IOWA GENTILE DIVISIONS 

 First pit rutry — Contiuued 



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Second phriitry 



6. Ru'-tce, Pigeon. 



7. A'-ru-qwa, Bufl'aV) ■ 



8. Wa-iva"', Snake. Au ex- 

 tinct Keus. 



9. Mari'-ko-ke,Owl. Extinct. 



1. Mi°-ke' qa"'-ye, Big-raccoon. 



2. Mi^-ke' yin'-e, Young-raccoon. 



3. Ru'-tce yin'-e, Young-pigeon. 



4. Co'-ke, Prairie-chicken, grouse. 



1. Tce-(>o' qa"'-ye, Big-bufialo bull. 



2. Tce-^o' yiii'-c, Yo'ung-buffalo-bull. 



3. Tee p'o'cke yin'-e. Young buffalo- 



bull that-is-distended ( ?). 



4. Tee yin'-ye, Buffalo-calf. 



1. Wa-ka"' 5i, Yellow-suake, i. e., Rat- 



tlesnake. 



2. Wa-ka'"-qtci, Real-snake (named after 



a species shorter than the rattle- 

 snake). 



3. Ce' ke yin'-e, Small or young ceke, 



the copperhead snake ( ?). 



4. Wa-ka"' qo'-^oe, Gray-snake (a long 



snake, which the Omaha call swift 

 blue snake). 

 The names of the subgentes have been 

 forgotten. 



An account of the mythical origin of each Iowa gens, first recorded 

 by the Reverend William Hamilton, has been published in the Journal 

 of American Folk-lore.' 



The visiting and marriage customs of the Iowa did not differ from 

 those of the cognate tribes, nor did their management of the children 

 differ from that of the Dakota, the Omaha, and others. 



Murder was often punished with death, by the nearest of kin or by 



> Vol. IV, No. 15, pp. 338-340, 1891. 



