112 THE OSAGE TRIBE [bth. ann. 36 



147. And they said: The little ones shall use this root as food in their 



life's journey. 



148. When the little ones use this root as food, 



149. Their limbs sliall alwiiys stretrh in n;rowth. 



150. Verily, at tliat time and pla"e, it has been saitl, in this liouse, 



151. Tlie people said to one another: Tlie deer with dark horns 



152. We shall make this plant to draw, O, younger brothers. 



153. When we make this plant to draw to us the dark-horned deer, 



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



155. And those of the Tsi'-zlui 



156. Shall always use these two foods together in tlieir life's journey. 



157. When they use these two foods together, 



158. Tlieir limbs shall always stretnh in growth. 



159. When they use these two foods to make their limbs to grow, 



160. They shall always live to see old age. 



161. Again the Puma went forth to the farther bank of the lake. 



162. Verily, to a lowland forest, 



163. Where, in the mellow earth, sat the Ho°-bthi°'-(?u (a wild bean, 



Falcata comosa) (pi. 12, d). 



164. He dug it up and sent it rolling upon the earth. 



165. This root also, the people said, 



166. The little ones shall use as food in their life's journey. 



167. When the little ones use this root as food in their life's journey 



168. They shall always live to see old age. 



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



170. The people said: The turkey 



171. Shall be drawn toward us by this plant, O, younger brothers. 



172. When the little ones use the two together for food, 



173. They shall always live to see old age. 



174. When the people of the Wa-zha'-zhe 



175. And those of the "Tsi'-zhu 



176. Use the bean and the turkey as food, 



177. They shall always live to see old age. 



178. The four great divisions of the days 



179. They shaU always reach and cause themselves to enter. 



The O'-pxqn (Elk) Gens 

 (Osage version, p. 334; literal translation, p. 497) 



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



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



3. Spake to the gens who made of the Puma his body, 



4. Saying: O, younger brother, 



5. We have nothing that is fit to use as a sjTnbol. 



6. Whereupon the Puma with hastened steps went forth 



