L-iFLESCHE] EITE OF VIGIL LITERAL TRANSLATION. 627 



Ni-zmu' Wa-tho''. 



Rain songs. 



Song L 



(Free translation, p. 352; Osage version, p. 510.) 

 1. 



Mo°-gtlie, stand upright; ho"-ge he, those that; ta-ko i° da, are mys- 

 terious; ha-we he, exclamation of wonder. (Lines 1,3,4, 5, and 8.) 

 Ta-ko i° da, are mysterious; ha-we. (Lines 2 and 7.) 

 E-da, look ye; do-ba ha, at the four; ta-ko i" da, that are mysterious. 



(Line 6.) 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, p. 353; Osage version, p. 510.) 



Mo"-gthe, stand upright; ho°-ge, those that; ho°-ge, those that; 



ta-ko in da, are mysterious; ha-we he, exclamation of wonder. 



(Lines 1,2, and 5.) 

 E-da, look ye; do-ba ha, at the four; ta-ko i" da, that are mysterious; 



ha-we he. (Line 3.) 



Song 3. 



^ (Free translation, p. 354; Osage version, p. 511.) 



1. 



Mo^-xe, sky, clouds; she the, yonder moving; do°, beautiful, pleasing 

 to look upon; mo°-xe, clouds; pa-be, black. (All four lines.) 



MC-xe, clouds; she the, yonder moving; do°, beautiful; mo°-xe, 

 clouds; xo-dse, gray. (All four lines.) 



3. 



Mo^-xe, clouds; she the, yonder moving; do°, beautiful; mo^-xe, 

 clouds; (?o°-ho", white. (All four lines.) 



4. 



Mo°-xe, clouds; she the, yonder moving; do", beautiful; mo^-xe, 

 clouds; to-ho, blue. (All four lines.) 



