VIII REPORT OP THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



Page. 

 S]iecial account of the people around Fort Chimo — ('outinueil. 



The Neneuot or " Naskopie" — Continueil. 



Folklore — Continued. 



A wolverine destroys his sister 333 



The rabbit and the frog 334 



The wolverine and the rock 336 



Creation of jieo]de by the wolverine and the uiuskrat 338 



Origin »£ the wliitish spot on the throat of the martin 338 



The Indian and his beaver wife 338 



The venturesome hare 340 



The spirit guiding a child left by its parents 342 



Fate of two Indian men 343 



The starving wolverine 345 



The starving Indians 349 



A STUDY OF SIOUAN CTLTS. BY J. OWEN DORSEY. 



Chaptf.u I. — Introduction 361 



Definitions of "cult" and "Slouan" 361 



Siouan Family 361 



Authorities 361 



Alphabet 363 



Ablireviations 364 



CllAPTKU II. — Definitions 365 



Alleged belief in a Great Spirit 365 



Phenomena divided into liiiman and superhuman 365 



Terms for "mysterious," "'lightuing," etc 366 



Other Omaha and Ponka terms 367 



Significance of personal names and kinship terms 368 



Myth and legend distinguished from the superhuman 368 



Chapter III. — Cults of the Omaha, Ponka, Kansa, and Osage 371 



Beliefs and practices not found .S71 



Omaha, Ponka, and Kansa belief in a wakanda 372 



Seven great wakandas 372 



Invocation of warmth and streams 372 



Prayer to wakanda 373 



Accessories of prayer 373 



Omaha and Kansa expressions about wakanda 374 



Ponka liflief about malevolent spirits 374 



An old Omalia custom 375 



The sun a wakanda 376 



Invocations 376 



The offering of tobacco 377 



The Ponka sun dance of 1873 378 



The moon a wakanda 378 



Berdaches 378 



Stars as wakandas 379 



The winds as wakandas 380 



Invocation 380 



Kansa sacrifice to the winds 380 



Osage consecration of mystic fireplaces 380 



The Thunder-being a wakanda 381 



Omaha and Ponka invocation of the thunder-being 381 



Thunder-being invoked by warriors 382 



letasanda custom 383 



Kansa worship of the tliundcr-being 385 



