556 THE OSAGE TRIBE [eth. ann. 36 



1540. Pe, foreheads; ba-xtlie-xthc, tattooed; xtsi, verily; l)i, tliey; 



e, said; a-ka, he; wi-po°-ga, my younger brotlicr; a-ka, he. 



1541. The-ba, jaws; ba-xthe-xthe, tattooed; xtsi, verily; bi, they; e, 



said; a-ka, he; wi-fo"-ga, my younger brother; a-ka, he. 



1542. Pe, foreheads; ga-tsu-pa, cut close, or shaved, the hair; xtsi, 



verily; ni-ka-shi-ga, a people; bi, they; e, said; a-ka, he; 

 wi-90°-ga, my younger brother; a-ka, he. 



THE IIl'-^A-DA ■\Vl'-GI-E (FINDING OF THE FOE) 



(Free trauslatioii, p. 212; Osage version, p. 407) 



1. Da, what, said they; a l)i° da, it ha.s been said; tsi ga, in this 



house, 16, 61, 71, 119, 142, 157, 250. 



2. Ho"-ga, the Earth Division; u-dse-the, fireplaces; i]e-tho"-ba, 



seven; ni-ka-shi-ga, peo])le; ba, they; do", are; a, they said. 



3. Wi-90"-ga, my younger brother; wi°, a, one; a, they said, 47, 127, 



160. 



4. To°-i", visible; a-zhi, not; xtsi, verily; we-to°-i", da, we feel from 



our divining sense, 18, 35, 49, 93, 129, 162. 



5. Ho°, what, how, what tidings; xtsi, verily; gi, coming homo; thi" 



da, moving. 



6. Ha-ta-ha, for what reason, on what account; xtsi, verily; 



wa-xpa-thi", poor, figuratively, suffer from exhaustion; thi", 

 moving; e-do°, wliy; e-ki-a, said to one another; a-ka, they, 

 22, 39, 98. 



7. U-gi-ki-a, to speak to as to one affectionatelv related; ba, you; 



thiMia, go to him, 23, 40, 53, 97, 133. 



8. U-gi-ki-e, to speak to him; a-tsia-tha, they, some of the brothers, 



hastened forth; ba, they; do", and, 24, 41, 54, 134, 232. 



9. U-k'u-be, valley; wi°, a, one; pshi, I have been to- a-tha, I have; 



■wi-zhi"-the, elder brothers; e, saying; to°, stood; a. they said. 



10. U-k'u-be, valley; wi", one; pshi, I have been to; tho"-zha; but. 



11. 0°-ha-go°, to me nothing of importance; mo°-zhi, I not, I 



observed not; xtsi i° da, verily it is so, 27, 44. 



12. U-dse-the, fireplace, the space around the firephace where men 



gather for discussion; u-ko°, a vacant space; i-he-the, they 

 made to lie; they made room for the men bearing news; bi, 

 they; a, they said, 28, 45. 



13. Wi-pC-ga, my younger brother; a-ka, ho, 29, 63, 77, 111, 148, 183, 



203, 217, 240. 



14. U-k'u-be, valley; wi", one; a-hi, he has been to; bi, he; tho°-zha, 



but. 



15. Gi-ha-go°, to him nothing of importance; ba, he; zhi, not; xtsi, 



verily; a, he says, or he tells us. 

 17. Wi-90°-ga, my younger brother, 33, 92. 



