394 OSAOE TRADITIONS. 



5S oin'5[a 3{iwatan'j[a ma"fi" tats^, e^e>[i anka: adi"taii, Tsika! 



Child being chiefs over they two shall walk they decided he really said O grand- 

 thera (?) father! 



3in'j[a its'e ifinJi^ ma"^.i"' tatse, e^^Jii anka: adintaii, Tsika! 



Child without cause they two shall they decided (?) he really ogrand- 

 of death walk said father! 



GO Qin'Jia uifistu g'jsi ^iiiJfc^ tats^: ^di"tavi, TsikAI 



Child assembly there it shall be he really O grand- 



said father! 



Qiii'Ha iinir[k'ac"'ita tade maoa"' ii((;d5ii;se tats^: adi^tail, Tsika! 



Child to become men in in land you two shall seek he really (_) grand- 



order your said father! 



that 



,'^iil'>[a unit[k'aci°'j[a tade-;a"' luaoa"' e';si *inkc(' jjaxe ank;i: 



Child to become men in in order land it is tliere they have 



that made 



4di"taii, Tsika! 



he really O grand- 

 said father! 



fi;5 Oade' mi"'jfa ^^-na e'jsi ka"'lia hi J^fi" anka: ;idi"tau. Tsika! 



Beaver female the mv. there border reached and was lie really ( ) grand- 

 animal an. obs. sitting said father 1 

 in the 

 past 



Tslhe oin'j[a 



Lodge small 



Traiialdtion. 

 1 •• O younger brother! we must see wliat can be done to make human beings 

 of the children." 

 The Black Bear came to them and stood. 

 3 He went to the mysterious one of day, saying, 

 '• Ho, grandfather! the children have no bodies." 

 He replied, " I have an everlasting road (in whicli I must keep) : 

 6 I am not the only mysterious one ; 

 You must still seek for help."' 

 (On reporting to the leader, the latter said.) 



" O Kaxe-wahu-sa", my younger brother! we must still see what can be done." 

 9 So the Black Bear went to the star Watse-ju5[a. saying. 

 " Ho, grandfather! the children have no bodies." 

 He replied, " I have an everlasting road (in wliich I must keep): 

 13 "I am not the only mysterious one : 

 "You must still seek for help." 

 (On reporting to the leader, the latter said), 



" O Kaxe-wahii-sa", my younger brother! we must still see wliat can be done." 

 15 So the Black Bear went to the Bowl of the Great Dipper, saying, 

 " O grandfather! the children have no bodies!" 

 He replied, " I have an everlasting road (in whii^-li I nuist keep): 

 18 " I am not the only mysterious one ; 

 " You must still seek for help," 

 (On reporting to the leader, the latter said), 



" O Kaxe-wahii-sa", my younger brother! we must still see what (^an be done." 

 21 Then he went to the Seven Stars, saying, 



•'Ho, grandfather! the children have no bodies." 

 He replied. '• I have an everlasting road (in whicli I must keep) ; 

 34 " I am not the only mysterious one ; 

 '•You must still seek for help." 



'At this point begins the account of the Female Beaver. She was an ancestor of 

 the Osage, according to a statement pul)lished in Long's Expedition to the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



