98 THE OSAGE TRIBE [bth. ann. 36 



80. Untler the branches of the low stunted oaks, 



81. Where the earth is trodden soft by many hoofs, 



82. I have made a playground for the little animals. 



83. When the low stunted oaks 



84. Are approa-'hod by the little ones, 



85. There the animals shall not fail to appear. 



86. These (the playgrounds) 



87. I have not made without a purpose. 



88. I have made them to bo ho'-e-ga (places in which the little 



animals are ensnared). 



89. When the little ones also make ho'-e-ga of the playgroimds, 



90. The animals shall not fail to appear. 



91. Verily, at that tune and place, it has been said, in this house, 



92. He said to them: Behold, tliis bunch of grass, 



93. Which is also not without a purpose. 



94. When the little ones approach the grasses of the earth, 



95. The animals shall not fail to appear. 



96. Even before the beginning of the day 



97. The animals shall not fail to appear, 



98. And in the evening of the day 



99. The animals shall not fail to appear. 



100. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



101. Those of the Ho°'-ga, 



102. And those of the Tsi'-zhu, 



103. The animals shall not fail to appear. 



The E-no"' Mi^-dse-ton (Owners of the Bow) Gens 

 (Osage version, p. 322; literal translation, p. 484) 



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



2. The Wa-zha'-zhe, a people who possess seven fireplaces, 



3. Spake to the E-no°' Mi°-dse To" (the Bow gens of the Wa-zha'-zhe 



subdivision) (fig. 7), 



4. Saying: O, Wa-zha'-zhe, 



5. We have nothing that is fit for use as a symbol. 



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



7. The E-no'"-Mi°-dse fo" replied: You say you have nothing that 



is fit for use as a symbol. 



8. I am a person who is fitted for use as a symbol. 



9. Verily, in the midst of the rushing waters (in the midst of the 



shallow rapids) 



10. Abides my being. 



11. Verily, I am a person who has made of the waters his body. 



12. Behold the right side of the river. 



13. Of it I have made the right side of my body. 



