LAFLBSCHB] TRIBAL RITES — LITERAL, TRANSLATION 479 



Wa-zha'-zhb Q-S.K Gens 

 (Free translation, p. 94; Osage version, p. 317) 



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



it has been said; tsi, house; ga, in this, 6. 



2. Wa-zha-zhe, name of the Water division; u-dse-the, fireplaces; 



pe-tho°-ba, seven; ni-ka-shi-ga, a people having; ba, they; do", 

 were; a, they said. 



3. Wa-zha-zhe, of the Water division ; ^^ka, the white; thi°-kshe, the 



sitting; no", the; a, they said. 



4. Ha, O; wi-tsi-go-e, my grandfather; e-gi-a, they said to him; 



bi, they; a, they said. 



5. Zlii°-ga, the little ones; we-ki-k'o", articles for ceremonial use; 



tha, of wliich to make; ba, they; tho°-tse, fit or suitable; 

 thi^-ge a-tha, there are none; wi-tsi-go-e, my grandfather; 

 e-gi-a, they said to him; bi, they; a, they said. 



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



which to make; ba, they; tho°-tse, fit or suitable for use; 

 thi°-ge, none; e-she do", you say; a, they said. 



8. We-ki-k'o°, article for ceremonial use, a symbol; tho°-tse, fit or 



suitable; mi-kshe i" da, I am. 



9. Tsiu-ge, the mussel; tlii°-kshe, the sitting; no°, the; a, they said. 



10. Zhu-i-ga, bodies; the, 1 have made of; xtsi, verily; a-ni-ka-shi-ga, 



I as a person, as a people; mi-kshe i° da, I who sit here, 24. 



11. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; zhu-i-ga, their bodies; o°-tha, they make 



of me; bi, they; do°, when; a, they said, 15, 21. 



12. U-no", old age; a bi, spoken of as; i-the, five to see; ki-the, cause 



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

 da, they shall, 29. 



13. Ha, the skin, shell; ba-k'i°-tha, wrinkled; ga, these; kshe, that 



lay; a, they said. 



14. U-no°, the means of reaching old age; pa-xe i" da, I have made 



them to be. 



16. Ha, skin; ba-k'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 i tsi" da, they shall. 



17. Ni, water, a river; u-ba-sho°, a bend, a turn; pe-tho°-ba, seven. 



18. U-pshi, I come to and pass; a-thi°-he, in the course of my exist- 



ence; no" i° da, habitually. 



19. Wa-ko^-da, the gods; e shki do°, even they; a, they said. 



20. Be, any one of them; u-zho°-ge, path, trail; o^-tho^-kshi-tha, see 



the trail that I make in my travel; mo°-zhi, mine not; a-thi^-he 

 i° da, in the course of my life. 



