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Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1848

"Osage Traditions"

He said that subsequently the Wa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}a{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}e and
Tsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}u gentes came to the village of the Han'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a-utacan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se, a very war-like
people, who then inhabited earth lodges. They subsisted on animals, and
bodies of all kinds lay around their village, making the air very
offensive. The Tsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}u succeeded at last in making peace with the
Han'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a-utacan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se. After this followed the part of the account given to the
author by {~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:
"After the council between 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-utacan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se, two
old men were sent off to seek a country in which all might dwell.


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