OMAHA GENTILE DIVISIONS 



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10, Icta-sauda, meaning uncertain ("gray eyes"?), said to refer to the 

 effect of lightning on tlie eyes. This last gens consists of Thunder and 

 Eeptile people. 



The Inke-sabt"- formerly consisted of four subgeutes. When the 

 gens met as a wliole, the order of sitting was that shown in figure '33. 

 In the tribal circle the Wafigije camxjed next to the Hafiga gens, and 

 the other Inke-sabc people came next to the T\'eji"cte; but in the gen- 

 tile "council fire" the first became last and the last first. 



The lekiij'c or Criers. 



The Naq^^eit'a-baji, Those-wUo-touch-no-charcoal. 



The three subgentes here named sat on the same side of fireplace. 



The Ilaiiga formerly had four subgentes, but two of tliem, the Wafita" 

 or Workers, and the Ha-!}u-it'aji, Touches-no-green(-corn)-husks, are 

 extinct, the few survivors having joined the other subgentes. The 

 remaining subgentes are each called by several names: 1, j^esa"ha- 

 ijacfica", pertaining to the sacred skin of an albino buffalo cow, or 

 Wacabe, Dark buffalo; or Hariga-(iti,real 

 Haiiga; or j^e-(|'eze-(|ataji, Donot-eat-buf- 

 falo-tongues. 2, Ja"ha-^a(J'ica",i)ertaining 

 to the sacred (cotton wood) bark; or 

 Waqij'exeafi", Keeps-the-" spotted-object"' 

 (the sacred pole ) ; or J a " - w a (j u b e • a f i ", 

 Kee])S - the - sacred - or - mysterious - wood 

 (pole) ; or j^a-waqube-f ataji, Does-noteat- 

 the-sacred (mysterious)-buffalo- sides; or 

 Mi"xa-sa"-<j'atajiki ,jeta°-<j:ataji, Eatuo- 

 geese-or-swans-or-cranes. 



In the tribal circle the Wacabe camped 

 next to the lake sabe, and the VVaqiJ'exe- 

 afi" were next to the Wasabe-hit'aji sub- 

 gens of the (|'atada; but in the Hafiga 

 gentile assembly the positions were re- 

 versed, the Wacabe sitting on the right side of the fire and the 

 Waq(fexe-a(j'i'' on the left. 



The Wasabe-hit'aji subgens of the (/'atada was divided into four sec- 

 tions: Black-bear, Raccoon, Grizzly-bear, and Porcupine. The only 

 survivors are the Ulack-bear and liaccoon (Singers). 



TheWajinga fataji subgens was divided into four sections: 1, Hawk 

 people, under the chief Standing Hawk (now dead). 2, I'.lackbird jieo- 

 ple, under the chief Waji"a-gahiga. 3, Starling or Thunder people. 4, 

 Owl and Magpie people. 



The ^[a"ze gens was divided into at least two subgentes, the Keepers 

 of the pipe and the Wind people. Lion, of the Deer-head gens, said 

 that there were four subgentes, but this was denied iu 1S82 by Two 

 Crows of the Ilaiiga gens. 



Flti.35 — liike-sabe gentile assembly. A, 

 The Waij-igije, Maze or Wliorl. or 

 Waqube gaxe-aka, He-wbo-acts-mys- 

 teriously. B, The Wata»zi-ji(l©-(falaji, 

 Those- who-eat-no-red-corn. 



