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  "I 
  am 
  [giving 
  his 
  name] 
  the 
  son 
  or 
  the 
  nephew 
  of 
  So-and-so," 
  men- 
  

   tioning 
  the 
  name. 
  

  

  If 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  Omaha 
  should 
  be 
  asked 
  to 
  what 
  tribe 
  they 
  belonged, 
  

   they 
  would 
  reply, 
  "We 
  are 
  Omaha." 
  If 
  they 
  were 
  asked, 
  "Who 
  

   are 
  you?" 
  the 
  one 
  making 
  answer 
  would 
  say, 
  "I 
  am 
  the 
  son 
  or 
  

   nephew 
  of 
  So-and-so, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  sons 
  of 
  So-and-so." 
  

  

  If 
  young 
  men 
  were 
  playing 
  a 
  game 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  were 
  two 
  part 
  ies 
  

   or 
  sides, 
  as 
  in 
  ball, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  players 
  should 
  be 
  asked, 
  "To 
  which 
  

   side 
  do 
  you 
  belong?" 
  he 
  would 
  say, 
  TTie'giha 
  f>fhi 
  n 
  ha, 
  "I 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  

  

  Fig. 
  i. 
  skm 
  boat 
  or 
  " 
  bull-boat." 
  

  

  side 
  or 
  party." 
  TJie'giha 
  means 
  "on 
  this 
  side," 
  and 
  the 
  word 
  can 
  

   be 
  used 
  only 
  as 
  a 
  designation 
  of 
  a 
  side 
  or 
  party 
  in 
  a 
  game. 
  It 
  has 
  

   no 
  tribal 
  significance 
  whatever, 
  nor 
  has 
  it 
  ever 
  been 
  used 
  to 
  indicate 
  

   the 
  Omaha 
  people 
  or 
  their 
  place 
  of 
  abode. 
  

  

  The 
  Five 
  Cognate 
  Tribes 
  — 
  Evidence 
  of 
  Former 
  Unity 
  

  

  Traditions 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  Omaha, 
  Ponca, 
  Osage, 
  Kansa, 
  and 
  

   Quapaw 
  tribes 
  state 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  once 
  one 
  people. 
  Their 
  lan- 
  

   guage 
  bears 
  witness 
  to 
  the 
  truth 
  of 
  this 
  tradition 
  and 
  the 
  similarity 
  

  

  