Osage Indians -- Folklore; Osage language -- Texts
| 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¢a¢é tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!
| Káxe-wáhü-san’, | cŭnta, | wisuñ’ʞa, | úʇan*d*e | añʞáxe tá*d*etsé:
| Káxe-wáhü-san’ | awhile longer | my younger brother | attention | we
must make
| á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| he really said | O grandfather!
27 | Mikák’ĕ | han’*d*a-ʇan | ¢iñkcí | é’ʇsi | hi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Star | by day | the st. an. ob. | at it | arrived and stood | he really
said |O grandfather!
| Há, | wítsiʞué! | ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñʞa*d*e, | éʞi añká: | 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!
30 | Wakan’ʇa | ʞána | *d*¢in-máɔĭ, | 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¢a¢é tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!
| Káxe-wáhü-san’, | cŭnta, | wisŭñ’ʞa, | úʇan*d*e | añʞáxe tá*d*etsé:
|á*d*intaú,
| Káxe-wáhü-san’ | awhile longer | my younger brother | attention | we
must make | he really said
| Tsiká!
| O grandfather!
33 | Waɔiñʞa | cü’ʇse | ¢iñkcĕ’ʇsi | hi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Bird | red| | to the st. an. ob. | arrived and stood | he really said |O
grandfather!
| Há, | iɥʞú! | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Ho | grandmother! | he really said | O grandfather!
| Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñʞa*d*e, | éʞi añka: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Child | body |they have none | he was saying that | he really said |O
grandfather!
(Here some lines are wanting. See the other version for the appeal to the
Red Bird and her reply. )
36 | Han’*d*a | maɔan’ | u¢áʞ¢in | ¢iñkcĕ’ʇsi | hi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú,
| Tsiká!
| Day | land | good | at the st. an. ob. | arrived and stood | he really
said | O grandfather!
| Máxe | úʞawin’xe | ʇú*d*a } ¢iñkcé ĕ’ʇsi | anníɥk‘ăcin’ʞa: | á*d*intaú,
| Tsiká!
| Upper world | gyration | four | the cv. in. ob. | there | we were people
| he really said | O grandfather!
38 | Anníɥk‘ăcin’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | añkíi¢a-*d*áɔĭ: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| We were people | body | we did not find for ourselves | he really said |
O grandfather!
| Máxe | úʞawin’xe | wé¢ún*d*a | ĕ’ʇsi | antsi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Upper world | gyration | the second | there | they arrived and stood |
he really said | O grandfather!
| Ĕ’ʇsi | anníɥk‘ăcinʞa-*d*áɔĭ: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| There | we were not human beings | he really said | O grandfather!
| Máxe | úʞawin’xe | wé¢a*d*¢in | ĕ’ʇsi | antsi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
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