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47. Again she thought: Even now I have reached the end of a great 



division of the days. 



48. Swarms of httle insects 



49. She saw swiftly ilying hither and thither in the air as she sat. 



50. Again she thought: Even now I have reached the end of a great 



division of the days. 



51. Verily, at that time and place, it has hecn said, in this house, 



52. She thought: Behold, I have come to Wa-ko°'-da. 



53. These little ones 



54. Must dwell in the great divisions of the days. 



55. Then she gathered up her little ones in her arms 



56. And to the great god of day, newly risen, 



57. She held them up 



58. As she said: O, Venerable Father! These little ones have now 



become persons. 



59. Give them strength to bring themselves to see old age, O, Ven- 



erable Father ! as they travel the path of life. 



After a slight pause the Xo'-ka recites the third part of the Ki'-no° 

 wi'-gi-e, which prescribes the manner in which certain symbols are 

 to be put upon his face and body. All these acts are called Ki'-no", 

 a name given to the entire wi'-gi-e. 



PART III 



(Also Called Ki'-non Wi'-gi-e) 

 (Osage version, p. 309; literal translation, p. 468) 



1. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



2. They (the people of the gentes) said: The little ones have nothing 



with which to paint their faces. 



3. And he (the Priest representing the Black Bear) replied: Wlien 



the little ones paint their faces, 



4. They shall use for their paint the god that appears first in the day, 



5. The god that strikes the sky with a red glow. 



6. It is the color of that gotl the little ones shall put upon their faces. 



7. When the little ones put upon their faces this color, 



8. They shall always live to see old age as they travel the path of life. 



9. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



10. The Black Bear that is without a blemish (pi. 10, a). 



11. By that animal also 



12. The little ones shall cause themselves to be identified by 



Wa-ko°'-da. 



13. It was he who said: My body which is black in color 



