376" A STUDY OF SIOUAN CULTS. 



to perform the ceremony of smoking, wiiich is considereil necei3sary to their success. 

 He lights his pipe, and remains a short time 'svith his head inclined, and the stem 

 of the pipe extended toward the herd. He then smokes, and puffs the smoke toward 

 the bisons, and the earth, and finally to the cardinal points successively. 



THE SUN A WAKANDA. 



§28. In the Osage traditions the "mysterious one of day" is invoked 

 as " grandfather." ' 



He replies that he is not the only Wakan^a. That the Kansa wor- 

 shiped the sun as a Wakanda appears from the following : "On one 

 occasion, when the Kansa went against the Pawnees, the stick was set 

 up for the mystic attack or ' waqpele gaxe.' The war captain atldressed 

 the rising sun thus: 



"Pilyi" aqli ku°'bla eyau. Cufi'ge wabli" ali kfi^'bla eyau. 



l',awnee 1 stun by I wish indeed. Horse I bave I have I wish indeed, 



bitting them come back 



Wayii'qpe cki ku"'bla eyaii. Hal6je uniiblage. Haqi"' utniblage. 



Pulling down too I wish indeed. Calico (shirt) I tell you Robe I tell you 



(a foe) about it. about it. 



Haska cki Payi" dqli-da"' mik'ii tA iniuke, Wakanda-6, e gii'a°yakiy^- 



lilanket too Pawnee I stun when Ighetowill I who Wakanda! that you cause me to 



by hitting you (ait) be returning 



da". 



when. 



"I wish to kill a Pawnee! I desire to bring horses when I retrun. I 

 long to pull down an enemy! I promise you a calico shirt and a robe. 

 1 will give you a blanket also, O Wakanda, if you allow me to return in 

 safety after killing a Pawnee!" When warriors performed the "wa- 

 qpele gaxe" or the attack on the stick representing the foe, no member 

 of the Lu or Thunder gens could participate. On such an occasion the 

 warrior turned to the east and said: "A"ma'"pye kti°'bla au. Hask^ 



To follow me ( ?) I wish . Blanket 



■• or AVc follow it^ 



uraiblage au, W4kanda-^," i. e., I wish my party to pass along the 



I tell you of it - O Wakanda 



road to the foe ( ?). I promise you a blanket, O Wakanda (if I succeed ?). " 

 On turning to the west he said: "D""hu'' uraiblage au, Wdkanda-e," 



Boiling I tell you of it . O Wakanda 



i. e., "I promise you a feast, O Wakanda (if I succeed?)." 



When it was decided to perform the " waqpele gaxe," the duda"haiiga 

 or war captain made one of the lieutenants carry the sacred bag, and 

 two of the kettle tenders took bundles of sticks, which they laid down 

 in the road. The four remaining kettle tenders remained at the camp- 

 ing place. The next morning all the warriors but those of the Lu gens 

 went to the place where the sticks had been laid, drew a circle around 

 the bundles, set up one of the sticks, and attacked it, as if it were a 

 Pawnee. This ceremony often caused the death of real enemies. 



Among the Osage and Kansa prayer was made toward the rising 

 sun in the morning and towards the setting sun in the afternoon and 

 evening. 



' Ha. witsi5[ae. 6th Ann. Kept. Bur. Ethn., p. 385. line 50; p. 389. line 50; p. 391. line 4, etc. 



