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SIOITAN SOCIOLOGY 



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side, from the top ut' tlie. lieait to tlie feet; next lie luli.s it in front, 

 then down the rigiit side, and linally down the back. He invites all 

 the women of his gens who wish to be blessed to come foi ward, and 

 he treats them as he did the infant. At the same time the women of 

 the other gentes are blessed in like manner by the headmen of their 

 respective gentes. 



THE IOWA 



The Iowa camping circle was divided into two half-circles, occupied 

 by two plnatries of four jientes each. The first phratry reguhitcd tlie 

 hunt and other tribal att'airs during the autumn and winter; the second 

 phratry took the lead during the spring and summer. The author is 

 indebted to the late Reverend William Hamilton for a list of the Iowa 

 gentes, obtained in ISSO during a visit to the tribe. Since then the 

 author has recorded the following list of gentes and subgentes, with 

 the aid of a delegation of the Iowa who visited Washington: 



Firgt phratry^ 



Tu'-na°-p'i", Black bear. 

 Tohi" and yijire wonane 

 were chiefs of this gens 

 in 1880. Tohi" kept the 

 sacred pipe. 



2. Mitci' ra-tce, Wolf 



Ma' hi" was a chief of this 



Sithgtiites 



gens. 



3. Tce'-xi-ta, Eagle and 

 Thunder-being gens. 



4. Qo'-ta-tci, Elk; now ex- 

 tinct. The Elk gens 

 furnished the soldiers or 1 

 policemen. 



Ta'-po-^ka, a large black bear with a 

 white spot on the chest. 



Pu'"-xa <;ka, a black bear with a red 

 nose; literally, Xose White. 



Mu" tci'-nye, Young black bear, a 

 short black bear. 



Ki'-ro-ko'-qotce, a small reddish black 

 bear, motherless; it has little hair 

 and runs swiftly. 



Cu"'-ta" ^"ka, White-wolf. 



Cuu'-ta" yewe. Black-wolf. 



Gu"'-ta" qo'-^oe, Gray-wolf. 



Ma-nyi'-ka-q^i', Coyote. 



Na' tci-tce', i. e., (Jra' qtci, Real or 

 Golden eagle. 



Qra' hun'-e, Ancestral or Gray eagle. 



Qra' 3p"e'-ye, Spotted-eagle. 



Qra' pa 5a", Bald -eagle. 



tJ^'-pe-xa qa^'-ye, Big-elk. 



©".'-pe-xa yiii'-e, Young-elk ( ?). 



C^'-pe-xa .Sre'^ijB yin'-e. Elk -some- 

 what-long. 



llo' nia yin' e. Young elk ( ?). The 

 difference between U"pexa and 

 Ilonia isuiiknown. Theformer may 

 be the an^haic, name for ''elk.'* 



