p. 305; Osage version, p. 495.) 



1. 



A ha, behold; wa-9i"-da ha, the symbolic man; wa-k'o°-e tha, has 

 trivunphed; e the, vocables; fi" da ha we, he having feet. 



