NO. 3 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, IQI5 109 
the rites belonging to his gens was secured. This material, together 
with a paraphrase of one of the wi’-gi-e obtained from Pa-thi"-wa- 
we-xta in 1912, makes possible a fair presentation of the rite. 
Fic. 131.—Portrait of Xu-tha Wa-to’-1", an Osage. 
ETHNOLOGICAL WORK AMONG THE NATCHEZ, CREEK, AND 
CHICKASAW INDIANS 
Dr. John R. Swanton was in the field for about two months during 
1915, from toward the end of September until well after the middle 
of November. The first two weeks and the last week were devoted 
to work among the few remaining Natchez Indians and the recording 
