Osage Indians -- Folklore; Osage language -- Texts
69 "The children have no bodies."
The latter replied, "Can I give the children bodies?
"I am not the only mysterious one;
72 "You shall attend to it awhile longer."
Then he went to the Morning Star, saying,
"Ho, grandfather!
75 "The children have no bodies."
The star replied, "Can I give bodies to the children?
"I am not the only mysterious one;
78 "You shall attend to it awhile longer."
Then he went to the Small Star, saying,
"Ho, grandfather!
81 "The children have no bodies."
The star replied, "Can I give bodies to the children?
"I am not the only mysterious one;
84 "You shall attend to it awhile longer."
The female Red Bird, who had been moving, was sitting on her nest.
To her he came, saying,
87 "Ho, grandmother!
"The children have no bodies."
She replied, "I can cause your children to have (human) bodies from my
own,
90 "My left wing shall be a left arm for the children.
"My right wing shall be a right arm for them.
"My head shall be a head for them.
93 "My mouth shall be a mouth for them.
"My forehead shall be a forehead for them.
"My neck shall be a neck for them.
96 "My throat shall be a throat for them.
"My chest shall be a chest for them.
98 "My bowels shall be bowels for them.
"My thighs shall be thighs for them.
"My knees shall be knees for them.
"The calves of my legs shall be calves of their legs.
102 "My heels shall be their heels.
"My toes shall be their toes.
"My claws shall be their toenails.
105 "You shall continue to exist without any cause of destruction for your
race.
"Your children shall live as human beings.
"The speech (or breath) of children will I bestow on your children."
UNŬn’ U¢ÁʞE. QÜ¢ÁPASAn ITÁ*P*E.
(Tradition of the Bald Eagle subgens.)(20)
1 | Ɔiñ’ʞa | níɥk’ăcíʞa | tá*d*eʇan | úʇan*d*e | añʞáxe tatsé, | wísŭñʞá:
| Child | human beings | in order that (pl.) | attention | we shall make |
younger brother
| á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| he really said | O grandfather!
| Káxe-wáhü-san | tsi’ nacin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Káxe-wáhü-san | came and stood | he really said | 0 grandfather!
3 | Káxe-wáhü-san’ | han’*d*ʇan | wakan’ʇa | ¢iñkcéʇsi | hi’naɔin’: |
á*d*intaú,
| Káxe-wáhü-san | during the day | mysterious one | to the st. an, ob. |
came and stood | he really said
| Tsiká!
| O grandfather!
4 | Há, | wítsiʞué! | ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñʞa*d*e, | éʞi añka: |
á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Ho | grandfather! |child | body |they have none | he was saying that |
he really said |O grandfather!
| Wakan’ʇa | uɔañ’ʞe | ts’é | watséqi | *d*¢in’ | e¢aú: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Mysterious one | road | to die | difficult | I am | indeed | he really
said | O grandfather!
6 | Wakan’ʇa | ʞána | *d*¢in-máɔi, | éʞiʞíe añka: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| O mysterious one | that only |I am I-not | he was saying to him what
precedes | he really said |O grandfather!
| Cŭn’ŭnckíta | úʇan*d*e¢acé tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!
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