What said they? it has been said, in this house, The people spake, saying: O, younger brothers, We are a people who give no mercy to the foe. Then they spake to the one (gens) who had made of the Puma his body, Saying: O, younger brother. Hardly were these words spoken when the Puma hastened forth. After a time the people said: There are signs that our brother is returning. Then some of the brothers ran to meet him. To their inquiry the Puma replied: O, elder brothers, Yonder stands a man, Verily, a man whose appearance inspires fear, A man who is like us in form. The people spake, saying: O, younger brother, We are a people who show no mercy to the foe. Whoever this man may be, We shall send him to the abode of spirits, We shall make him to lie low. Then toward the man they hastened: They made one ceremonial pause. At the fourth pause, The Puma exclaimed: There he stands! It is well, the people replied, We shall send him to the abode of spirits. Then, at that very time, The stranger spake, saying: I am a sacred man, O, elder brothers. The Puma spake, saying: He speaks clearly our language! I am Hoⁿ´-ga Wa´-ṭse-gi-ṭsi, a sacred person come from the stars, the stranger continued. I am Zhiⁿ-ga´-ga-hi-ge,[1] The-young-chief; I am Wa´-ṭse-ga-hi-ge, The-star-chief; I am Wa´-ṭse-ga-wa, The-star-radiant; I am Wa´-ṭse-moⁿ-iⁿ, The-traveling-star. That pleases us! the people exclaimed. Zhiⁿ-ga´-ga-hi-ge, The-young-chief, the stranger went on, Shall be your name, as you travel the path of life; Wa´-ṭse-ga-wa, The-star-radiant, Shall also be your name, as you travel the path of life. I have done much to make you contented and happy. We are pleased! the people exclaimed, We shall henceforth put away all anger and hatred, We shall accept the names thus offered us. Zhiⁿ-ga´-ga-hi-ge, The-young-chief, Shall be our name, Wa´-ṭse-ga-wa, The-star-radiant, Shall be our name. I´-e-çka-wa-the, He-speaks-clearly, We shall also take as a name in his honor, P̣a´-thiⁿ-hoⁿ-ga, The-sacred-stranger, We shall also take as a name in his honor. [1] The name Zhin-ga´-ga-hi-ge is still used in the Ṭa-p̣a´ gens of the Omaha, a cognate tribe. Mi´-xa-çka, the white swan from whom personal names were taken, as mentioned in the following wi´-gi-e given by Wa-ṭse´-moⁿ-iⁿ, is a warrior symbol. The black color on its feet and on the tip of its nose typifies the fire that knows no mercy. The standards (crooks), which were carried by an Osage war party (pl. 6, _a_), typify the neck of the white swan. MI´-XA-ÇKA, THE WHITE SWAN