574 THE OSAGK TRIBE 



lElH. ANX. 30 



569. Mo°-hi°, knife; zhn-dse, red; ga, lliis; kslic, long; shki, also; a, 

 tlioy said. 



572. Zhi"-ga, little one; wo" shki do", any one of them; >\, tliov said, 



5S0. 



573. M()"-iu°-zhu-dse, Red-knifo; shki, also. 



576. Mo"-hi"-ho°-ga, Sacrcd-knife ; shki, also; a, they said. 



Ho''-BE'-gU Wl'-GI-E 

 (Free translation, p. 239; Osage version, p. 428) 



1. E-dsi, at that time and place; xtsi, verily; a, they said: a 1)1" (hi, 



it has been said; tsi, house; ga, in this, 3, 13, 19, 35, 51. 



2. Zhi"-ga, the little ones; da-do°, what; ^i, foot; ki-the, make for 



themselves; ta, shall; ba, they; do", question word; a, they 

 said, 6. 



4. Sho-ka, an official messenger; Wa-ba-xi, the princi]);d: to", the 



stamling; a, they saitl, 8. 



5. Wi-fO"-ga, my younger brother; e-gi-a, said to him; bi, they; a, 



they said. 

 7. 0-to"-be, search; ga-xa, to make; thi" ha, go thou forth; e-gi-a, 



said to him; bi, they; a, they said. 

 9. Thu-e, promptly, hastily; xtsi, verily; the, went forth: do", and; 



a, ttiey said. 



10. 'I", stone, rock or boulder; zhu-dse, red; thi"-kshe, the, sitting; 



no", the; a, they said. 



11. Wi-zhi"-the, my elder brothers; e, he said; tsi-the, rpiickly; a, 



they said. 



12. The, this; zhi°-ga, the httle ones; pi, foot; ki-the, make for them- 



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

 they shall; e, he said; tsi-the, quickly; a, they said, 29, 45, 61. 



14. Zhi"-ga, the little ones; pi, foot; ki-tha, make for themselves; bi, 



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



15. ^'i, foot; gi-ba-xtho-ga, to pierce as by thorns and sharp grasses; 



zhi, not: ki-the, cause themselves to; mo°-thi", as they travel 

 the path of life; ta i tsi" da, they shall; e, he said; tsi-the, 

 quickly; a, they said, 33, 50, 65. 



16. Xa-dse, grasses, no"-sha-tha-ge, trample down, crush with the 



foot; ki-the, cause themselves to; nio"-thi", as they travel the 

 ])ath of life; ta i tsi" da, they shall; e, he said; tsi-the, quickly; 

 a, they said, 34, 49, 66. 



17. Zhi"-ga, the little ones; pi, foot: ki-tlio, make for themselves; 



mo"-thi", as they travel the patii of life: bi, they: do", when; 

 a, they said, 30, 32, 46, 48, 62, 64. 

 IS. ^'i, foot; i-ki, when they make of it: i-ts'a, (-auses of death, 

 thi"-ge, none; ki-the, cause themselves to; nio"-thi", as they 

 travel the path of life; ta i tsi" da, the\' shall; e, he said; tsi-the 

 quickly; a, they said, 31, 47, 63. 



