﻿CONTENTS 
  

  

  Page 
  

  

  Fi 
  ireword 
  29 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  Location; 
  linguistic 
  relationships 
  3: 
  1 
  . 
  

  

  Tribal 
  concept; 
  the 
  name 
  Omaha 
  35 
  

  

  The 
  five 
  cognate 
  tribes 
  — 
  evidence 
  of 
  former 
  unity 
  :!7 
  

  

  The 
  Ponca 
  tribe 
  41 
  

  

  Rites 
  and 
  customs 
  of 
  the 
  gentes 
  42 
  

  

  Legendary 
  accounts 
  47 
  

  

  Recent 
  history; 
  personal 
  names 
  51 
  

  

  The 
  Osage, 
  or 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  tribe 
  57 
  

  

  Recent 
  history: 
  organization 
  57 
  

  

  Kinship 
  groups 
  58 
  

  

  Adoption 
  ceremony 
  til 
  

  

  Legendary 
  accounts 
  62 
  

  

  Personal 
  names 
  64 
  

  

  The 
  Kansa 
  tribe 
  - 
  66 
  

  

  ( 
  fentes 
  66 
  

  

  The 
  Quapaw 
  tribe 
  67 
  

  

  • 
  .elites 
  68 
  

  

  II 
  

  

  En\ 
  iron 
  i 
  nen 
  t; 
  resultant 
  influences 
  70 
  

  

  Omaha 
  Sacred 
  Legend 
  - 
  70 
  

  

  Early 
  habitat 
  and 
  conditions 
  70 
  

  

  Western 
  movements 
  72 
  

  

  ( 
  'on 
  tart 
  with 
  the 
  Arikara 
  75 
  

  

  Separation 
  of 
  Ponca 
  from 
  Omaha; 
  finding 
  of 
  horses 
  7s 
  

  

  Meeting 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  men 
  81 
  

  

  Influence 
  of 
  traders 
  82 
  

  

  The 
  ( 
  >maha 
  country 
  s 
  "> 
  

  

  Villages 
  on 
  the 
  Missouri 
  ^"> 
  

  

  Streams 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  Omaha 
  s 
  '> 
  

  

  The 
  village 
  95 
  

  

  Site 
  95 
  

  

  Dwellings 
  95 
  

  

  Historic 
  villages 
  and 
  places 
  99 
  

  

  Tribes 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  Omaha 
  I'd 
  

  

  Fauna 
  and 
  flora 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  Omaha 
  103 
  

  

  Animals 
  103 
  

  

  Birds 
  - 
  104 
  

  

  Insects 
  106 
  

  

  Fish 
  106 
  

  

  Tree- 
  106 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  