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Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1848

"Osage Traditions"

Here he
addressed his younger brother. At this time the brothers were
destitute of human souls and bodies, though they possessed conscious
existence and could talk, as well as move about from place to place.
9 See the lowest horizontal line on the left side of the chart.
10 Nikaci{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a-da{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}i. Another reading is nikaci{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}aqtsi-da{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}i: _they were not
complete human beings_.
11 A different reading of lines 17 to 25 is as follows:
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.


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