LAFLESCHE] TRIBAL KITES — LITERAL TRANSLATION 511 



13. ^'i-ha, the skin of the feet; u-sha-be, wherein it is dark in color; 



ga, this; tlii^-kslie, this sitting; shki, also; a, they said. 



14. No^-xthe, charcoal; a-gi-the, I have made it to be; a-thi° he i° da, 



in my life's journey, 18, 22. 



15. No'i-xthe, charcoal; gi-the, they make of it; mo"-thi°, as they 



travel the path of life; a, they said, 19, 23. 



16. No°-xthe, charcoal; gi-a-da-xe, to suik readily into their skins 



ki-the; cause it to; mo^-thi", as they travel the path of life 

 ta i tsi" da, they shall, 20, 24. 



17. Pa-zhu-zhe, the tip of the nose; sha-be, dark in color; ga, this 



thi"-kshe, the sitting; shki, also; a, they said. 

 21. Zhu-i-ga, my body; fa-be, black; ga, this; kshe, the lying; shki 



also; a, they said. 

 25. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; u-no°, the means of reaching old age 



gi-the, they make of it; mo°-thi°, as they travel the path of 



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



27. Ho°-ba, day; u-pa-ki-ba, the great divisions of; do-ba, the four; 



shki, and; a, they said. 



28. U-hi, to arrive there and to enter; ki-the, cause themselves to; 



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



Xu-THA Zhu-dse (Rei> Eac.i.e) Gens 

 (Free translation, p. 124; Osage version, p. 344) 



1. He-dsi, at that time and place; xtsi, verily; a, the}'' said; a bi" 



da, it has been said; tsi, house; ga, in this, 100, 132, 140, 

 153, 161. 



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



seven; ni-ka-shi-ga, persons, a people; ba, they; do°, were; a, 

 they said, 104. 



3. Tsi-zhu, the Tsi-zhu gens; Wa-shta-ge, the mild and gentle; 



thi°-kshe, the sitting; no", the; a, they said. 



4. Xu-tha, eagle; zhu-dse, red; zhu-i-ga, their bodies; the, of which 



they had made: thi'^-kshe, the' sitting; no", the; a, they said. 



5. Ha, O; wi-tsi-go-e, my grandfather; e-gi-a, they said to him; bi, 



they; a, they said, 107. 



6. Zhi^-ga, the little ones; zhu-i-ga, their bodies; tha, of which to 



make; bi, they; 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, 108. 



7. Ha, O; zhi"-ga, little ones; e, to say; tsi-the, he hastened to say; 



a, they said, 109. 



8. Zlii°-ga, the little ones; zhu-i-ga, their bodies; tha, of which to 



make; bi, they; tlii°-ge, they have none; e-she do", you have 

 said; a, they said, 110. 



