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rocks were found, but lie could not say in what part of the tradition 

 the account belonged. He said that subsequently the Waoaoe and 

 Tsiou gentes came to the village of the Han'5[a-ut5(^an:^se, a very war- 

 like people, who then inhabited earth lodges. They subsisted on 

 animals, and bodies of all kinds lay around their village, making the 

 air very offensive. The Tsfou succeeded at last in making peace 

 with the Han'3[a-utd,(^an^se. After this followed the part of the ac- 

 count given to the author by 3;ahij[e-wa'}ayini[a: 



"After the council between the Tsfou, Waoaoe, and Hafi'i[a-ut^- 

 (fan^se, two old men were sent off to seek a country in which all might 

 dwell. One of these was a Tsiou wact^5[e and the other a Pa^qka- 

 wactAi]^e. Each man received a pipe from the coixncil and was told 

 to go for seven days without food or drink. He carried a staff to aid 

 him in walking. Three times a day he wept, in the morning, at noon, 

 and near sunset. They returned to the people at the end of the seven 

 days, being very thin. The report of the Tsiou man was accepted, 

 so the Tsiou gens is superior to the Pa°i{ka-wactaJ[e or Watsetsi. A 

 Waoaoe man acted as crier and told all about the new home of the 

 nation. All the old men decorated their faces with clay. The next 

 morning the two old men who had gone in search of the new home 

 led their respective sides of the nation, who marched in parallel roads. 

 When they reached the land the policemen ran around in a circle, 

 just as they do previous to starting to war. The Waoaoe man ran 

 around from right to left and the <puqe man from left to right. At 

 different stations the two old leaders addressed the people. Finally 

 the men took sharp pointed sticks, which they stuck into the ground, 

 each one saying ' I wish my lodge to be here. ' The next day the 

 Cuka or messenger of the Tsiou old man went to summon the Elk 

 crier. The latter was ordered to make a proclamation to all the 

 people, as follows: 'They say that you must remove to-day! Wa- 

 kan^a has made good weather! They say that you must remove to- 

 day to a good land!' In those days the Osage used dogs instead of 

 horses. When the old Tsiou man made his speech, he went into de- 

 tails about every part of a lodge, the fireplace, building materials, 

 implements, &c. Four sticks were placed in the fireplace, the first 

 pointing to the west. When this was laid down, the Tsiou leader 

 spoke about the West Wind, and also about a young buffalo bull 

 (Tse^u'-oiHj[a), repeating the name Wani'e-ska. When the stick 

 at the north was laid down, he spoke of Tsehe qu^se (gray buffalo 

 horns) or a buffalo bull. When the stick at the east was laid down 

 he spoke of Tse^ujfa tan5[a (a large buffalo bull). On laying down 

 the fourth stick at the south, he spoke of Tse mi''j[a (a buffalo cow). 

 At the same time a similar ceremony was performed by the aged 

 Pa^qka man on the right side of the tribe. ' 



' It is probable, however, that the Pa°qka (Ponka) man began with the stick at 

 the east, as he must use the right hand and foot first. 



