574 THE OSAGE TEIBE. [eth. ann.39 



11. 



Mo°-thi°-ka, the mystic clay; ga-gi-xe, to strike; a-gtha-bthi° e he, I 

 carry my, as I go forth. (Lines 1 and 2 in the eleventh to the six- 

 teenth stanzas, inclusive.) 



I-ba, the mystic pipe ; a-tlii° a-do°, carrying; ga-gi-xe, to strike; bthe 

 hi" do, I go forth; a he he, vocables. (Line 3 in the eleventh 

 stanza.) 



12. 



Mo^-hi", the mystic knife; a-thi" a-do", carrying; ga-gi-xe, to strike; 

 bthe hi" do, I go forth; a he he, vocables. (Line 3 in the twelfth 

 stanza.) 



13. 



We-tsi°, the mystic club; a-thi° a-do°, carrying; ga-gi-xe, to strike; 

 bthe hi" do, I go forth; a he he, vocables. (Line 3 in the thirteenth 

 stanza.) 



14. 



Ki-no", the mystic paint, the charcoal; a-thi° a-do°, carrying; ga-gi- 

 xe, to strike; bthe hi" do, I go forth; a he he, vocables. (Line 3 in 

 the fourteenth stanza.) 



15. 



Wa-xthe, the standard; a-thi" a-do°, carrying; ga-gi-xe, to strike; 

 bthe hi" do, I go forth; a he he, vocables. (Line 3 in the fifteenth 

 stanza.) 



16. 



Ho"-be, moccasins; a-thi" a-do". carrying; ga-gi-xe, to strike; bthe 

 hi" do, I go forth; a he he, vocables. (Line 3 in the sixteenth 

 stanza.) 



Song 5. 



(Free translation, p. 17S; Osage version, p. 442.) 



1. 



Tha-wa, count; tse the he, let him; tha-wa, count; tse the he, let 

 him. (Lines 1, 2, and 4 are the same in all the seven stanzas.) 



Wa-tse the he, the military honors; Mi-k'i" (the warrior of the) Sun- 

 carrier gens; wi"-xtsi, the first; tha-wa, count; tse the he, let him. 

 (Line 3 in the first stanza.) 



Wa-tse the he, the niilitary honors. (Line 5 is the same in all the 

 seven stanzas.) 



