382 OSAGE TRADITIONS. 



3 Oin'iia ouf5[a an3[u5[i(jse tatsd: adi"taii, Tsikil! 



Child body we shall seek ours he really O grand- 



said father ! 



Hd, wisttS'ifa, ■a%a''de^a^6 tats^: adi"taii, Tsika! 



Ho younger you shall attend to it he really O grand- 



brother said father ! 



Maxe usakida' wi"'qtsi S'^jsi hi' naoi"': ^di''taii, Tsika! 



Parallel upper one, ' to it came and he really O grand- 



worlds stood said father! 



6 E^siqtsi nikacli[a-d^oi' : £di''taii, Tsik^! 



Just there they were not he really O grand- 



human beings said father! 



Ha wisuu'3[a! oin'j[a oui5[a wa^in'3[e, ^5[i ankd: isdi"tavi, Tsika! 



Ho younger child body they have he was say- he really O grand- 



brother none ing that said father! 



Oin'2[a oniy[a anJ[u3[i;sd tats^: adi°taii, Tsika! 



Child body we shall seeks ours he really O grand- 



said father! 



9 Maxe iisakida fu^'da g'ljsi hi' naoi"': adi^tau, TsikS! 



Parallel upper two to it came and he really O grand- 



worlds stood said father I 



Ec^Slqtsi nikacii^a-daoi: ddi"tau, Tsika! 



Just there they were not human he really O grand- 

 beings said father! 



Ha, ■wisQ.ii'5[a!oin'3[a 0Tii3[awa(j!ia'i[e, i?3ti ank5: adi"taii, Tsika! 



Ho younger child body they have he was saying he really O grand- 



brother none that said father! 



12 oiS'^l^' oiiij[a an5[u3[i^sd tats^: adi^taii, Tsika! 



Child body we shall seek ours he really O grand- 



said father! 



M^xe iisakida ^ad^i" 6'!^si hi' naoi"': adi°taii, Tsik^! 



Parallel upper three there came and he really O grand- 



worlds stood said father! 



E'^siqtsi mkaci5[a-daoi: adi°taii, Tsika! 



Just there they were not human he really O grand- 

 beings said father! 



15 Ha, wisun'3[a! oin'5[a ou|j[a wa^in'j^e, ei^i ank<4: adi"taii, Tsika! 



Ho younger child body they have he was saying he really O grand- 



brother none that said father! 



Oiii'j[a oui3[a anJ[u3[i;se tatsd: adi^tau, Tsika! 



Child body we shall seek ours he really O grand- 



said father! 



M^xe usakida c^iida e'^si hi' naoi"': adi^taii, Tsika!' 



Parallel upper four there came and he really O grand- 



worlds stood said father! 



' See the lowest horizontal line on the left side of the chart. 



'^ Nikaoij[a-daoi. Another reading is nikaci3[aqtsi-daoi: they were not complete 

 human beings. 

 ■'A different reading of lines 17 to 25 is as follows: 



Maxe usakida ^lida nikaci5[a?ade: adi»tau, Tsika! 

 Parallel upper four they were made he really O ijrand- 

 worlds human beings said father! 



Cu"u"ckita e e^adiHau, Tsika! 

 Awhile he indeed, he O grand- 



said really said father! 

 Oin :!ia oui^ia wa^m'siade, e aiika: adi"tau, Tsika! 

 Child body they have he w£is he really O grand- 

 noue saying said father 1 



H;i, wisim':!ia! e e<''adi"tau, Tsika! 

 Ho younger he indeed, he O grand- 

 brother! said really said father! 

 U;a"de afl5[axe tatse: adi°tau, Tsika! 

 Attention we shall make he really O grand- 

 said father ! 

 Maxe usakida fMii" e'^si a'tsi naoi"': adi"tau, Tsika! 

 Parallel upper three there they (?) came he really O grand 

 worlds and stood said father! 



