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<font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3">It's also in the </font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"> Osage</font><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"> side page 159, left column 4th word from the bottom: <font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><b>tse'howainge</b></font></font><br><br>C.Thode<br><br>> Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:44:16 -0700<br>> From: David.Rood@Colorado.EDU<br>> To: siouan@lists.Colorado.EDU<br>> Subject: Re: FW: a strange query -- off topic.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Interesting!! As kids (in rural New York state) we used to ask daddy <br>> longlegs (a particular kind of big spider) "Which way are the cows going" <br>> (without touching the spider, of course) and the spider would stick out <br>> one or another of its legs to answer us.<br>> <br>> David S. Rood<br>> Dept. of Linguistics<br>> Univ. of Colorado<br>> 295 UCB<br>> Boulder, CO 80309-0295<br>> USA<br>> rood@colorado.edu<br>> <br>&g!
t; On Wed, 4 Nov 2009, Rory M Larson wrote:<br>> <br>> > Nice, David!<br>> ><br>> > My copy is handy, and it's actually under 'walkingstick (insect)' on the<br>> > English side. On the Osage side we have:<br>> ><br>> > ttse' ho-wa-iN-ge, walking stick (bug);<br>> > ttse, buffalo; ho-wa-iN-ge, where are they.<br>> > When a child catches a walking stick it squeezes<br>> > it between his fingers and asks, "Where are the<br>> > buffalo?" Then the little bug will point straight<br>> > ahead, to the right or to the left, and thus the<br>> > child gets the answer to his question.<br>> ><br>> > Hope this is a help to computer science.<br>> ><br>> > Rory<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ROOD DAVID S <David.Rood@Colorado.EDU><br>> > Sent by: owner-siouan@lists.Colorado.EDU<br>> > 11/04/2009!
10:50 AM<br>> > Please respond to<br>> > siouan@lists.Colorado.EDU<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > To<br>> > siouan@lists.Colorado.EDU<br>> > cc<br>> ><br>> > Subject<br>> > Re: FW: a strange query -- off topic.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > One of my students, Chuck Thode, tells me that the word for 'walking<br>> > stick' in the Osage dictionary means something like 'where did<br>> > the buffalo go' (so look under the English word 'buffalo'). Apparently<br>> > there is a description there of how the walking stick told the hunters<br>> > which way to go. My copy of the LaFlesche dictionary is not handy at the<br>> > moment, so someone else should verify this.<br>> ><br>> > Bob, you'll have to forward this to Sally.<br>> ><br>> > David S. Rood<br>> > Dept. of Linguistics<br>> > Uni!
v. of Colorado<br>> > 295 UCB<br>> > Boulder, CO 80309-0295<br>> > USA<br>> > rood@colorado.edu<br>> ><br>> > On Wed, 4 Nov 2009, Rankin, Robert L wrote:<br>> ><br>> >> I had this query from Sally Thomason, who works with Salish-speaking<br>> > people in Montana. Has anyone heard anything like her beetle account<br>> > from plains tribes?<br>> >><br>> >> It sounds to me a bit like some of our local farmers who say you can<br>> > tell how cold it will be in the coming Winter by seeing how thick the coat<br>> > is on fuzzy caterpillars.<br>> >><br>> >> Bob<br>> >><br>> >> -----Original Message-----<br>> >><br>> >> Here's a weird question: I've heard that some Plains Indians<br>> >> consulted a beetle (or maybe a grasshopper) to decide which<br>> >> direction to hunt in, by picking it up and seeing how the<br>>!
; >> antennae waved. Can you shed any light on this? Have<br>> >> you heard it? Did someone do this, and if so, who? And if<br>> >> you haven't heard about it but think it could possibly be a<br>> >> true account, can you suggest someone else I should ask?<br>> >><br>> >> (I'm cc'ing Rich on this message because he claims,<br>> >> rather improbably, that the answer would help him with<br>> >> his research -- research which, as far as I know, is not<br>> >> concerned with Plains Indians.) [Rich is in computer science. Bob]<br>> >><br>> >> -- Sally<br>> >><br>> ><br>> ><br> <br /><hr />À©µµ¿ì ¶óÀ̺ê ÄûÁîÇ®°í~¼±¹° ¹ÞÀ¸¼¼¿ä~ <a href='http://windowslive.msn.co.kr/w7' target='_new'>¹Ù·Î°¡±â </a></body>
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