Osage Traditions | Page 9

| í¢etse | man¢in' tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Mouth | that cv. ob. | child | mouth | shall walk | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Pé | ¢é¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN
SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | pé | man¢in' tatsé: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Forehead | this cv. ob. | child | forehead | shall walk | he really said | O

grandfather!
| Táhütse | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé |
{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL
LETTER TURNED K~}a | táhütse | man¢in' tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Neck | that cv. ob. | child | neck | shall walk | he really said | O
grandfather!
96 | Wé¢ahnin | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé |
{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL
LETTER TURNED K~}a | wé¢ahnin | man¢in' tatsé: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Gullet | that cv. ob. | child | gullet | shall walk | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Mañ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e | {~LATIN
SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL
LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a |
mañ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Chest | that cv. ob. | child | chest | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!
| ¢ü'we-uq¢úk'a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé |
{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL
LETTER TURNED K~}a | ¢ü'we-uq¢úk'a | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Bowels | that cv. ob. | child | bowels | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!
99 | Oé{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}utañ'{~LATIN
SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER
TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN
O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN
SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED

K~}utañ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | tatsé: |
á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Thighs | that cv. ob. | child | thighs | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Cí¢an{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se | {~LATIN
SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL
LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a |
cí¢an{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se | tatsé: | á*d*intaú,
| Tsiká!
| Knee | that cv. ob. | child | knee | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Náqpü | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé |
{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL
LETTER TURNED K~}a | náqpü | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Calf of leg | that cv. ob. | child | calf of leg | shall (be) | he really said |
O grandfather!
102| Sí¢e{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se | {~LATIN
SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL
LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a |
sí¢e{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Heel | that cv. ob. | child | heel | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Sipá | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN
SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER
TURNED K~}a | sipá | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Toe | that cv. ob. | child | toe | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!

| Sípu-itáxe | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé |
{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL
LETTER TURNED K~}a | sípu-itáxe | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Tip of toe | that cv. ob. | child | tip of toe toe | shall (be) | he really said
| O grandfather!
105 | Oiñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | its'é |
¢iñ{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e'qtsi | manhnin'
tá*d*etsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Child | cause of death | without any at all | ye shall walk | he really said
| O grandfather!
106 | Oiñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a |
¢aníkací{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a |manhnin'
tá*d*etsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Children | you are human beings |you shall walk | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Oiñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | únian | {~LATIN
SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á¢iñkcé | {~LATIN SMALL
LETTER OPEN O~}iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a |
únian'wíkci¢e: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Child | speech (?) | that | child | I cause you to speak (?) | he really said
| O grandfather!
The rest of this tradition was not obtained.
Translation.
The following translation is arranged in lines to correspond to the lines
in the original text:
1 The first of the race Was saying, "Ho, younger brother! the children
have no bodies. 3 "We shall seek bodies for our children. "Ho, younger
brother! you shall attend to it." They reached one upper world and

stood. 6 There they were not human beings. "Ho, younger brother! the
children have no bodies," he was saying.