48 THE OSAGE TKIBE. [eth. ann. 39 



22. Even causes them to lose consciousness and never to recover, 



23. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



24. He even takes from the guilty their spirit (sanity) when bidden 



to do so. 



25. The Great Butterfly stands as a Wa'-fa-ki-the of the little ones, 



it has been said, in this house. 



26. And the Swallow (Ki-gthu'-ni-ka) , 



27. Amidst the Avinds that precede the storm, 



28. Moves always, it is said, 



29. Verily, nothing is hidden from him as he moves in the winds, 



30. Guarding the acts over which hang the penalties. 



31. My grandfather (the Swallow), 



32. Overtakes the guilty persons, 



33. And verily makes them to become languid, 



34. He makes them to lose flesh which they never regain, 



35. Verily, he makes their faces to become sallow and of sickly hue, 



36. Makes them to lay their heads here and there in distress, 



37. My grandfather, 



38. Takes from the guilty, even their spirit (sanity) when asked to 



to do so, 



39. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



40. The swallow stands as a Wa'-f a-ki-the of the little ones. 



41. The mottled eagle also (A'-hiu-ta-ta), 



42. Moves amidst the winds that precede the stonu, 



43. Guarding the acts over which hang the penalties, 



44. My grandfather (the Eagle), 



45. Overtakes the guilty persons, 



46. And verily makes them to become languid, 



47. Makes their skin to become sallow and of sickly hue, 



48. And to lay their heads here and there in restlessness, in distress, 



49. My grandfather, 



50. Takes from the guilty, even their spirit when asked to do so, 



51. The mottled eagle stands as a Wa'-^a-ki-the of the little ones. 



52. And there is a little pipe (No^-ni'-o^-ba zhi"-ga), 



53. That moves amidst the advance winds of the storm, 



54. Guarding the acts over which hang the penalties. 



55. My grandfather, 



56. Overtakes the guilty and verily makes their skin to become 



sallow, and of sickly hue, 



57. Makes them to become languid, 



58. To lie here and there in restlessness, in distress, 



59. Mj grandfather, 



