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  FLESCHE] 
  SOCIETIES 
  571 
  

  

  Dry 
  land 
  appeared; 
  the 
  grasses 
  and 
  the 
  trees 
  grew. 
  The 
  hosts 
  of 
  spirits 
  descended 
  

   and 
  became 
  flesh 
  and 
  blood. 
  They 
  fed 
  on 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  the 
  grasses 
  and 
  the 
  fruits 
  

   of 
  the 
  trees, 
  and 
  the 
  land 
  vibrated 
  with 
  their 
  expressions 
  of 
  joy 
  and 
  gratitude 
  to 
  

   Wako"'da, 
  the 
  maker 
  of 
  all 
  things. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  Osage 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  similar 
  myth, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  elk 
  figures 
  

   as 
  a 
  helper 
  of 
  mankind 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  place 
  to 
  dwell. 
  

  

  The 
  sweat 
  lodge 
  was 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  preparatory 
  rite 
  and 
  always 
  when 
  

   a 
  member 
  was 
  about 
  to 
  minister 
  to 
  the 
  sick. 
  The 
  following 
  ritual 
  

   was 
  that 
  used 
  by 
  Waki'dezhinga 
  as 
  he 
  entered 
  the 
  sweat 
  lodge 
  to 
  make 
  

   ready 
  for 
  his 
  duties 
  toward 
  the 
  sick 
  : 
  

  

  Ritual 
  for 
  Sweat 
  Lodge, 
  No. 
  1. 
  

  

  1. 
  He! 
  I"shage' 
  ecka 
  

  

  2. 
  I 
  n/ 
  e 
  shui"ke 
  she 
  ecka 
  

  

  3. 
  I"shage' 
  ecka 
  

  

  4. 
  He! 
  zhi"ga' 
  wi 
  ewe'po"ee 
  tho 
  n 
  de 
  

  

  5. 
  Ego 
  11 
  bi 
  ecka 
  

  

  6. 
  I"shage' 
  ecka 
  

  

  7. 
  He 
  

  

  8. 
  He! 
  gthi 
  n 
  a'bito" 
  thethe 
  xti 
  

  

  9. 
  Thagthi 
  D/ 
  ado 
  11 
  ecka 
  

  

  10. 
  Tade' 
  ui'the 
  the'no" 
  ha 
  te 
  tho" 
  ecka 
  

  

  11. 
  Tade' 
  baco" 
  ego" 
  thagthi"' 
  ado 
  n 
  ecka 
  

  

  12. 
  I"shage' 
  ecka 
  

  

  13. 
  He! 
  xa'de 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  tho 
  n 
  tho 
  n 
  ecka 
  

  

  14. 
  Uti' 
  e'thathe 
  ego 
  11 
  thagthi 
  n/ 
  ado" 
  ecka 
  

  

  15. 
  He! 
  wazhi 
  n/ 
  ga 
  a'zhazha 
  xti 
  thagthi"' 
  ado 
  11 
  ecka 
  

  

  16. 
  Hi"xpe' 
  a'gthagtha 
  xti 
  thagthi"' 
  ado 
  11 
  ecka 
  

  

  17. 
  I"shage' 
  ecka 
  

  

  18. 
  Edi 
  uwa'to" 
  ecka 
  

  

  19. 
  Edi 
  uwa'to" 
  ecka 
  

  

  20. 
  He! 
  ni 
  nike 
  she 
  ecka 
  

  

  21. 
  Ni 
  nike 
  ato" 
  adi'to" 
  

  

  22. 
  Gacu'ce 
  shni" 
  e 
  i"te 
  ecka 
  

  

  23. 
  He! 
  du'ha 
  thi'thica 
  i 
  te 
  

  

  24. 
  Utha 
  thithi"'ge 
  te 
  tho 
  n 
  zha 
  ecka 
  

  

  25. 
  Zhi 
  n 
  ga' 
  i'thite 
  go 
  n/ 
  tha 
  i 
  te 
  lho"zha 
  ecka 
  

  

  26. 
  He! 
  Ti 
  thato" 
  she 
  ecka 
  

  

  27. 
  Ti 
  thatc" 
  she 
  ecka 
  

  

  28. 
  Wani'ta 
  to 
  n 
  ga 
  e<,ka 
  

  

  29. 
  He! 
  itha' 
  kiglhaxade 
  ecka 
  

  

  30. 
  Zhi 
  n 
  ga' 
  ui'the 
  u"gi'kaxe 
  ta 
  i 
  te 
  eshe 
  ama 
  tho" 
  ecka 
  

  

  31. 
  He! 
  tishi 
  thato" 
  she 
  ecka 
  

  

  32. 
  No 
  D 
  'xahi 
  thiba'gizhe 
  xti 
  

  

  33. 
  A'baku 
  thiba'zhu 
  tho 
  n 
  

  

  34. 
  Nct'u'ga 
  xti 
  

  

  35. 
  Zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  the 
  uithe 
  u 
  n 
  gikaxe 
  ta 
  i 
  te 
  tho 
  n 
  zha 
  ecka 
  

  

  36. 
  lie! 
  pehi 
  n/ 
  bixa'xado 
  11 
  ecka 
  

  

  37. 
  No^zhi'ha 
  tho" 
  the'tho" 
  

  

  38. 
  Xa'de 
  tho" 
  hi" 
  a'zhi 
  ado" 
  ecka 
  

  

  39. 
  IIi"'tlm" 
  f 
  ka 
  do" 
  ecka 
  

  

  40. 
  Hi" 
  a'zhi 
  te 
  tho" 
  e'waka 
  i 
  do" 
  ecka 
  

  

  