586 THE OSAGE TRIBE, [eth.ann.S9 



A ha, lo; pc-tho°-ba, in seven groups, from seven directions; a-gi, 

 coming liither; bi" da, they are. (Line 3 in the fifth stanza.) 



Song 4. 



(Free translation, p. 213; Osago Tersion, p. 458.) 

 1. 



E the he, an interjection; ki-a-hi tha tha, in a bounding motion; 



bthe da hi" da, I go forth. (Lines 1 and 4 in the first stanza.) 

 Ki-a-hi tha tha, in a rebounding motion; bthe da hi" da, I go forth. 



(Lines 2 and 3 in the first stanza.) 



E the he, an interjection; ba-sho° i-tha tha, turning from side to 

 side; bthe da hi" da, I go forth. (Lines 1 and 4 in the second 

 stanza.) 



3. 



E the he, an interjection; ga-fu i-tha tha, in a straight line; bthe 

 da hi° da, I go forth. (Lines 1 and 4 in the third stanza.) 



No'^-XTHE I-KI^-DSE Wa-THO'*. 



Charcoal the fight for songs. 



Wl'-Gl-E. 



(Free translation, p. 214; Osage version, p. 458.) 



1. Da-do°, what; no^-xthe, charcoal; gi-the, make to be their; mo°- 



thi", as they travel the path of life; ta ba do°, shall they; a, 

 they said; a bi° da, it has been said; tsi, house; ga, in this. 

 9, 17, 28,41. 



2. I°-gtho"-ga, puma; do-ga, male; kshe, that lies outstretched; a, 



they said. 



3. Ga, this; no"-xthe, charcoal; gi-the, make to be their; mo°-thi°, 



as they travel the path of life; bi, they; a, they said. 11, 19. 



4. No°-xthe, charcoal; gi-the, make to be their; mo^-thi", as they 



travel the path of life; bi, they; do", when; shki, and; a, they 

 said. 7, 8, 12, 39. 



5. Mi, sim; hi-e, setting; ge, of the; ta, in that direction. 13, 15, 25, 



38, 50. 



6. No"-xthe, charcoal; gi-pa-be, black indeed; ki-the, they cause to 



be; mo°-thi°, as they travel the path of life; ta bi° da, they 

 shall. 14, 51. 

 8. We-ki-i-he-the, a means to make fall the enemy; gi-wa-ts'e-ga, 

 with ease; ki-the, cause to be; mo^-thi", as they travel the 

 path of life; ta bi a, they shall; wi-fo^-ga, my younger brothers; 

 e-ki-a, said; bi, they; a, they said. 16. 



