122 THE OSAGE TRIBE [bth. anm. 36 



The Mi-k'iN' Wa-no" (Sun Carrier) Gens 

 (Osago version, p. 342; literal translation, p. SOS) 



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



2. The Tsi'-zhu, a people who possess seven fireplaces, 



3. Spake to the Mi-k'i°' Wa-no" (Elder Sun Carrier), 



4. Saying: O, grandfather, 



5. We have nothing that is suitable to use as a symbol. 



6. The Mi-k'i°' Wa-no° quickly replied: 



7. You say you have nothing that is suitable to use as a symbol. 



8. I am a person of whom you may well make your bodies, 



9. For of the god of day who sitteth in the heavens, 



10. I, as a person, have verily made my body. 



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



12. Of the god of day who sitteth in the heavens, 



13. They, as a people, shall verily make their bodies, as they travel 



the path of life. 



14. When they make of the god of day their bodies, 



15. They shall be free from all causes of death; 



16. When they also make of him the means of reaching old age, 



17. They shall enable themselves to live to see old age, as they travel 



the path of life. 



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



19. He said to them: Of the god of night who sitteth in the heavens 



(moon), 



20. I, as a person, have verily made my body. 



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



22. Of the god of night who sitteth in the heavens, 



23. They, as a people, shall make their bodies, as they travel the path 



of life. 



24. I am difficult to be overcome by death. 



25. When of the god of night 



26. The little ones also make their bodies, 



27. They shall cause themselves to be difficult to overcome by death; 



28. When they make of the god of night the means of reaching old age, 



29. They shall enable themselves to live to see old age, as they travel 



the path of life. 



30. Of the male star (the morning star), 



31. Who sitteth in the heavens, 



32. I, as a person, have verily made my body; 



33. When the little ones also make of him their bodies, 



34. When they make of the morning star 



35. Their bodies as they travel the path of life, 



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



