ʞahiʞe-waʇayiñʞa gave no further information, as a reported case of smallpox near the agency led the author to start for the East February 21, 1883. Since then he has learned of the existence of similar societies among the Kansa and the Ponka, and he suspects that there were formerly such societies among the Omaha.(4) TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS. In presenting the accompanying traditions, the following abbreviations are used in the interlinear translations: an., _animate_. cv., _curvilinear_. du., _dual_. in., _inanimate_. mv., _moving_. ob., _object_. pl., _plural_. recl., _reclining_. sing., _singular_. st., _sitting_. std., _standing_. sub., _subject_. UNŬn’U¢ÁʞE. TSÍOU WACTÁʞE ITÁ*P*E. (Tradition of the Tsíɔu wactáʞe gens.)(5) 1 | Ɔiñʞa | weháʞi¢e(6): | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!(7) | Child | last | he really said | O grandfather! | Há, | wisŭñ’ʞa, | ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñ’ʞe, |éʞi añká(8): | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! | Ho | younger brother | child | body | they have none | he saw saying that | he really said | O grandfater! 3 | Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | añʞúʞiʇse tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! | Child | body | we shall seek ours | he really said | O grandfather! | Há, | wisŭñ’ʞa, | úʇan*d*e¢a¢é tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! | Ho | younger brother | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather! | Máxe úsakí*d*a(9) | win’qtsi | ĕ’ʇsi | hi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! | Parallel upper worlds | one | to it | came and stood | he really said | O grandfather! 6 | Ĕʇsíqtsi | níkacíʞa-*d*áɔĭ(10): | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! | Just there | they were not human beings | he really said | O grandfather! | Há | wisŭñ’ʞa! | ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñ’ʞe, | éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! | Ho | younger brother | child | body | they have none | he was saying that | he really said | O grandfather! | Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | añʞúʞiʇsé tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! | Child | body | we shall seeks ours | he really said | O grandfather! 9 | Máxe úsakí*d*a | ¢ŭn’*d*a | ĕ’ʇsi | hi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! | Parallel upper worlds | two | to it | came and stood | he really said | O grandfather! | Ĕʇsíqtsi | níkacíʞa-*d*áɔĭ: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! | Just there | they were not human beings | he really said | O grandfather! | Há, | wisŭñ’ʞa! | ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñ’ʞe, | éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, Tsiká! | Ho | younger brother | child | body | they have none | he was saying that | he really said | O grandfather! 12 | Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | añʞúʞiʇsé tatsé: á*d*intaú, Tsiká! | Child | body | we shall seek ours | he really said | O grandfather! | Máxe úsakí*d*a | ¢a*d*¢in | ĕ’ʇsi | hi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! | Parallel upper worlds | three | there | came and stood | he really said | O grandfather! | Ĕʇsíqtsi | níkacíʞa-*d*áɔĭ: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! | Just there | they were not human beings | he really said | O grandfather! 15 | Há | wisŭñ’ʞa! | ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñ’ʞe, | éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!