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Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1848

"Osage Traditions"

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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_.


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