Maxe usaki*d*a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}u*d*a | nikaci{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}aca*d*e: | a*d*intau, | Tsika!
Parallel upper worlds | four | they were made human beings | he
really said | O grandfather!
Cun'unckita | e | eca*d*intau, | Tsika!
Awhile | he said | indeed, he really said | O grandfather!
Oin'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}ui{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | wacin'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a*d*e, | e anka: | a*d*intau, | Tsika!
Child | body | they have none | he was saying | he really said | O
grandfather!
Ha, | wisun'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a! | e | eca*d*intau, | Tsika!
Ho | younger brother! | he said | indeed, he really said | O
grandfather!
U{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an*d*e | an{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}axe tatse: a*d*intau, Tsika!
Attention | we shall make | he really said | O grandfather!
Maxe usaki*d*a | ca*d*cin | e'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | antsi na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in': | a*d*intau, |
Tsika!
Parallel upper worlds | three | there | they (?) came and stood | he
really said | O grandfather!
| Oin'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}ui{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a-*d*aci | e | eca*d*intau, | Tsika!
| Child | had no bodies | he said | indeed, he really said | O
grandfather!
| Cun'unckita | u{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an*d*e | an{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}axe tatse: | a*d*intau, | Tsika!
| Awhile longer | attention | we shall make | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Maxe usaki*d*a | cun'*d*a | e'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}si | antsi na{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}in': | a*d*intau, |
Tsika!
| Parallel upper worlds | two | there | they (?) came this way and
stood | he really said | O grandfather!
_Translation._
At the fourth upper world they were made human beings.
"Still," said he (the elder brother?), indeed he really said,
"The children have no bodies.
"Ho, younger brother!
"We must give this matter our attention."
They came to the third upper world.
"The children have no bodies."
"Still must we give this our attention," said one.
They came to the second upper world. (From this line on there is no
variation from what has been given above.)
12 Here they obtained human souls, though they were in the bodies of
birds. See the bird hovering above the four upper worlds in the
chart. Then began the descent to this earth.
13 Why the Black Bear was called Kaxe-wahue-san was not explained to the
author.
14 Ca{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e | {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}sue{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}sean' cakcice &c. _You shall take me for your servant_;
literally, _You shall walk, causing me to burn my feet_; that is,
_You shall make me go through fire and water for you_.
15 Watse-{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}u{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a-na. {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}u{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a shows that the star was regarded as a male
_animal_, just as min'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a, in line 43, denotes that the next star was
a female _animal_, not a female of the human race. As they were
called "grandfather" and "grandmother," they were looked upon as
supernatural beings or gods. So were all of the heavenly bodies to
whom the Black Bear applied.
16 Oin'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}ui{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a minkce can'tse, a phrase that puzzles the writer, who
suspects that an auxiliary verb has been omitted and that the whole
should read: "Oin{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}ui{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a-wikcice minkce can'tse? ( _Can I give you
bodies for the children_?) No! You must still make attempts to
obtain them elsewhere."
17 Wakan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ana *d*cin-ma{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}i, _I am not the only mysterious one_ (apply
to some one of the rest).
18 Mikak'e pecu*d*a, sometimes called "Mikak'e u*d*atse pecun*d*a," the
Seven Gentes of Stars. Could this have any connection with the use
of the number 7 as the number of the Tsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}u, Wa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}a{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}e, and Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a
gentes?
19 {~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ahi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e-wa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}ayin{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a, of this gens, gave the following as another
reading:
Oin'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | nikaci{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a | cin{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e-e{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}an', | cu*d*ce | ecau, | witsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}ue! |
a*d*intau, | Tsika!
Child | human beings | none as | I go to you | indeed | O
grandfather! | he really said | O grandfather!
_Translation_.
As the children are not human beings, I go to you, O grandfather!
20 This fragment of the tradition of the Bald Eagle subgens of the
Tsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}u wacta{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e gens was told by Pahue-ska, the chief, to Ha*d*a-{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}ue{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se,
who related it to the writer on the following day.
Ha*d*a-{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}ue{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se, told some of the tradition first in English, but on
chanting it in Osage he did not give all; so the former account is
now given in these notes: "When the ancestors of the Bald Eagle
people came to this earth they alighted on a sycamore tree, as all
of the surrounding country was under water. This water was dried up
by the ancestors of the Elk people, according to the tradition of
the Upqan or Elk gens; but this is disputed by the members of the
I*d*ats'e gens, who are Kansa or Wind people. They say that their
ancestors blew on the water, drying it up and causing the growth of
vegetation. As soon as the water was gone the Bald Eagle people
alighted on the ground. Then they met the Black Bear, who offered to
become the servant of the Tsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}u wacta{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e people. So he was sent to
"Watse-{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}u{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a, who was a red star; then to Watse-min{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a, a star near
the Morning Star; then to the Sun, Moon, and Seven Stars. As the
people journeyed, the Black Bear said to the Tsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}u leader, 'Brother,
I see a man's trail. Here is the man.' The stranger said, 'I am a
young Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a. I am fit for work.' So they took him with them. Then
they saw another trail, of which the Black Bear spoke to the Tsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}u
leader. They overtook the man, who was Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}aqtsi or Real Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a. By
and by they reached the village of the Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a utacan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se. They entered
the village and made peace with the inhabitants. Then the leader of
the Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a utacan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se said, 'We have some people come to us, and we
will make them our chiefs.' So the two wacta{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e were made chiefs. The
wacta{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e were then sent to search for a land where they might dwell,
as the village of the Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a utacan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se was filthy and offensive on
account of the dead bodies in and around it. This council was the
first one of the whole nation. The two wacta{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e went out as mourners
for seven days. The Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a wacta{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e (Pan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H~}ka = Ponka) came back first,
saying, 'I have found a place.' Afterwards the Tsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}u wacta{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e
returned and reported. The council was held again to decide to which
place they would go. They agreed to settle at the place visited by
the Tsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}u wacta{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e. Then four standards were made by members of the
Wa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}a{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}e (wanun gens, two for each side of the tribe. These were the
standards made of minxa ha (swan or goose skins), and they were
carried on the hunting road as well as on the war path. But the
otter skin standards were always retained by the Wa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}a{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}e gens."
On comparing this version with that of Sa*d*ekice we notice that in
one or the other a transposition of some parts has been made. In
this latter tradition the appeals to the heavenly bodies and to the
Red Bird were made before the journey to the four revolutions of the
upper worlds.