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who lias kilk'd a man." On layiug' dowu the second stick, he said, 

 "Ho, O g'landt'ather ! I wish to be fortunate in stealiuy horses! I wish 

 our children, too, to be as fortunate as we have been!" Wlien he put 

 down the third, he said, " Ho, O grandfather ! I wish to raise a domestic 

 animal. I wish to succeed in bringing it to maturity." By this lie 

 meant a son. The prayer made when the last stick was laid down was 

 as follows : " Ho, O grandfather ! May we continue a people without 

 sustaining any injuries!" Similar petitions were made by the lieuten- 

 ants and heralds. He who gave the lirst blow said, as he laid dowu 

 the first stick, "Ho, O grandfather! I lay this down on you as one who 

 has caused anotlier to stun a foe ! " The rest of his petitions were those 

 nuideby the captains. He who struck the second blow said as follows, 

 on laying down the first stick: "Ho, O grandfather! I place this on you 

 because 1 was the next one to strike and stun a man ! " The other 

 petitions follow, as given above. The first petition of each of the re- 

 maining warriors is as follows: "Ho, () grandfather! I lay this ou you 

 as a token that 1 have aided in overcoming the enemy." 



§01. KnnnK tribal fetiches. — Among the Kansa, the following fetiches 

 belong to the two Hanga gentes: The war pipe and the war clam shell. 

 The war pipe was kept in 1882 by Paha"le-wak'ii, the son of Ali"ka- 

 wahu, for the two Hanga gentes. This pipe has an eye on each side, so 

 that it may see the enemy! There is no pipestem, but there is one 

 hole to which the mouth is applied, and in the bowl is another hole in 

 which the tobacco is placed. The pipe, which is all in one piece, is of 

 catlinite, about as thick as two hands. It is never taken from the wrap, 

 pings, except when all the men of the two Haiiga gentes assemble at 

 the lodge of the chief Ali"kawahu. The sacred clam shell was kept in 

 1883 by Paha"lega(ili, the chief of the other Hanga gens. It is wrapped 

 in five coverings, similar to those around the war pipe. They are as 

 follows: (1.) The innermost covering, the bladder of a- buftalo bull; 

 (2) next covering, made of the spotted fur of a fawn; (3) made of 

 braided rushes or "sa;" (4) a very broad piece of deerskin; (5) the out- 

 ermost covering, made of braided hair from the head of a bulialo bull. 



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§ 62. jafi°-na"pajT said that there were some Omaha who considered 

 as "waqube" the skins of animals and the skins and feathers of birds 

 used in making their " wafixabe" or mystery bags. Among these birds 

 and animals he named the eagle, sparrow hawk, yellow-backed hawk, 

 green-necked dnck, great owl, swallow, otter, flying sfpiirrel, mink, 

 mij[aska ("wiiite raccoon" sic), and maza"he. The last is an animal 

 resembling an otter. It is covered with thick black and reddish-yellow 

 hair, and its tail is bushy. Samuel Fremont said (in 1889) that this 

 animal was not found in that part of Nebraska where the Omaha dwelt, 

 but that he had heard of its being found among the Dakota. Two 

 Crows and Joseph La Fleche never heard of the mina ska and maza"he 



