502 THE OSAGE TRIBE [ktii. ann. 36 



Mon'-shkqn (Crawfish) Gens 



(Free translation, p. IIG; Osago version, p. 337) 



1. Ho-dsi, at that time and place; xtsi, verily; a, they said; a bi° 



da, it has been said; tsi, house; ga, in this, 33, 51, 60, 70. 



2. Ho^-ga, the Ho°-ga subdivision; u-dse-the, fireplaces; pe-tho°-ba, 



-seven; ni-ka-shi-ga, a people; l)a, tliey; do°, were; a, they said. 



3. I"-gtho°-ga, the puma; zhu-i-ga, his body; the, he had made of; 



to", the standing; no°, the; a, they said. 



4. Ha, O; wi-po°-ga, my younger brother; e-gi-a, they said to him; 



bi, they; a, they said, 14, 24. 

 .5. We-ki-k'o", ceremonial articles; tho°-tse, suitable; thi°-ge a-tha, 

 there is none; wi-90°-ga, my younger brother; e-gi-a, they said 

 to him; bi, they; a, they said. 



6. Ga, in this manner; xtsi, verily; hi-tha, they had spoken; i, they; 



do°, when; a, they said. 



7. Tse-xe, in an open prairie; xtsi, verily; ge dsi, there; a, they said. 



8. Ni-ka, a man; wi", one; the, in his presence; to°, standing; hi, 



having arrived there; no^-zlii", they paused and stood; bi, 

 they; a, they said, 22. 



9. Sha-ge, hand; ba-ha, uplifted; to", standing; hi, having arrived 



there; no°-zlii°, they paused and stood; bi, they; a, they said. 



10. E-dsi, then and there; xtsi, verily; gi-e, he returned; do°, and. 



11. Wi-QO°-ga, my younger brother; ba, he. 



12. O-k'o", acting in a significant manner; xtsi, verily; a-gi, return- 



ing; a ba, he is; wi-po°-ga, my younger brothers; e-ki-a, they 

 said to one another; bi, they; a, they said. 



13. Ni-ka, a man; wi°, one; e-dsi, a-ka, there is at a certain place; 



wi-zlii°-the, my elder brothers; e, saying; a-gthi, having come 

 home; no°-zhi°, he stood; a, they said, 15. 



16. No^-be, hand; zha-ta, cloven, forked; ga-xe a-ka, making he is; 



wi-zhi^-the, my elder brothers; e, saying; a-gthi, having come 

 home; no^-zhi", he stood; to", standing; a, they said. 



17. Ha, O; wi-(?o"-ga, my younger brothers; e-ki-a, they said to one 



another; bi, they; a, they said. 



18. Ni-ka, man; be, whoever; to", standing; shki do", he may be; a, 



they said. 



19. Wa-no"-xe, spirits; a-dsi, tiiere, to tlieir abode; tlie, to go; o"-the, 



we cause him to; ta bi a, we shall; wi-(;o°-ga, mj- younger 

 brotliers; e-ki-a, they said to one another; bi, they; a, they said. 



20. E-ta, tlutherward; pa-mo"-gtlie, with heads inclined; xtsi, verily; 



a, they said. 



21. ^-thu-pa, footsteps they took, went forth; ba, they; do", and; 



a, they said. 

 23. No°-be, hand; zha-ta, cloven, forked; ga-xe, making; no"-zhi", 

 standing; to", he stood; a, they said. 



