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"soldier band," are only for serions offenses against the regulations of 

 the camp. He who simply violates social customs in the tribe often 

 subjects himself to no worse punishment than an occasional sneer or 

 taunting remark; but for grave transgressions he may lose the regard 

 of his friends. With the Hidatsa, as with other western tribes, it is 

 improper for a man to hold a direct conversation with his mother-in-law; 

 but this custom seems to be falling into disuse. 



The kinship system of the Hidatsa does not differ materially from 

 that of any of the cognate tribes. When they wish to distinguish 

 between the actual father and a father's real or potential brothers, or 

 between the actual mother and the mother's real or potential sisters, 

 they use the adjective ka'ti (kaqt'i), real, true, after the kinship term 

 when the actual parent is meant. 



THE CROW OR ABSAROKA 



As this tribe belongs to the Hidatsa linguistic substock, it is very 

 probable that the social laws and customs of the one people are iden- 

 tical with those of the other, as there has been nothing to cause exten- 

 sive differentiation. 



It is not known whether the Hidatsa and Crow tribes ever camped 

 in a circle. Morgan's list of the Crow gentes is given, with his peculiar 

 notation, as follows: 



1. Prairie Dog gens, A-che-pii-be'-cha. 



2. Bad Leggings, Esach'-ka-buk. 



3. Skunk, Ho-ka-rut'-cha. 



4. Treacherous Lodges, Ash bot-chee-ah. 



5. Lost Lodges, Ah-shin'-nii de'-ah (possibly intended for Last Lodges, 

 those who camped in the rear). 



(!. Bad Honors, Esekep-ka'-buk. 



7. Butchers, Oo-sii-bot'-see. 



8. Moving Lodges, Ah-hii-cbick. 



9. Bear-paw Mountain, Ship-tet'-zii, 



10. Blackfoot Lodges, Ash-kane'-na. 



11. Fisli Catchers, Boo a da'-sha. 



12. Antelope, O-hot-du-sha. 



13. Raven, Pet-chale-ruh-pa'-ka. 



THE BILOXI 



The tribal organization of this people has disappeared. When the 

 few survivors were visited by the author at Lecompte, Louisiana, in 

 1892 and 1893, they gave him the names of thi'ee of the clans of the 

 Biloxi, descent being rei'koned in the female line. These clans are: 1, 

 Ita a°yadi, Deer people; 2, 0":^i a"yadi, Bear people; 3, Naqotodifa 

 a'^yadi. Alligator people. IMost of the survivors belong to the Deer 

 clan. The kinship system of the Biloxi is more complicated than that 

 of any other tribe of the stock ; in fact, more than that of any of the 



