486 THE OSAGE TRIBE [bth. ann, 36 



39. Zlii°-ga, the little ones; zhu-i-ga, their bodies; tha, they make of 

 him; bi, they; do", when; a, they said, 60. 



41. Tsi-zhu, the people of the Tsi-zhu division; a, they said. 



42. Ho^-ga, those of the Ho°-ga subdivision; e-tho°-ba, the two to- 



gether; a, they said. 



44. I-ts'a, causes of death; thi°-ge, none; mo^-thi", as they travel 



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



45. Zha-be, beaver; do-ga, the male; kshe, the lying; a, they said. 



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



a-ni-ka-slii-ga i" da, I as a person, as a peo])le. 



49. Thiu-xe, willow; zlii^-ga, young, sapling; pe-tho°-ba, seven. 



50. Tsi-u-ba-he, at the side of the house; i-sdu-ge, the right; dsi, 



there; a, they said. 



51. Tha-xu-e, dragged with his teeth; gthi, bringing them home; 



i-he-the, he laid them down; to°, as he stood; a, they said, 69, 

 75, 80, 85, 90, 95. 



52. Ga, these; tse, lying in a pile; shki, also; a, they said, 63. 



53. Wa-we-a-ga-pko°-the, I have made to represent, or to symbolize 



certain things; a-to" he i° da, as I stand here. 



54. 0-do°, mihtary honors; e shno" bi no°, the things that are spoken 



of as; a, they said. 



55. I-tha-ga-fkoMhe, I have made them to represent, or to symbolize; 



xtsi, verily; a-ni-ka-shi-ga, I as a person, as a people; a-to° he 

 i" da, as I stand here. 



56. Ni, the river; ki-moMio°, against the current; dsi, there; xtsi, 



verily; a, they said. 



57. Ba-btha-btha-xe, pushed the water into ripples or waves; zho°, as 



he lay and moved onward; a, they said. 



58. Ni, waters; a-ki-tha-zha-ta, the parting of in forked lines; ga 



kshe, these; a, they said. 



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



them to be. 



61. Wa-ko°-da, the gods of the waters; a-ki-tha-zha-ta, to part from 



tliem in forked lines; bi, they; ki-the, cause themselves to; 

 mo°-tlu°, as they travel the path of life; ta i tsi° da, they shall. 



62. ^°-dse, his tail ; ni, the waters; i-ga-po-ki, he struck with making 



a cracking noise; o°-ha, repeatedly; the, as he pushed forth; 

 a, they said. 



64. Wa-thi^-e-fka, without a pnrjiose; a-po-ki, I struck with a noise; 



mo°-zlii i" da, I have not. 



65. Mi, the sun; hi-e ge, the settings of; ta, in that direction. 



66. Wa-a-ga-po-ki, I send these strokes against the jjeople who dwell 



there; the a-the, I send them; a, they said. 



67. Ni river; u-ba-sho", the bend of; we-tho"-ba, the second; thi°- 



kshe, the sitting; a, they said. 



