488 THE OSAGE TRIBE (eth. ann. 36 



7. We-ki-k'o°, ceremonial article, symbol; tlio"-tse, suitable; mi-kshe 



i" da, I who sit here. 

 9. Tsi, house; zlii^-ga, little; wi", one; i-tse-the, he had erected; to°, 



as he stood; a, they said. 



10. Wa-thi°-c-c,ka, ■without a purpose; i-tse-a-tha, I have erected, 



this house; mo°-zhi i" da, I have not, 12. 



11. Wa-dsu-ta, animals; jia, heads; u-thi-xo°, in wliicli to l)reak; 



i-tse-a-the i° da, I have erected it. 



12. Tse-xo-be, a spider; wa-ga-xe, a picture of, a symbol of; i° da, 



it is. 



14. I-tha-thu-pe, to take into, as into a snare; xtsi, verilj^; i-tse-a-the 



i" da, I have erected it. 



15. Wa-dsu-ta, animals; be, whoever, whichever one; zhi^-ga, little 



ones; i-ta i shki do°, they may belong; a, they said. 



16. U-ki-o^-the, throw themselves into it, to be ensnared; mo°-thi", 



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



17. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; wa-dsu-ta, animals; i-hi-tho°-be, make 



them to appear by the use of its power; tha, the}' make of it; 

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



18. U-ga-po^-thi", in which the morrow comes, the break of day; 



xtsi, verily; thi°-ge, none, before it comes; a, they said, 26. 



19. Wa-dsu-ta, animals; gi-hi-tho°-be, shall appear for them; mo°- 



thi", as they travel the path of life; ta i tsi" da, they shall, 21. 



20. U-pa-pe, in wliich the evening comes; tho° dsi, then and there; 



sliki, also; a, they said, 28. 



22. Wa-dsu-ta, animal; wa-no°, the ancient one, the oldest, the 



buffalo bull; kshe, that lies, upon the earth; a, they said. 



23. Ga, that one; kshe, lying; shki, also; a, they said, 46, 57, 66. 



24. Wa-dsu-ta, animals; i-hi-thC-be, make them to appear by the 



use of its power; the, make of it; mo°-tlii°, as they travel the 

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



25. Wa-dsu-ta, animals; wa-bi", blood; a, they said. 



27. Wa-bi°, blood; gi-tse-ga, theirs renew or refresh; ki-the, they 



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



life; ta bi° da, they shall. 

 29. Wa-dsu-ta, animals; wa-bi°, blood; i-gi-tse-ga, with it their own 



blood renew, refresh; mo^-thi", as they travel the path of life; 



ta i tsi° da, they shall. 



31. We-ki-k'o°, ceremonial articles, symbols; tho°-tse, suitable; ga, 



no", these; no°-zhi° da, stand. 



32. We-ts'a-da-pa, the short snake (the spreading adder); kshe, the 



lying; no°, the; a, they said. 



33. Zhi^-ga, the little ones; we-ki-k'o", ceremonial articles; tlie, they 



make of; mo°-thi°, as they travel the path of life; ta i tsi° da, 

 they shall, 43, 47, 54. 



