520 THE OSAGE TRIBE. [eth. ann. 39 



57. Be-ni-ha, languid, wretchedness; xtsi, verily; wa-thi°, brings 

 them; hi, to; the, he; no", always; a, they said. 66, 92. 



62. Tse-shi"-slii"-e, there is a doubt as to whether this name means the 

 nighthawk or the symbolic buffalo of the Tsi-zhu Wa-no" and 

 the Tse-do-ga I°-dse gentes; it is certain, however, that it is a 

 sjnnbol of these two gentes; kshe, that lies outstretched; a, 

 they said. 



64. Wi-tsi-go, my grandfather; da-do", things or acts; no"-thi°, ob- 

 scure, beyond understanding; a-zhi, to him not: xtsi, verily; 

 thi", as he moves; a, they saiil. 75. 



74. Tse-pi-tha-to"-ga, the dragonfly; do", a: a, they said. 



84. Ho" a-do", what; wa-pa-ki-the, archaic, probably brother; zhi"- 

 ga, the little ones; i-ta, theirs; ga no", is; shki, and; a hi" a, 

 interrogative particles. 



86. Ni-shku-shku, swallow, sjnnbol of the Ni-ka Wa-ko"-da-gi gens; 

 kshe, that lies outstretched; no", that; a, they said. 



93. A-da-ts'e-ga, to wither in flesh as by the heat of the sun ; xtsi, 

 verUy; wa-thi", brings them; hi, to; the, he; no", always; a, 

 they said. 



Wa-.xpe-gthe A-do'^-be Wt'-gi-e of the Ni-ka Wa-ko'^-da-gi Gens. 



(Free traaslation, p- .ll ; Osage version, p. 379) 



1. He-dsi, at that time and place; xtsi, verily; a, they said. 4, 39. 



2. Ta-dse, winds; pa-ho"-gthe, in advance of the storm: thi", mov- 



ing; dsi, there; a, they said. G, 16, 27, 36. 



3. Wa-f.a-ki- the, archaic, probably brother; zhi"-ga, little ones; i-ta, 



theirs; wi", a; u-mo"-thi", moves therein; thi", moves; a, they 

 said. 

 5. Ni-shku-shku, swallow; mQ"-ge, breast; zhu-dse, red; kshe, that 

 lies outstretched: a, they said. 



7. U-mo"-tlii", moves therein; thi", moves: a, they said. 17,28,37. 



8. Wa-xpe-gthe, penalties hanging overhead; a-gi-do"-be, guarding 



his; thi", as he moves forth: a, they said. 19, 29, 38, 44. 



9. Wi-tsi-go, my granilfather; a, they said. 15, 18, 20, 26, 35, 40. 



10. Da-do", things or acts; no"-thi", obscure or beyond understand- 



ing; a-zhi, to him not; xtsi, verily: thi", as he moves forth; 

 a, they said. 



11. Ho"-ba, days; u-fa-ki-ba, the divisions of; ge, the; e-to", even to 



them; xtsi, verily; a, they said. 21, 31, 41. 



12. W/-tsi-go, my grandfather; da-do", things or acts; no°-thi", 



obscure; a-zhi, to him not: xtsi, verily; thi", as he moves forth; 

 a, they said. 23, 30. 



13. Ho" a-do", what; wa-(?a-ki-the, probably brother: zlii"-ga, the 



little ones; i-ta, theirs; ga no", is; shki, and; a hi" a, interroga- 

 tive particles. 24, 33. 



