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The followiiifj social divisions can not be identified: fja'ile i'niqk'S- 

 ci"'a, IJeaver people, said to be a subgeus of the Waoaoe, no gens 

 specified; Pe'tqa" i'niqk'aci'"a, Crane people, said to be a subgens of 

 the Hafijja ( ?) snusajife ; WapfuTjja i'niqk'aci"'a, Owl peoide; Ma"yiri'ka 

 i'niqk'aci"'a, Earth people; ,[aqpii' i'niqk'rici"'a, meaning not recorded. 



There is some nncertainty respecting the true positions of a few 

 subgeutes in the camping circle. For instance, Alvin Wood said that 

 the Tsewa(l'e qej[a formed the fourth subgens of the Tse 5u'5[ain;se; 

 but this was denied by ^[ahi^e wa:)ayirijia, of the Tsi'ou wacta'jje, 

 who said tiiat it belonged to the Pa"qka wacta^e prior to the extinc- 

 tion of the subgens. Tsepa 3[axe of the Wasape gens said that it 

 formed the fourth subgens of his own people. Some nuike the Tsi.iu 

 wactajje the third gens on the left, instead of the fourth. According 

 to ^jahiije wa^ayin5[a, "All the Waoaoe gentes claim to have come from 

 the water, so they have ceremonies referring to beavers, because those 

 animals swim in the water." The same authority said in 1883 that 

 there Avere seven men who acted as wactai[e, as follows: 1, Kaqijje 

 wacta}[e, of the Tsiou wactajje subgens, who had acted for eight years; 

 2, Pahii-ska, of the Bald-eagle or Qiifa pa sa" subgens; 3, ^(('ema", 



Clermont, of the ; 4, Ta"wa"';si hi, of the ; 5, Niqka 



kidana" of the Tsiou wehakife or Night gens; 6, Pa"qka wajayifuj^, 

 Saucy Ponka, of the Wa'tsetsi or Ponka gens; 7, Niqka waoi" ta"a, of 

 the same gens. 



On the death of the head chief among the Osage the leading men 

 call a council. At this council four men are named as candidates for 

 the oftice, and it is asked, " Which one shall be appointed?" At this 

 council a cuka of the Watsetsi (Ponka gens, or else from some other 

 gens on the right) carries his pipe around the circle of councilors from 

 right to left, while a Tsiou cuka (one of the Tsiou wactaj[e gens, or else 

 one from some other gens on the left) carries the other pipe around 

 from left to right. The ceremonies resemble the Ponka ceremonies for 

 making chiefs. When the chiefs assemble in council a member of the 

 Ka"se or Idats'e gens (one on the right) lights the pipes. Tlie criers 

 are chosen from the Ka"se, ITpqa", and Mi" k'i" gentes. The Tsiou 

 SInjsa:>j((-c and Tse '4Uiia iu^se gentes furnish the soldiers or policemen 

 for the Tsiou wactajje. A similar function is performed for the Pa"qka 

 wacta}[e by the Waoaoe wanii" and Haiiiia ujafau^si gentes. The 

 Sin;saji(('e and nanjfa ujafanjsi are " aki^a watafiija," chiefs of the 

 soldiers ; the Tse ^u^a in^se and Waoaoe Wanfi" being ordinary soldiers, 

 i.e., subordinate to the others. The Waoaoe Ke k'i" are the moccasin 

 makers for the tribe. It is said that in the olden days the members 

 of this gens used turtle shells instead of moccasins, with leeches for 

 strings. The makers of the war-standards and war-pipes must belong 

 to the Waoaoe ska. 



Saucy Chief is the authority for the following: " Should all the Osage 

 wish to dwell very near another tribe, or in case two or three families 

 of us wish to remove to another part of the reservation, we let the 



