578 THE OSAGE TKIBE. [eth. ann.39 



4. 



I°-dse, face; o"-(;"a-be, I am blackened; u-wa-ni-ke, in which is my 

 being; no", the; ta-ko, sacred; i° da ha, it is. (Lines 1, 2, and 5 

 in the fourth stanza.) 



I°-dse, face; o"-ho"-ba, I am in the day; u-wa-ni-ke, in wliich is my 

 being; no", the; ta-ko, sacred; i" da ha, it is. (Lines 1, 2, and 5 

 in the fifth stanza.) 



Song 3. 



(Free translation, p. 190: Osage version, p. 446.) 

 1. 



Tsi-go, O grandfather; mo°-thi-k'o, dig into the earth; go°-tha, long- 

 ing to; bthe he, I go forth. (Lines 1 and 2 in all the four stanzas; 

 to the second lines are added the vocables, a he.) 



Do-ga, I, the male; rao"-thi-k'o, dig into the earth; go"-tha, longing 

 to; ha, bthe hi" do ho, I go forth. (Line 3 in the first stanza.) 



Mi-ga, I, the female; mo"-thi-k'o, dig into the earth; go"-tha, longing 

 to; ha, bthe hi" do ho, I go forth. (.Line 3 in the second stanza.) 



3. 



Zhi"-ga, I, the young one; mo"-thi-k'o, dig into the earth; go"-tha, 

 longing to; ha, bthe hi" do ho, I go forth. (Line 3 in the tliird 

 stanza.) 



4. 



Ho°-ba, day, the final; mo"-thi-k'o, dig into the earth; go"-tha, 

 longing to; ha, lithe hi" do ho, I go forth. (Line 4 in the fourth 

 stanza.) 



Song 4. 



(Free translation, p. 191; Osage version, p. 447.) 



Tsi-go, my grandfather; tsi-go ho, my grandfather. (Lines 1, 4, 



and 7 in all the six stanzas.) 

 Tsi-go, my grandfather; wi", one, of the enemy; tha-the, I find; do", 



when. (Lines 2 and 5 in all the five stanzas.) 

 Da-pe, imawares; a-the, I fall upon him; a-thi" he no", in my life's 



journey. (Lines 3 and 6 in the first stanza.) 



