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22. Be, any one of them; u-zho"-o;e, trail; i-kshi-tha, see their; ba, 



they; zhi, not; ki-the, enable themselves, to conceal their trail 

 from the gods themselves; mo°-thi'', as they travel the path of 

 life; ta i tsi° da, they shall. 



23. Wa-ko"-da, the god; ho°-ba do°, of day; thi°-kshe, who sits; a, 



they said, 25. 



24. Zhu-i-ga, my body; the, I have made of him; xtsi, verily; a-ni- 



ka-slii-ga, I as a person and as a people; mi-kshe i° da, I who 

 sit here. 



26. Zhu-i-ga, their bodies; the, they make of him; xtsi, verily; 



ni-ka-shi-ga, a people; ki-the, cause themselves to be; mo"- 

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



27. Ho°-ba, the days; u-fa-ki-ba, the divisions of; do-ba, the four. 



28. U-hi, to reach and to enter; ki-the, cause themselves to; mo°- 



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



Wa'-tse-tsi Gens 

 (Free translation, p. 95; Osage version, p. 31S) 



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, 7, 19. 



2. Wa-zha-zhe, the Water 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, a (gens) of the Wa-zha-zhe subdivision; a, they said. 



4. Wa-tse-tsi, they who came from the stars; thi°-kshe, the sitting; 



no", the; a, they said. 



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



they said. 



6. We-ki-k'o°, ceremonial article, a symbol; tho°-tse, suitable; 



thi°-ge a-tha, we have none; wi-tsi-go-e, my grandfather; 

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



8. We-ki-k'o°, symbol; tho°-tse, suitable; thi°-ge, you have none; 



e-she do", you say; a, they said. 



9. We-ki-k'o", symbol; tho°-tse, suitable; mi-kshe i° da, I am, I who 



sit here. 



10. Xo^-dse, the red cedar; mi-ga, the female; to°, that stands; no°, 



the; a, they said. 



11. Zhu-i-ga, my body; the, I have made it to be; xtsi, verily; 



a-ni-ka-shi-ga, I, as a person, as a people; mi-kshe i° da, I who 

 sit here. 



12. Zhi^-ga, the little ones; zhu-i-ga, their bodies; o''-tha, they make 



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



13. U-no", old age; a bi, spoken of as; i-the, live to see; mo^-thi", 



as they travel the patli of life; ta i tsi" da, they shall, 24, 27. 



