384 OSAGE TRADITIONS. 



31 Hli"'da fiJii^i^qtsi 6';si tsi' naoi"': iidi"tau, Tsika ! 



Day very good there came and he really O grand- 



stood said father ; 



Kaxe-w^hii-sa"' (j;e-na: ^di°tati, TsiM ! 



Crow bone white he who he really O grand- 

 was mv. said father : 

 in the 



33 <|/utsi naoi""' € e(J!adi°taii, Tsika ! 



Came directly to he indeed, he O grand- 

 him and stood said really said father ! 



Ha, wioi"^^ : ^di"taii, Tsika ! 



Ho elder he really O grand- 



brother 1 said father ! 



Ca>i;e (^su|sea"'fakci^6 ma"lini"' tats^': adi"tau, Tsika! 



Paws you bum them for me you shall walk he really O grand- 



said father! 



3(j Ha, Kaxe-waMi-sa"! d>[i aflkfi: adi"tau, Tsikd! 



Ho crow bone white 1 he was saying he really Ogrand- 

 that said father I 



W^tse-cnina-na'' 6''^si hi' naoi"' anka: ^di^taii, Tsikd! 



Male animal who touched there he arrived and was he really O grand- 

 a foe in the past standing said father 1 



PK, witsi5[ud! ^\\ anka: adi"taxi, Tsika! 



Ho grandfather! he was saying he really O grand- 

 that said father! 



39 Oin'2[a oui5[a wa^in'j[e ankd.: ddi^taii, Tsikd.! 



Child body they have none he really O grand- 



said father] 



Oin'i[a oui3[a minkc^ ^an'tse": ddi^taii, Tsika! 



Child body Iwhosit(?) apt he really O grand- 



said father I 



Wakan^^ ^I^na dfi"-maoi', ^-^ afiJia: adi°tan, TsikiJ! 



Mysterious that I am I-not he was say- he really O grand- 



one only ingthat said father! 



43 Cu'''u"ckita u^a"de(f;a^d tatsd: £di°tau, Tsik^! 



Awhile longer you shall attend to it he really O grand- 

 said father! 



Watse-nii°'5[a-na 6';si M' naoi"' anka: adi^taii, Tsika! 



Female animal who had there be arrived and he really O grand- 



touched a foe in the was std. said fatherl 



past 



Hii, iv^\\4^\ dJfi aflkii: ^di°taii, Tsik^! 



Ho grand- he was saying he really O grand- 

 mother! that said father! 



45 Oin'j[a oui5[a wa6in'j[e anka: adi^tati, Tsika! 



Child body they have none he really O grand- 



said fatherl 



Qin'M oui5[a minkc^ fan'tse: adi^taii, Tsikfi! 



Child body I who sit apt he really O grand- 



said father ! 



' Why the Black Bear was called Kaxe-wahii-sa" was not explained to the author- 



* Ca^ie ^siijsea"' (fakciife &c. You shall take me for your servant; literally, Yuu 

 shall walk, causing tne to burn my feet; that is, You shall make me go through fire 

 and water far you. 



'■Watse-^uJia-na. j;,u3[a shows that the star was regarded as a male animal, just 

 as mi">'3[a, in line 43, denotes that the next star was a female animal, not a female of 

 the human race. As they were called " grandfather " and " grandmother," they 

 were looked upon as supernatural beings or gods. So were all of the heavenly 

 bodies to whom the Black Bear applied. 



^OifiJia oui^a mlilkce <l!an'tse, a phrase that puzzles the writer, who suspects 

 that an auxiliary verb has been omitted and that the whole should read: "Qin^a 

 oui3[a-wikci^e loiiikce i^an'tse ? (Can I give you todies for tlie children ?) No ! You 

 must still make attempts to obtain them elsewhere." 



^ Wakan^a Jfana df4"-ma,oi, / am not the only mysterious one (apply to some one 

 of the rest). 



