LAPLESCHE] TRIBxVL KITES LITERAL TRANSLATION 507 



28. Zhi"-ga, the little ones; zhu-i-ga, their bodies; the, thej^ make of 



her; mo''-thi°, as thej- travel the path of life; ta i tsi"' (hi, they 

 shall. 



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



her; bi, thev; do°, when; a, they said. 

 31. Wa-tse-, star; mi-ga, the female (the evening star); thi^-kshe, the 

 sitting; a, they said, 72*. 



38. Wa-ko°-(]a, the god; tse-ga, early; xtsi, verily; e-tho^-be, who 



appears (the sun); hi, comes; no°, habitually; bi, they; a, they 

 said. 



39. Tha-ta, o" the left side of his body; dsi, there, on that part; a, 



they said. 



40. Ga-gthe-zhe, stripes as though made by strokes, rays; sha-pe, 



six; tse, standing; no°, the; a, they said. 



41. E-shki do", those also; a, they said. 



42. Wa-we-a-ga-Qko°-the i° da, I have made to be symbols, 49. 



43. 0-do°, of the military honors; e no° bi no°, the honors spoken 



of as o-do°, a, they said, 50. 



44. 0-do°, military honors; tha, they make of them; bi, they; do°, 



when; shki, and; a, they said. 



45. 0-do°, honors; a bi, spoken of as; gi-tsi-^a, to be accurately 



accounted for; ki-the, cause them to be; mo"-thi°, as they 

 travel the path of life; ta i tsi° da, they shall, 53. 



46. Thi-u-ba-he, the side of his body; i-sdu-ge, the riglit; dsi, there; 



a, they said. 



47. Ga-gthe-zhe, rays; pe-tho°-ba ha, seven separate; tse, standing; 



no", the; a, they said. 



48. Ga, these; tse, standing; shki, also; a, they said. 



51. Sho°, all of them; xtsi, verily; i-tse a-tlie i° da, I have made them 



to stand for. 



52. Zhi^-ga, the little ones; we-tha-wa, use them for counting, their 



mihtary honors; rao°-tlii°, as they travel the path of life; bi, 

 they; do", when; a, they said. 



55. Ho° a-do", of what; zhi^-ga, the little ones; zhu-i-ga, their bodies; 

 tha, they make of; bi, they; go" no°, shall; shki, and; a hi° a, 

 interrogative j)articles. 



58. Wa-zhi^-ga, bird; pa, bill; stse-dse, long; do°, a; a, they said. 



62. I-tha-thu-pe, as an instrument to bring tlie god of day, to sym- 

 bolize; xtsi, verily; a-ni-ka-shi-ga, I am a person, a people 

 mi-kshe i° da, I am, I who sit here, 64, 66, 73. 



68. Wa-shi-shi, property, possessions; u-bu-dse, in profusion, abun- 

 dance; xtsi, verily; i-the, to see, to gain; ki-the, cause them- 

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

 they shall, 77. 



