134 THE OSAGE TRIBE [eth. ann. 36 



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



33. He spake a<!;ain, saying: Of the yellow metal, 



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



35. When the little ones make of it their bodies, 



36. The}' shall be free from all causes of death. 



37. They shall enable themselves to be dillicult to overcome bj' death. 



38. When they make of it the means of reaching old age, 



39. They shall live to see old age, as they travel the path of life. 



40. Verily, at that time aiid place, it has been said, in this liousc, 



41. To the four great divisions of the days 



4'2. Tiiey shall cause themselves to roach and tn cnlcr iis they travel 

 the path of life. 



43. Tliesc shall stand for the IxxHcs of tlie little ones. 



44. Of the hard luiilstone, 



45. Also, 



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



47. Of the hard corn (the fUnt corn), 



48. Together with the hailstone, I have made myself to be a ])crsoii. 



49. When the little ones make of these their bodies, 



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



the path of life. 



51. When the little ones use the hard corn for foixl, 



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



the path of life. 



Tho'-xe P.v Thi-uo'"' (15iii lAio F.ui.i.) (Ikns 

 (Osage version, p. 353; litcra'. translation, p. .521) 



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

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



3. S])ake to the Tho'-xe Pa Thi-ho° (Tho'-xe, archaic name for buf- 



falo bull; Pa Tiii-ho°, Lift ye your heads, refers to story, ]>. 64), 



4. Saying: O, grandfather, 



5. We have nothing that is suitable to use as a syml)ol: 



6. Come down to us, O, grandfather! they said to him (the Tho'-xe 



are a sky people). 



7. Verily, at that time and jjlace, it has been said, in this house, 



8. The Tsi'-zhu Wa-shta'-ge (here personified), who sat with the 



Tsi'-zhu of the seven fireplaces, 



9. Had with him his red plume (symbol of the dawn mid of peace), 



10. Which he quickly took from its coverings 



11. And shot into the mouth of the angry bull; it lodged by the left 



side of his tongue, 



12. Wliere it lay lengthwise by the side of the tongue. 



