240 THE OSAGE TRIBE. [kth. ANN. 39 



38. The little ones shall cause themselves to be difficult to overcome 



by death, 



39. They shall live to see old age, as they travel the path of life. 



40. Behold the muscles of my chin, loosened with age, 



41. Wliich I have made to be signs of my old age. 



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



43. They shall live to see the muscles of their chins loosened with age, 



44. They shall cause themselves to be difficult to overcome by death. 



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



46. They shall live to see old age, as they travel the path of life. 



47. Behold my overhanging cheeks, 



48. Wliich I have made to be the signs of my old age. 



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



50. They shall live to see in their overhanging cheeks the signs of old 



age, as they travel the path of life. 



51. Behold the Uthh in the corners of my mouth, 



52. Which I have made to be the signs of m}' old age. 



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



54. They shall live to see in the folds of the corners of their mouths 



the signs of old age, as they travel the path of life. 



55. Behold the folds in the corners of my eyes, 



56. Wliich I have made to be the signs of my old age. 



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



58. They shall live to see in the folds of the corners of their eyes the 



signs of old age, as they travel the path of life. 



59. Behold the wrinkles upon my forehead, 



60. Wliich I have made to be the signs of my old age. 



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



62. They shall live to see upon their foreheads the wrinkles of old age. 



63. Behold the hair upon the crown of my head, thinned with age, 



64. Which I have made to be the sign of my old age. 



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



66. They shall live to see the hair upon the crown of their heads 



thinned with age. 



67. Behold the hairs of my head, whitened with age. 



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



69. They shall live to see the hairs of their heads whitened with age. 



70. Whe7i the little ones make of me their bodies, 



71. The little ones shall live to see old age, as they travel the path 



of life. 



