218 THE OSAGE TRIBE Ikth. ann. 38 



207. Which he observed with care. 



208. The finimals, ho tells us, are formidable in size, 



209. Having sharp, curved horns u])on their lieads. 



210. He continued his journey beyond these herds 



211. To a prominent hill, 



212. Upon the summit of which he stood, 



213. From which place he beheld a line of groves of trees. 



214. Smoke constantly shot upward therefrom, he tells us, O, Tsi'- 



zhu and Wa-zha'-zhe. 



215. Among these groves of trees dwell people, 



216. Formichxblo in their personal appearance and in their numbers, 



217. Our younger brother tells us. 



218. These strange people 



219. Wear the hair of their foreheads cut short, 



220. That upon their foreheads are tattoo marks, 



221. As also around their mouths. 



222. They are a people 



223. Abundantly supplied with sharp-pointed weapons, 



224. A people whose arrows bristle and radiate in their grasp. 



225. They are a people 



226. Who possess shields of buffalo hide for the protection of their 



bodies. 



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



228. The Tsi'-zhu and the Wa-zha'-zhe replied, saying: That is well. 



229. Then, speaking to one another, they said: O, younger brothers, 



230. Let the Tsi'-zhu (gens) Who are Feared by the Gods 



231. Be spoken to concerning this report. 



232. Then quickly the Ho°'-ga spake to the Tsi'-zhu, Who are Feared 



by the Gods, 



233. And as promptly the Tsi'-zhu replied: O, Ho°'-ga, 



234. I am not abundantly supplied with weapons; therefore 



235. Let me bid you, O, Ho°'-ga, 



236. To speak to the Wa-zha'-zhe concerning this report. 



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



238. The Ho°'-ga approached the Wa-zha'-zhe Wa-no° (the war gens 



of the Wa-zha'-zhe), 



239. And, standing over them with bowed heads, spake to them, 



240. Saying: Our younger brother 



241. Has returned from his journey in a great state of alarm, O, 



Wa-zha'-zhe. 



242. He saw a people, 



243. Who are very formidable in their personal appearance and in 



their numbers, 



244. A people who wear the hair of their foreheads cut short, 



