162 THE OSAGE TRIBE. Teth. Ann. S9 



23G. The_v shall cause themselves to be difficult to overcome by 

 death," it has been said, in this house. 



237. They said, it has been said, in this house, 



238. "Behold the loosened muscles of my chin. 



239. Those loosened muscles also, 



240. I have made to be the sign of old age. 



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



242. They shall live to see the muscles of their chins become loosened 



with age, as they travel the path of life. 



243. When the littki ones make of me their bodies, 



244. They shall be free from all causes of death, as they travel the 



path of life. 



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



246. They shall cause themselves to be difficult to overcome by 



death," it has been said, in this house. 



247. They said, it has been said, in this house, 



248. That he spake again, saying: "Behold the wTinkles in the cor- 



ners of my mouth. 



249. Those wrinkles also, 



250. I have made to be the sign of old age. 



251. When the little ones reach old age, 



252. They shall see the corners of their mouths wrinkled %nth age, 



as they travel the path of life," it has been said, in this house. 



253. They said, it has been said, in this house, 



254. "Behold the wrinkles in the corners of my eyelids. 



255. Those wrinkles also, 



256. I have made to be the signs of old age. 



257. When the little ones reach old age, 



258. They shall see the corners of their eyelids wrinkled with age, as 



they travel the path of life," it has been said, in this house. 



259. "Behold the bareness of my forehead. 



260. Also, 



261. When the little ones reach old age, 



262. They shall see their foreheads grown bare with age," it has been 



said, in this house. 



263. "Behold the hair on the crown of my head grown scant with age. 



264. The scantiness of my hair also, 



265. I have made to be the sign of old age. 



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



267. They shall live to see the hair on the crown of their heads grown 



scant with age. 



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



