556 THE OSAGE TRIBE. [Bxn. ANN. 39 



Song 1. 

 (Free translation, p. 145: Osage version, p. 419.) 



1. 



The, this; wi-ta ha, is mine; the, this; wi-ta, mine. (Line 1 in tlie 



single stanza of the song.) 

 Wa-tse-xi e tha, a task most difficult to perform: tho wi ni <la, I give 



to you. (Lines 2, 4, and G of the song.) 

 E he, vocables; the, this; wi-ta ha, is mine; the, this; wi-ta, mine. 



(Lines 3 and 5 in the song.) 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, ji. 1-16; Osage version, p. 420.) 

 1. 



Ni-ka xo-be, men of mystery; ko-wi-tha ha, come ye hither; ni-ka 

 xo-be, men of mystery. (Line I in all the eight stanzas.) 



Ko-wi tha ha, come ye hither; ni-ka xo-be, men of mystery; ko-wi-tha 

 ha, come ye hither. (Lines 2 and 5 in all the eight stanzas.) 



I-ba, the pipe: a-thi" a-do", bringing. (Line 3 in the first stanza.) 



I-ba, the pipe; a-thi"* a-do", bringing: ni-ka xo-be, men of mystery; 

 ko-wi-tha ha, come ye hither. (Line 4 in the first stanza.) 



Mo"-hi", the knife: a-thi" a-do", bringing. (Line 3 in the second 



stanza.) 

 Mo"-hi", the knife: a-thi" a-do", bringing; ni-ka xo-be, men of 



mystery; ko-wi-tha ha, come ye hither. (Line 4 in the second 



stanza.) 



3. 



We-tsi°, war club : a-thi" a-do", bringing. (Line 3 in the third stanza.) 

 We-tsi", war club; a-thi" a-do", bringing: ni-ka xo-be, men of mystery; 

 ko-\vi-tha ha, come ye hither. (Line 4 in the third stanza.) 



4. 



Mi"-dse, the bow: a-thi" a-do", bringing. (Line 3 in the fourth 



stanza.) 

 Mi"-dse, the bow; a-thi" a-do", bringing; ni-ka xo-be, men of mystery; 



ko-wi-tha ha, come ye hither. (Line 4 in the fourth stanza.) 



5. 



Mo", the arrow; a-thi" a-do", bringing. (Line 3 in the fifth stanza.) 

 Mo", the arrow; a-thi" a-do", bringing; ni-ka xo-be, men of mystery; 

 ko-wi-tha ha, come ye hither. (Line 4 in the fifth stanza.) 



