474 THE OSAGE TEIBE [bth. ann. 36 



4. U-zho", sleeps; we-pe-thC-ba, seventh; tse, on the; a, they said. 



5. Ga-xa zhi"-ga, a small stream; xtsi, verily; ge, the; dsi, there; 



a, they said. 



6. He-dsi, near to; xtsi, verily; gi, he approached; thi°, as he 



moved homeward; a, they said. 



7. Ho^-ga, the sacred eagle; Wa-gthi°, very; Ts'a-ge, aged; do°, a; 



a, they said. 



8. He-dsi, close to him; xtsi, verily; gtlii, he came; no"-zhi°, paused- 



to°, and stood; a, they said. 



9. Ha, O; wi-tsi-go-e, my grandfcather; e-gi-a, bi a, he said to him. 

 10. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; zho-i-ga, their bodies; tha, of which to 



make; bi, they; thi°-ge, none; a-tha, there is; wi-tsi-go-e, my 

 grandfather; e-gi-a bi a, said to Jiim; 



12. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; zho-i-ga, their bodies; o°-tha, make of 



me; ba, they; tho°-ta, they shall; mi-kshe i° da, of me. 



13. Zhi''-ga, the little ones; zho-i-ga, their bodies; o°-tha, make of 



me; bi, they; do°, when; a, they said. 



14. U-no°, old age; a bi, spoken of as; i-the, hve to see; ki-the, cause 



themselves to; mo°-thi°, as they travel the path of life; \a, bi° 

 da, they shall, 18, 34, 43, 47. 



15. ^i-pfi^-ha, the skin of my feet; ga, this; thi°-kshe, sitting; shki, 



also; a, they said. 



16. U-no°, a means to reach old age; a-gi-the, I have made it to be; 



a-to° he i" da, as I stand, 20, 24, 28, 32, 45, 49, 54. 



17. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; u-no", a means to reach old age; tha, 



they make of it; bi, they; do°, when; shki, and; a, they said, 

 21, 25, 29, 33, 46, 55. 

 19. Hi-ko°, ankles; ba-9'i°-tha, wrinkles; ga ge, these; shki, also; a, 

 they said. 



22. Hi-ko", ankles; ba-9'i°-tha, wrinkled; a bi, spoken of as; i-the, 



live to see; ki-the, cause themselves to; mo°-thi°, as they travel 

 the path of life; ta bi" da, they shall. 



23. Tse-wa-tse, the inner muscles of my tliighs; u-ga-wa, flaccid with 



age; ga, this; thi^-kshe, sitting; shki, also; a, they said. 



26. Tse-wa-tse, inner muscles of the thighs; u-ga-wa, grown flaccid 



with age; a bi, spoken of as; i-the, live to see; ki-the, cause 

 themselves to; mo^-thi", as they travel the path of life; ta bi° 

 da, they shall. 



27. Mo''-ge, my breast; thi-ftu-the, gathered in folds with age; ga, 



this; thi° kshe, sitting; shki, also; a, they said. 

 30. Mo°-ge, muscles of the breast; thi-ptu-the, gathered in folds with 

 age; a, bi, spt ken of as; i-the, live to see; ki-the, cause them- 

 selves to; moMhi", as they travel the path of life; ta bi° da, 

 they shall. 



