LAFLESCHE] TRIBAL RITES LITERAL TRAXSLATION 591 



Xl'-KI Wl'-GI-E OF THE Tsi'-ZHU Wa-SHTA'-GE 



By Mo^'-zho^'-a'-ki-da 

 (Free translation, p. 277; Osage version, p. 453) 



1. Ha tha tsi ta, a bi" da, tsi ga (archaic, untranslatable). 



2. Zhi^-ga, the little ones; ui-ka-shi-ga, a people; ba, the}'; zhi a-tha, 



they are not; wi-Qo''-ga, my younger brothers; e-ki-e. said to 

 one another: a-ka, they, 11. 



3. Wi-fo^-ga, my younger brothers, 20, 2.5, 54, 167, 172, 181, 205, 



207, 212, 231*. 



4. U-to"-be, search: tha-the, you cause to be made; ta bi a, you 



shall; wi-9o"-ga, my younger brothers, 10, 21, 31. 



5. Wi-(?o°-ga, a younger brother; ga, as thus; xtsi, verily; hi-tha, 



they spake: i do", when they: a. they said. 



6. Mo^-xe, heavens; u-^a-ki-ba, the divisions of; wi", one, or the 



first; a, they said, 23. 



7. E-dsi, there at the place; xtsi, verily; hi, ha\nng come to; no°- 



zhi°, paused, stood; a, they said, 24, 35, 57, 112, 114, 122, 137, 

 176. 



8. Wi-zhi°-the, my elder brothers; a, they said, 165, 183, 209, 240. 



9. 0°-ha-go°, a happening for me; mo^-zhi, none for me; xtsi, 



verily; a, they said. 



12. Ka-xe-wa-hu-fa, the youngest of the brothers: to", the standing; 



a, they said, 32. 



13. Ga, as thus; xti, verily; hi-tha, they spake; i do", when they; a, 



they said, 149. 



14. Mo"-xe, heavens; u-^a-ki-ba, the divisions of; wi", one, a second 



one; hi, having arrived there: no"-zhi°. paused, stood; a, they 

 said. 



15. Wa-ko"-da, god of darkness: u-ga-slia-be, struck the heavens 



with darkness; xtsi, veril}-; do", when; a, they said, 26. 



16. He-dsi, at that moment; xtsi, verily; a-gthi, having returned; 



no"-zhi", stood; a, they said, 27. 



17. Wi-90"-ga, my younger brother; ha-ta-ha, how has it fared with 



you: xtsi, verily; wa-xpa-thi", to thus suffer; tha thi" sha, 

 has been your wont; zhi no", it has never been; a, they said, 

 28. 



18. Mo"-xe, heavens; u-ca-ki-ba. tlie divisions of; wi", another one; 



pshi a-tha, I have been to. 



19. E-go°, anything like what we want: tlio"-ta, possible; zhi a, it is 



not: wi-zhi" the; my elder brothers; a, they said, 29. 

 22. Wi-zlii°-the, my elder brothers; ga, as thus; xtsi, verily; hi-tha, 



spake; i do", when they. 

 30. Ha, O; wi-go"-ga, my younger brothers: e-ki-e, said to one 



another; tho"-ka, they. 



