LAFLESCHB] TRIBAL RITES LITERAL TEANSLATION 481 



14. Xo°-dse, the red cedar; do-ga, the male: to°, standing; no°, the; 



a, they said, 16. 



15. We-ki-k'o", symbol; the, make of it; mo°-tlii'', as they travel the 



path of life; ta i tsi° da, they shall. 

 17. We-ki-k'o°, symbol; the, they make of it ; mo^-thi", as they travel 

 the path of life; bi, tliey; do°, when; a, they said. 



20. Ni, waters; ga ge, these; shki, also; a, they said, 22. 



21. I-tlia-ki-tho°-ba, coupled, with the cedar; xtsi, verily; o°-ga-xe, 



we shall make them to be; o°-mo°-thi°, as we travel the path 



of life; ta i tsi" da, we shall. 

 23. U-no", the means of reaching old age; tha, they make them to 



be; bi, they; do°, when; shki, and; a, they said, 26. 

 25. Mo^-hi", grass; ts'a zlii, that dies not; ga, this; to", that stands 



before us; a, they said. 



28. U-no°, the means of reaching old age; a-gi-the, I have made it 



to be; a to" he i" da, I who stands here, 30, 32. 



29. A-ba t'u-xa, the bending or the stooping shoulders; ga ge, these; 



a, they said. 

 31. I-ta-xe, at the top of the stalk; xtha, blossoms; pka, wliite; ga, 

 these; thi°-kshe, the sitting; shki, also; a, they said. 



33. Zhi"-ga, the little ones; no", old age; hi, reach; bi, they; do", 



when; a, they said. 



34. Pa-xi", hairs of the head; ^a-dse, grown scant; pi-e-go°, and yel- 



lowish with age; i-the, hve to see; ki-the, cause themselves to; 

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



Ta I-ni-ka-shi-ga Gens 

 (Free translation, p. 95; Osage version, p. 319) 



l.^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, 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, of the subdivision; wi", one; a, they said. 



4. Wa-zha-zhe, of the Wa-zha-zhe subdivision; Ta-tha-xi°, the 



Deer's-lung gens; thi"-kshe, the sitting; no", the; a, they said. 



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



bi, they; a, they said. 



6. We-ki-k'o°, symbol; tho"-tse, suitable; thi"-ge, there is none; 



a-tha, is; wi-tsi-go-e, my grandfather; e-gi-a, they said to him; 

 bi, they; a, they said. 



7. Ha, O; zhi°-ga, httle ones;2e, to say; tsi-the, he hastened; a, they 



said. 



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