LAFLESCHE] TRIBAL, RITES LITERAL TRANSLATION 505 



6. Tse-xe, open prairie; xtsi, verily; ge, at such a place; dsi, there; 



a, they said. 



7. Ho^-ga, the gentes forming the Ho°-ga subdivision; we-ha-ge, 



the last in the established order; to°, the standing; a, they said. 



8. Tho, presence; to°, standing; hi, having arrived there, where he 



stood; no°^zhi", they paused and stood; bi, they; a, they said. 



9. Ha, O; wi-zhi°-the, my elder brothers; e, to say; tsi-the, he 



hastened; a, they said. 



10. Ni-ka, man; be, who, what; tha, you; to^-she, standing there; a, 



they said. 



11. Ho°-ga, a Ho"-ga, sacred person; Gthe-zhe, the speckled (the 



speckled eagle symbolizing the winds); wi, I am; a-to" he a, 

 I who stand here; wi-zlii°-the, my elder brothers; e, saying; 

 to°, he stood; a, they said. 



12. Ho^-ga, a sacred person; btlii" a, I am; wi-zlii°-the, my elder 



brothers; e, saying; to°, he stood; a, they said. 



13. We-ki-k'o", a symbol; tho°-tse, suitable; a-to° he a, I am, I who 



stands here; wi-zhi'^-the, my elder brothers; e, saying; to°, he 

 stood; a, they said. 



14. We-ki-k'o°, a symbol; o°-tha, make of me; mo°-thi°, as they 



travel the path of life; ta i tsi" da, they shall, 18. 



15. We-ki-k'o°, a symbol; o^-the, they make of me; mo°-thi°, as they 



travel the path of life; bi, they; do°, when; a, they said, 19. 



16. Wa-zha-zhe, the people of the Wa-zha-zhe division; a, they said. 



17. Tsi-zhu, those of the Tsi-zhu division; e-tho°-ba, the two together. 



20. Tho°-dse, the house; ba-he, the height of; e-to°-ha, equal to the 



height (that is, the rising of the sun to that height) ; no°, shki 

 do", even to that (meaning that even before the sun has 

 passed over the houses their prayers would be granted); a, 

 they said. 



21. We-ki-k'o°, symbol; gi-o-ts'e-ga, that will make easy their 



efforts to win divine sympathy; ki-the, for themselves; mo°- 

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



22. We-shno°, gratefully happy; wi-gi-the, I am making you to be; 



a-to°-he a, I who stand here; wi-zhi°-the, my elder brothers; 

 e, saying; to", he stood; a, they said. 



TSl'-ZHU (sky) division 



Tsi'-ZHU Wa-no'* Gens 

 (Free translation, p. HS; Osage version, p. 340) 



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, 18, 37,54, 56. 



2. Tsi-zhu, the Tsi-zhu division; u-dse-the, fireplaces; pe-tho°-ba, 



seven; ni-ka-slii-ga, a people; ba, they; do°, were; a, they said, 

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