72 THE OSAGE TRIBE. Tbth. ann. 39 



Wl'-GI-E. 



18. Ha ! it was to the one that is like whitleather, 



19. They spake, saying: The Uttle ones have nothing of which to 



make then- bodies, O, my grandfather. 



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



21. The whitleather-like replied: The little ones have nothing of 



which to make their bodies, you say. 



22. The little ones shall make of me their bodies. 



23. Behold the parting of the waters as I push forth, 



24. Verily it is the movement of the gods to make way for me as I 



go forth. 



25. Wlien the little ones make of me their bodies, 



26. The gods shall make way for them also, as they go forth upon 



life's journey. 



4. 



The earth shall appear, it was said, 

 The earth shall appear, it was said, 

 Through the powers of the leech (black leech), 

 My grandfather, it shall appear, it was said. 

 The earth shall appear, it was said. 



27. Ha ! it was to the black leech 



28. They spake, saying: The little ones have nothing of which to 



make their bodies, 0, my grandfather. 



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



30. The black leech rephed: The little ones liave nothing of which to 



make their bodies, j^ou say. 



31. The little ones shall make of me their bodies. 



32. Behold the parting of the waters as I push forth. 



33. Verily, it is the movement of the gods to make way for me as I 



go forth. 



34. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



35. The gods shall make way for them also, as they go forth upon 



life's journey. 



Painting of the Xo'-ka. 



At the close of the recital of the wi'-gi-e relating to the four water 

 insects, the Singer, prompted by the A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka, rubs red paint 

 upon the palms of his hands in readiness to put the symbolic color 

 upon the face of the Xo'-ka. As the approacliing sim reddens the 

 eastern horizon the A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka begins to recite the first section 

 of the wi'-gi-e relating to the painting and the dressing of the Xo'-ka, 



