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fi no°, your feet; tha, abbreviation of tha-tsi e, you have come; 

 fi no", your feet; tha-tsi e, you have come. (Line 3 in the first 

 stanza.) 



2. 



Hi no", your legs; tha, abbreviation of tha-tsi e, you have come; 

 hi no", your legs; tha-tsi e, you have come. (Line 3 in second 

 stanza.) 



3. 



Zhu no", your body; tha, abbreviation of tha-tsi e, you have come; 

 zhu no", your body; tha-tsi e, you have come. (Line 3 in third 

 stanza.) 



4. 



A no", arms; tha, abbreviation of tha-tsi e, you have come; a no", 

 your arms; tha-tsi c, you have come. (Line 3 in fourth stanza.) 



5. 



Pa no", your head; tha, abbreviation of tha-tsi e, you have come; 

 jja no", your head; tha-tsi e, you have come. (Line 3 in fifth 

 stanza.) 



6. 



I no", your mouth; tha, abbreviation of tha-tsi e, you have come; 

 I no", your mouth; tha-tsi e, you have come. (Line 3 in sixth 



stanza.) 



Song 8. 



(Free translation, p. 103: Osage version, p. 398.) 

 1. 



Tsi-go, grandfather; tha-tsi e, you have come; sho" ni da, perfect 

 thou art; we, vocable. (Lines 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 in all the six stanzas.) 



fi no", your feet; tha-tsi e, you have come; sho" ni da, perfect thou 

 art; we, vocable. (Line 3 in the first stanza.) 



Hi no", your legs; tha-tsi e, you have come; sho" ni da, perfect thou 

 art; we, vocable. (Line 3 in the second stanza.) 



Zhu no", your body; tha-tsi e, you have come ; sho" ni da, perfect thou 

 art; we, vocable. (Line 3 in the third stanza.) 



