592 THE OSAGE TEIBE. [eth. an.v. 39 



A-tlii-xi-the, the wooil is dropped upon the flame; da-we-the, I make 

 the fire; da-we-the tse he, I make the fire. (Line 3 in the third 

 stanza.) 



Wa-po'-ga Wa-tho'"'. 



Owl songs. 



Song 1. 

 (Free translation, p. 227; Osage version, p. 465.) 



1. 



Ni-ka, man; Avi°, a; ho° da dsi, out of the darkness of night; i-e, 

 speaks; hi-the, sending to me his words; to°-e, from where he 

 stands. (Lines 1, 2, and 5 in both the two stanzas.) 



I-e, speaks; hi-the, sending to me his words; to^-e; from where he 

 stands. (Line 1 in both the two stanzas.) • 



Wa-po-ga, gray owl; wi°, a; ho° da dsi, out of the darkness of night; 

 i-e, speaks; hi-the, sending to me his words; to°-e, from where he 

 stands. (Line 4 in the first stanza.) 



I-to°-gi-o°, horned owl; wi°, a; ho° da dsi, out of the darkness of 

 night; i-e, speaks; hi-the, sending to me his words; to°-e, from 

 where he stands. (Line 4 in the second stanza.) 



Song 2. 

 (Free translation, p. 228; Osage version, p. 465.) 



1. 



Pa-9e, evening; u-mo^-bthi", as I walk in its midst; tha-tsi-e i° do, 



thou camest to me. (Lines 1, 2, 4, and 5 in both the two stanzas.) 



Wa-po-ga, thou gray owl; wi", a; tha-tsi-e tho, comest to me. (Line 



3 in the first stanza.) 



2. 



I-to°-gi-o", thou horned owl; wi", a; tha-tsi-e tho, thou camest to me. 

 (Line 3 in the second stanza.) 



Song 3. 



(Free translation, p. 229; Osage version, p. 465.) 

 1. 



Pa-fe, as in the darkness of evening; the a-to" dse hi° do, here where 

 I stand. (Lines 1, 2, 4, and 5 in all the three stanzas.) 



Wa-po-ga, thou gray owl; wi°, a; tha-tsi-e tho, earnest to me. (Line 

 3 in the first stanza.) 



