LAFLESCHB] TRIBAL RITES — LITERAL, TRANSLATION 527 



53. Zhi°-ga, the little ones; zho-i-ga, their bodies; o^-tha, they make 



of me; ba, they; tho°-tse, suitable; mi-kshe i" da, I am, I who 



sit here, 67. 

 64. Wa-ko°-da goddess; hiu-dse ta, the below of the lower regions, 



the earth; ga, this; kshe, the Ijing; a, they said. 

 79. Ho^-ba, the days; tha-gthi°, that are calm and peaceful; xtsi, 



verily; shki, and; a, they said. 



81. Wa-ko°-da, the gods; sho" e-go°, all of them ; xtsi, verily; a, they 



said. 



82. U-xthi, anger, violence; thi^-ge, having none; i-he a-the, I have 

 made them to lie down; a-to°-he i° da, I who stand here. 



The Ni'-ki NoN-k'qn 



(the hearing of the sayings op the ancient men) 



(Free translation, p. 157; Osage version, p. 359) 



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



it has been said; tsi, house; ga, this, 3, 6, 8, 12, 48, 50, 53, 55, 

 59, 88, 90, 94, 96, 100, 108, 127, 134, 136, 140, 142, 147, 170, 

 177, 179, 184, 187, 192, 202, 212, 215, 227, 231, 241, 243, 245, 

 251, 254, 260, 266, 274, 280, 284, 287, 289, 292, 295, 298, 314, 

 323, 341, 344, 347, 355, 375, 381, 388, 420, 434, 438, 443, 454, 

 468, 472, 489, 500, 514, 525, 534, 537, 557, 563, 568, 574, 580, 

 586, 592, 612, 618, 623, 629, 635, 641, 647, 667, 673, 678, 684, 

 690, 696, 702, 722, 728, 783, 739, 745, 751, 757, 767, 790, 801, 

 816, 823, 848, 853, 858, 871, 878, 901, 909, 924, 943, 955, 965, 

 975, 984, 988, 990, 998, 1014, 1024, 1063, 1065, 1071, 1073, 

 1104, 1116, 1120, 1123, 1163, 1167, 1177, 1183, 1190, 1199, 1213, 

 1226, 1230, 1247, 1258, 1272, 1282, 1293, 1296, 1299, 1304, 1306, 

 1308, 1314, 1338, 1340, 1351, 1364, 1385, 1391, 1396, 1405, 1447, 

 1461, 1503, 1528. 



2. Ho^-ga, the sacred, name of the Ho°-ga subdivision; u-dse-the, 



fireplaces; i3e-tho°-ba, seven; ni-ka-shi-gai, people; bi, they; a, 

 they say, 48, 49, 89, 135, 242, 436, 538, 593, 648, 703, 758, 824, 

 872, 985, 1164, 1200, 1214, 1227, 1294, 1365, 1448. 



4. Ha, O! wi-90°-ga, my younger brothers; e-ki-e, said to one 



another; no^-zhi", stood; bi, they; a, they said, 51, 91, 137, 180, 

 203, 275, 436, 986, 1297. 



5. Zlii°-ga, little ones; hiu-dse, below; ta, there; ni-ka-shi-ga, people; 



ba, they; tho°-ta, should; zhi, not; a, oral question sign; 



wn-90''-ga, my younger brothers; e-ki-e, said to one another; 



no^-zhi", stood; bi, they; a, they said, 52, 93, 139, 178. 

 7. Wa-ko°-da, gods; gtho°-the, great; do-ba, four, 54, 95, 141. 

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



said, 862, 865, 1171. 



