LAPLB8CHE] TRIBAL RITES — LITERAL TRANSLATION 561 



223. Wa-pa-hi, things sharp ami pointed, weapons; ki-s!ui-no° the, 



abunchxnce, profusion; xtsi, verily; bi, they are; e, said; a-ka 

 i° da, he has, 248. 



224. Mo°, arrows; thi-ki-shno°, bristhng as the radiating rays of the 



sun as they grasp their arrow in their hands, they have so 



many; bi, they; e, said; a-ka i" da, he has. 

 226. Tse-ha-wa-gthe, buffalo liide shields; to", they possess; bi, they; 



e, said; a-ka i° da, he has 249. 

 228. She, that, the description of the weapons, the signs of the valor 



of the foe, is enough, we are satisfied, that is what we want 



to know; sho°, i° da, enough, satisfies us. 



230. Tsi-zhu, of the gentes of the Tsi-zhu; Wa-ko°-da, the gods; 



no°-pa-bi, the one who is feared, otherwise known as the 

 Tsi-zhu Wa-no, the Ekler Tsi-zhu, the people of the sun; 

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



231. U-gi-ki-e, let them be spoken to; tse, let them, the Ho°-ga; 



e-ki-a, they said to one another; tho°-ka, they. 



232. U-gi-ki-e, to speak to them, the people of the sun; a-tsia-tha, 



they went in haste, those of the Ho°-ga; ba, they; do°,- did. 



233. Ha, 0!; Ho°-ga; e, said, the people of the sun; tsi-the, promptly; 



a, they said, 235. 



234. Wa-pa-lii, weapons; o°-wo°-sha, I have not in abundance; mo°- 



zhi, I am not possessed of; mi, I; kshe i° da, sitting; e, said, 

 the people of the sun; tsi-the, promptly; a, they said. 

 236. Wa-zha-zhe, the people of the Wa-zha-zhe division; u-gi-ki-a, 

 speak to them; thi° ha, move ye; e, said the Tsi-zhu Wa-no"; 

 tsi-the, promptly; a, they said. 



238. Wa-zha-zhe Wa-no°, the Elder Wa-zha-zhe, the war gens of the 



Wa-zha-zhe division; thi°-kshe, sitting; a, they said. 



239. A-gi-pa-mo"-gthe, with heads bowed over the assembled people 



of the Wa-zha-zhe Wa-no" gens; i-no°-zhi°, having come be- 

 fore them they stood; a-ka, they. 



241. Wa-no"-pe, in fear, in alarm; xtsi, verily; a-gthi, has come home; 

 a-ka, he, the messenger gens of the Ho"-ga, from a group 

 subsequently known as Hi-^a-da, or Ho°-ga U-ga-sho°, the 

 Ho°-ga who Travelled; Wa-zha-zhe; e-gi-e, they said to him, 

 the spokesman of the Wa-zha-zhe Wa-no°, or to the people 

 themselves; a-ka, they, the Ho"-ga. 



247. Mo°-ge, breasts; xthe-xtha, tattooetl; bi, they were; e, said; 

 a-ka i" da, he has. 



251. She, that, your description of the weapons of the foe, the out- 

 ward signs of their valor; sho", is enough, satisfies us, that is 

 what we want to know, Ho°-ga; e, said, the Wa-zha-zhe Wa- 

 no"; tsi-the, promptly; a, they said. 

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