110 THE OSAGE TRIBE [eth. ann. 36 



75. Even the gods themselves 



76. Shall pass around them as they pass around the great yellow 



boulder. 



77. Even the gods themselves 



78. Fear to set teeth upon me in anger. 



79. When the little ones make of mo their bodies, 



80. The gods themselves shall fear to set teeth upon them in anger. 



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



82. He said to them: Even the gods themselves 



83. Fear to stare me in the face with insolence. 



84. Wlien the little ones make of me their bodies, 



85. Even the gods themselves 



86. Shall fear to stare them in the face with insolence. 



87. I am difficult to overcome by death. 



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



89. They also shall always be difficult to overcome by death. 



90. The four successive days 



91. They shall cause themselves to reach and to enter. 



92. The people of the Wa-zha'-zhe 



93. And those of the Tsi'-zhu 



94. Shall make of me their bodies. 



95. Wlien they make of me their bodies, 



96. They shall cause themselves to be difficult to overcome by death. 



97. The gods themselves shall fear to set teeth upon them in anger. 



98. They shall always live to see old age. 



99. The four successive days 



100. They shall always reach and enter. 



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



102. The Ho°'-ga, a people who possess seven fireplaces, 



103. Spake to the one who had made of the Puma his body, 



104. Saying: O, grandfather, 



105. We have nothing that is fit to use as a symbol. 



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



107. The Puma replied: You say you have nothing that is fit to use 



as a symbol. 



108. I shall go forth and make search. 



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



110. He strode away forthwith to make search, 



111. And he came to the margin of a lake, 



112. Where, within its bed of mud, sat the ei° (the bulbous root of 



Sagittaria latifolia) (pi. 12, a). 



113. He dug it up and sent it rolling on the bank, where he stood. 



114. Then in haste he carried it home to the people 



