534 THE OSAGE TRIBE. [eth. ann. 39 



11. 



Tsi-ho-ko", the smoke vent at the roof; dsi, there; a-tsi-e tho, I have 

 come. (Repeated three tunes.) 



12. 



Ho°-ba, into the days; ge, the; dsi, there; a-tsi-e tho, I have come. 

 (Repeated three times.) 



Wa-xo-be Ga-xi Wa-thon. 



The sacred hawk awaken by striking song. 



Song 1. 

 (Free translation, p. 90; Osage Aversion, p. 393-) 



Only one word in each of the six stanzas of this song can be trans- 

 lated. These six words are as follows: (1) <;i, feet; (2) hi, legs; (3) 

 zhu, body; (4) a, arms; (5) pn, head; (6) i, mouth. All the other 

 words, having long become obsolete, are not translatable. 



Kl-THI-TO N Wa-tho . N 



Reversing song. 



Song 2. 

 (Free translation, p. 91: Osage version, p. 393.) 



Only one word of this song is translatable; that is, ki-thi-to", to 



tm-n over so as to reverse the position of the object. All the other 



words are either purposely corrupted or have lost their meaning 



from long disuse. 



Song 3. 



(Free translation, p. 94; Osage version, p. 394.) 



Only the first word at the beginning of each line is translatable; 

 the other words which compose the four lines of the five stanzas 

 are either purposely corrupted or have lost their meaning because of 

 disuse. First stanza, thi-to", to touch; second stanza, thu-shke, to 

 untie; third stanza, gtha-tha, to loosen; fourth stanza, ga-wa, to open 

 wide; fifth stanza, tsi-the, to pass forth as in birth. 



Song 4. 



(Free translation, p. 95; Osage version, p. 395-) 



1. 



Thi-to°, to touch; mo^-ki sho ho, archaic words; tsi-the, to pass as 

 in birth; ta ko"" tha, archaic words. (Lines 1, 2, 5, and 6.) 



Kia ha, downward; wa ha, vocables; tsi-the, to pass as in birth; 

 ta ko° tha, archaic words. (Lines 3 and 4 in all the stanzas.) 



