174 THE OSAGE TRIBE Ieih. ann. 36 



589. When the httle ones make of me their bodies, 



590. Even the malevolent gotls 



591. Shall break their teeth when they set them upon the little ones 



in anger. 



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



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



another, 



594. Saying: O, younger brothers, 



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



596. Whereupon the Ho°'-ga Wa'-tse-ga-wa 



597. Quickly went forth 



598. To the great black boulder that sitteth firmly upon the earth. 



599. Close to the black boulder he paused and stood. 



600. Then, in haste, he returned to his elder brothers, to whom he 



said: O, elder brothers, 



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



602. Then the elder brothers s,pake to one another, saying: O, younger 



brothers, 



603. Our younger brother 



604. Tells us a grandfather of ours sits yonder. 



605. Then with heads bent thitherward 



606. They set forth with cjuickened footsteps 



607. To the black boulder, that sitteth firmly upon the earth. 



608. Around it they gathered; close to it they stood and spake 



reverently, 



609. Saying: O, grandfather, 



610. O, grandfather, they said to him, 



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



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



613. The Black Boulder spake, saying: You say the little ones have 



nothing of which to make their bodies. 



614. I am a person of whom the little ones may well make their bodies. 



615. I am difficult to be overcome by death. 



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



617. They also shall always be diflicult to overcome by death. 



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



619. He spake again, saying: Even the malevolent gods in their 



destructive course 



620. Pass by me in divergent lines, leaving me unmolested. 



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



622. The malevolent gods shall always pass by, leaving them 



unmolested. 



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



624. He continued: Even the malevolent gods 



