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Osage Traditions · James Owen Dorsey — chapter 4 of 17 · ~548 words · public domain

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| Red oak | one | they came to and stood on | he really said | O grandfather!

31 | Hun'*d*a | ¢á{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}¢inqtsi | e'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | tsi' na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in': | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Day | very good | there | came and stood | he really said | O grandfather!

| Káxe-wáhü-san(13) | ¢é-na: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Crow bone white | he who was mv. in the past | he really said | O grandfather!

33 | ¢útsi na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in' | é | e¢á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Came directly to him and stood | he said | indeed, he really said | O grandfather!

| Há, | wi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in¢é: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Ho | elder brother! | he really said | O grandfather!

| Cá{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}sü{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}sean' ¢akcí¢e | manhnin' tatsé(14): | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Paws | you burn them for me | you shall walk | he really said | O grandfather!

36 | Há, | Káxe-wáhü-san! | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Ho | crow bone white! | he was saying that | he really said | O grandfather!

| Wátse-{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}úka-na(15) | e'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | hi' na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in' añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Male animal who touched a foe in the past | there | he arrived and was standing | he really said | O grandfather!

| Há, | wítsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ué! | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Ho | grandfather! | he was saying that | he really said | O grandfather!

39 | Oiñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}uí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | wa¢iñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Child | body | they have none | he really said | O grandfather!

| Oiñ'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}uí{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | miñkcé | ¢an'tse(16): | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Child | body | I who sit(?) | apt | he really said | O grandfather!

| Wákan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}á| {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ána | *d*¢in-má{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}i(17), | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añ{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}á: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Mysterious one | that only | I am I-not | he was saying that | he really said | O grandfather!

42 | Cun'unckíta | ú{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an*d*e¢a¢é tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!

| Wátse-min'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a-na | e'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | hi' na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in' añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

| Female animal who had touched a foe in the past | there | he arrived and was std. | he really said | O grandfather!

| Há, | í{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H~}{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ué! | é{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}i añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!

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