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THE OSAGE TRIBE 



[ETH. ANN. 43 



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Fio. 3.— Chart of constellation Wa'-ba-ha(Ursa Major) 



In the Sho'"-ge-mo°-i'' wi'-gi-e (The Taking of Life Symbols), the 

 people of the Tsi'-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens implored four gods and four 

 goddesses of the sky for permission to take from them "bodies" for 



their little ones. The peo- 



^o:.AR,s "^r * pie of the Tsi'-zhu Wa-no", 



; in the wi'-gi-e recorded by 

 \ X Xu-thu'-wa-to°-i°, entreat- 

 X' ed six gods and four god- 



desses of the sky for per- 

 mission to take "bodies" 

 from them for their little 

 ones. The following is the 

 order in which the Tsi'-zhu 

 Wa-no° people approached 

 these ten sky deities, the 

 order in which they paired them according to sex, and the terms of 

 relationship they used in addressing them: 



1. Wa-ko'"-da Ho^'-ba do°, the God of Day (the Sun), grandfather, 



2. Wa-ko-'-da Ho° do", the 

 Goddess of Night (the Moon), 

 grandmother. 



3. Mi-ka'-k'eHo°'-ba°do°, 

 the Day-star (Morning star), 

 grandfather, 



4. Mi-ka'-k'e Ho°' do°, the 

 Night-star (Evening star), 

 grandmother. 



5. Wa'-ba-ha, Litter, the 

 Dipper (Great Bear), (fig. 3), 

 grandfather, 



6. Mi-ka'-k'e u-ki-tha-9' i°, 

 Double-star, grandmother. 



7. Ta-pa', Deer-head, Ple- 

 iades, grandfather, 



8. Ta Tha'-bthi°, Three- 

 deer, the three great stars in 

 Orion's belt (fig. 4), grand- 

 mother. 



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Fig. 4.— Chart of Ta Tha'-bthi°, Three Deer (in Orion) 



9. Mi-ka'-k'e Zhu-dse, Red-star, the Pole star, grandfather, 

 10. Sho^-ge A-ga-k'e e-go", Dog-star, Sirius, grandfather. 



