172 THE OSAGE TRIBE [kth. a.nn. 36 



514. Veril}', at that time and place; it has been said, in tliis liovisc, 



515. lie ajjain sunk into the earth as though gnlped in, 



516. And (luickiy n'ai)])eaiod with a bit of tlie yell(-w s^oii cf tlie earth, 



517. Which he stood ofTering to the brothers, 



518. Saying, as he (Hd so; This bit of the earth's soil also, 



519. You shall carry with you as you offer j-oiir sup])li( ations, 



520. When you go forth toward the setting of the sun, 



521. And when the fair captive, 



522. You cause yourself to find and take, 



523. You shall put upon his face this bit of earth as a captive sign, 



O, elder brothers, 



524. The fair captive you shall always succeed in finding and taking, 



O, elder brothers, he said to them. 



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



526. He further said to them: Behold my cloven hands, 



527. Which I hold up not without a puqiose. 



528. It is toward the setting of the sun, 



529. That I raise these cloven hands in menace; 



530. When the little ones turn to these hands for protecting aid, 



531. They shall always succeed in making their enemies to fall. 



532. I have made these cloven hands to be the forked poles, 



533. Verily, every kind of forked pole and for every use; 



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



535. He said to them: When the little ones turn to these hands for 



protecting aid, 



536. The little ones shall always find with ease a protecting aid, 



O, elder brothers, he said to them. 



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



538. The Ho°'-ga, a people who possess seven fireplaces, spake to one 



another, 



539. Saying: O, younger brothers, 



540. The little ones have nothing of which to make their bodies, 



541. Whereupon the Ho^'-ga Wa'-tse-ga-wa, 



542. Quickly went forth to the great red boulder, that sitteth firmlj' 



upon the earth. 



543. Close to the red boulder he paused and stood; 



544. Then in haste he returned to his elder brothers, to whom he said: 



545. O, elder brothers, 



546. A grandfather of ours sits yonder, O, elder brothers. 



547. Then the elder brothers spake to one another, saying: O, younger 



brothers, 



548. Our younger brother 



549. Tells us a grandfather of ours sits yonder. 



