506 THE OSAGE TRIBE [eth. ann. 36 



3. Tsi-zhu, of the Tsi-zhu gentes; Wa-no", the elder one; tlii^-kshe, 



the sitting; a, they said. 



4. lla, O; wi-tsi-go-e, my grandfather; e-gi-a, they said to liini; bi, 



they; a, they said. 



5. We-ki-k'o", symbol; tho"-tsc, suitable, fit; thi"-ge a-tha, there is 



none; wi-tsi-go-e, my grandfather; e-gi-a, they said to him; bi, 

 they; a, they said. 



6. Ha, O; zhi^-ga, little ones; e, to saj^; tsi-the, he hastened; a, they 



said. 



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



e-she, do", you have said; a, they said. 



8. We-ki-k'o°, a symbol; tho^-tse, suitable for; mi-kshe i" da, I am, 



I who sit here. 



9. Wa-ko°-da, god; ho"-ba, day; do°, of the; thi°-kshe, sitting; a, 



they said, 12, 61. 



10. Zliu-i-ga, my body; the, made of him; xtsi, verily; a-ni-ka-shi-ga, 



I as a person, as a people; mi-kshe i° da, I who sit here, 21, 60. 



11. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; zhu-i-ga, their bodies; o"-tha, they make 



of me; bi, they; do°, when; a, they said, 22, 24, 67, 78. 

 1.3. Zhu-i-ga, their bodies; the, make of that god; xtsi, verily; ni-ka- 

 shi-ga, as persons, as a jjcople; ki-the, make themselves to be; 

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



14. Zhu-i-ga, their bodies; the, they make of hnn; mo°-thi°, as they 



travel the jiatli of life; bi, they; do°, when, 33. 



15. I-ts'a, causes of death; thi°-ge, having none; mo°-thi°, as they 



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



16. U-no°, a means of reaching old age; tha, they make of him; bi, 



they; do°, when; shki, and; a, they said, 35. 



17. U-no°, old age; a bi, that wliich is spoken of as; i-the, live to 



see; ki-the, cause themselves to; mo°-thi°, as they travel the 

 path of life; ta i tsi" da, they shall, 30, 36, 79. 



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



bi, the things of wliich; ga, these; no°-zhi° da, shall stand. 



20. Wa-ko°-da, god; ho°-do°, of the night; thi^-kshe, the sitting; a, 



they said, 63. 

 23. Ts'e, to die; wa-tse-xi, difficult; mi-kshe i° da, I am, I who sit 

 here. 



25. Ts'e, to die; wa-tse-xi, difficult to; ki-the, cause themselves to; 



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

 shall, 34. 



26. Wa-tse, star; do-ga, the male (the morning star); thi°-kshe, the 



sitting; a, they said, 65. 



27. Ga, this god; thi^-kshe, the sitting; shki, also; a, they said, 32, 59. 



