LA FLESCHB] TRIBAL RITES — LITERAL, TRANSLATION 477 



31. Xi^-ha, skin; pa-gi, hard; a bi, spoken of as; i-the, to see; ki-the, 



cause themselves to; mo°-thi°, as they travel the path of life; 

 ta i tsi° da, they shall. 



32. Ho^-ba, days; u-pa-ki-ba, the divisions of; do-ba, the four. 



33. U-hi, they shall reach, arrive at and enter; ki-the, cause them- 



selves to; mo^-thi", as they travel the path of life; ta i tsi° da, 

 they shall. 



34. Ho°-ba, the days; wa-tha-xthi, anger, hatred aggressiveness; 



thi^-ge, having none; to" no", the standing; a, they said. 



35. I-tha-thu-fe, to bring forth, to influence; xtsi, verily; a-ni-ka. 



shi-ga, I am a person having that power; a-to° he i" da, I stand- 

 36-. Ho°-ba, the days; u-xthi, anger, hatred and aggressiveness- 

 thi°-ge, that have none; u-ni-ka-slii-ga, they shall dwell therein 

 as a people; ki-the, cause themselves to; mo°-thi°, as they 

 travel the path of life; ta bi a, they shall; zhi^-ga, the little 

 ones. 



The Wi'-gi-es of the Gentes 



wa-zha'-zhe subdivision 

 Wa-zha'-zhb Wa-no" Gens 



(Free tiauslation, p. 92; Osage version, p. 316) 



1. He-dsi, at that time and place; xtsi, verily; a, they said; a bi" da, 



it has been said; tsi, house; ga, in this. 



2. Wa-zha-zhe, name of the Wa-zha-zhe subdivision; u-dse-the, 



fireplaces; pe-tho°-ba, seven; ni-ka-shi-ga, a people; ba, they; 

 do°, were; a, they said. 



3. Wa-zha-zhe, name of that subdivision ; Wa-no°, the gens occupying 



the office of the "oldest"; thi°-kshe, sitting; a, they said, 7. 



4. Ha, O; wi-tsi-go-e, my grandfather, used here as a term of rev- 



erence, and not in the ordinary sense; e-gi-a, they said to him; 

 bi, they; a, they said. 



5. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; we-ki-k'o°, ceremonial articles; tha, of 



which to make; ba, they; tho°-tse, suitable; thi°-ge, there are 

 none; a-tha, are; wi-tsi-go-e, my grandfather; e-gi-a, they said 

 to liim; bi, they; a, they said. 



8. Ke, the turtle; ^i^-dse, tail; ga-tse, serrations; pe-tho°-ba, seven; 



thi°-kshe, sitting; a, they said. 



9. Ga, that; thi°-kshe, the sitting; shki, also; a, they said. 



10. We-ki-k'o", ceremonial article; the, they make of; mo°-thi°, as 



they travel the path of life; ta i tsi" da, they shall. 



11. ^}i°-dse, tail; ga-tse, serrations; pe-tho^-ba, seven; ga tse, these; 



a, they said. 



