576 THE OSAGE TRIBE. [eth.ann,39 



Qi, feet; ta, upon; tsi" da, I have come; ha, ni-wa-the, I, the pro- 

 tector of Hfe. (Line 3 in the first stanza.) 



Hi, legs; ta, upon; tsi" da, I have come; ni-wa-the, I, the protector of 

 life. (Line 3 in the second stanza.) 



Zhu, body; ta, in my; tsi° da, I have come; ha, ni-wa-the, I, the pro- 

 tector of life. (Line 3 in the tliird stanza.) 



A, arms; ta, with my; tsi° da, I have come; ha, ni-wa-the, I, the pro- 

 tector of life. (Line 3 in the fourth stanza.) 



Pa, head; ta, with my; a-tsi° da, I have come; ha, ni-wa-the, I, the 

 protector of life. (Line 3 in the fifth stanza.) 



I, mouth; ta, with my; tsi" da, I have come; ha, ni-wa-the, I, the 

 protector of life. (Line 3 in the sixth stanza.) 



Song 2. 



(Free translation, p. 185; Osage version, p. 444.) 

 1. 



Ka-xe, ye crows; a-tsi° da, I have come; ha, sho° ni da we, it is well. 



(Lines 1, 3, and .5 in all the six stanzas.) 

 pi-a, feet; hi wa ta ha, upon my; sho" ni da we, it is well. (Lines 2 



and 4 in the first stanza.) 



2. 



Hi-a, legs; lii-wa ta ha, upon my; sho" ni da we, it is well. (Lines 2 

 and 4 in the second stanza.) 



3. 



Zhu, body; hi wa ta ha, in my; sho" ni da we, it is well. (Lines 2 and 

 4 in the third stanza.) 



4. 



A, arms; hi wa ta ha, with my; sho" ni da we, it is well. (Lines 2 

 and 4 in the fourth stanza.) 



