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  47 
  

  

  that 
  the 
  tabu 
  of 
  the 
  Ponca 
  Nu'xe 
  gens 
  is 
  the 
  male 
  buffalo. 
  The 
  

   Osage 
  have 
  a 
  tradition 
  that 
  the 
  Ponca 
  were 
  once 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  

   tribe, 
  but 
  that 
  very 
  long 
  ago 
  the 
  people 
  became 
  separated 
  on 
  the 
  

   buffalo 
  hunt, 
  and 
  the 
  Ponca 
  never 
  came 
  back. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  

   the 
  Osage 
  have 
  a 
  Ponca 
  gens 
  and 
  the 
  Ponca 
  a 
  Wazha'zhe 
  gens, 
  that 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  Waca'be 
  gens 
  in 
  each 
  tribe, 
  also 
  a 
  Hi'cada 
  gens, 
  which 
  in 
  

   each 
  tribe 
  had 
  rites 
  referring 
  to 
  thunder; 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  resemblances 
  

   are 
  probably 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  movements 
  which 
  took 
  place 
  long 
  before 
  

   the 
  Ponca 
  and 
  the 
  Omaha 
  were 
  as 
  closely 
  associated 
  as 
  at 
  a 
  later 
  

   period, 
  prior 
  to 
  finally 
  becoming 
  distinct 
  tribes. 
  

  

  Legendary 
  Accounts" 
  

   the 
  peace 
  pipes 
  

  

  The 
  people 
  came 
  across 
  a 
  great 
  water 
  on 
  rafts 
  — 
  logs 
  tied 
  together 
  — 
  and 
  pitched 
  

   their 
  tents 
  on 
  the 
  shore. 
  While 
  there 
  they 
  thought 
  to 
  make 
  themselves 
  u'shkom, 
  

   limits 
  or 
  bounds 
  within 
  which 
  to 
  move, 
  and 
  regulations 
  by 
  which 
  their 
  art 
  ions 
  were 
  

   to 
  be 
  governed. 
  They 
  cleared 
  a 
  space 
  of 
  grass 
  and 
  weeds 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  could 
  see 
  one 
  

   another's 
  faces, 
  and 
  sat 
  down, 
  and 
  then- 
  was 
  no 
  obstruction 
  between 
  them. 
  

  

  While 
  they 
  were 
  deliberating 
  they 
  heard 
  the 
  hooting 
  of 
  an 
  owl 
  in 
  the 
  timber 
  near 
  by, 
  

   and 
  the 
  leader, 
  who 
  had 
  called 
  the 
  people 
  together, 
  said 
  , 
  " 
  That 
  bird 
  is 
  to 
  take 
  part 
  in 
  

   our 
  action; 
  he 
  calls 
  to 
  us, 
  offering 
  his 
  aid." 
  Immediately 
  afterward 
  they 
  heard 
  the 
  

   cry 
  of 
  the 
  woodpecker 
  and 
  his 
  knocking 
  against 
  the 
  trees, 
  and 
  the 
  leader 
  said, 
  "That 
  

   bird 
  calls 
  and 
  offers 
  hi* 
  aid; 
  he 
  will 
  take 
  part 
  in 
  our 
  action." 
  

  

  The 
  leader 
  then 
  addressed 
  the 
  man 
  he 
  had 
  appointed 
  to 
  act 
  as 
  servant, 
  and 
  said, 
  "Go 
  

   to 
  the 
  woods 
  and 
  get 
  an 
  ash 
  sapling." 
  The 
  servant 
  went 
  out 
  and 
  returned 
  with 
  a 
  

   sapling 
  having 
  a 
  rough 
  bark. 
  "This 
  is 
  not 
  what 
  we 
  want," 
  said 
  the 
  leader. 
  "Go 
  

   again, 
  and 
  get 
  a 
  sapling 
  that 
  has 
  a 
  smooth 
  bark, 
  bluish 
  in 
  color 
  at 
  the 
  joint 
  " 
  (where 
  a 
  

   branch 
  comes). 
  The 
  servant 
  went 
  out, 
  and 
  returned 
  with 
  a 
  sapling 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  

   described. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  leader 
  took 
  up 
  the 
  ash 
  sapling, 
  an 
  eagle 
  came 
  and 
  soared 
  above 
  where 
  t 
  he- 
  

   council 
  sat. 
  He 
  dropped 
  a 
  downy 
  feather; 
  it 
  fell, 
  and 
  balanced 
  itself 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  

   the 
  cleared 
  space. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  white 
  eagle. 
  The 
  leader 
  said, 
  "This 
  is 
  not 
  what 
  we 
  

   want;" 
  so 
  the 
  white 
  eagle 
  passed 
  on. 
  

  

  Then 
  the 
  bald 
  eagle 
  came 
  swooping 
  down 
  as 
  though 
  making 
  an 
  attack 
  upon 
  its 
  prey, 
  

   balanced 
  itself 
  on 
  its 
  wings 
  directly 
  over 
  the 
  cleared 
  space, 
  uttering 
  fierce 
  cries, 
  and 
  

   dropped 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  downy 
  feathers, 
  which 
  stood 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  as 
  the 
  other 
  eagle's 
  

   feather 
  had 
  done. 
  The 
  leader 
  said, 
  "This 
  is 
  not 
  what 
  we 
  want;" 
  and 
  the 
  bald 
  eagle 
  

   passed 
  on. 
  

  

  Then 
  came 
  the 
  spotted 
  eagle 
  and 
  soared 
  over 
  the 
  council 
  and 
  dropped 
  its 
  feather, 
  

   which 
  stood 
  as 
  the 
  others 
  had 
  done. 
  The 
  leader 
  said, 
  "This 
  is 
  not 
  what 
  we 
  want;" 
  

   and 
  the 
  spotted 
  eagle 
  passed 
  on. 
  

  

  The 
  eagle 
  with 
  the 
  fantail 
  (imperial 
  eagle, 
  Aquila 
  heliaca 
  Savigny) 
  then 
  came, 
  and 
  

   soared 
  over 
  the 
  people. 
  It 
  dropped 
  a 
  downy 
  feather 
  which 
  stood 
  upright 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  the 
  cleared 
  space. 
  The 
  leader 
  said, 
  "This 
  is 
  what 
  we 
  want." 
  The 
  feathers 
  of 
  this 
  

   eagle 
  were 
  those 
  used 
  in 
  making 
  the 
  peace 
  pipes, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  birds 
  (the 
  

   owl 
  and 
  the 
  woodpecker) 
  and 
  the 
  animals, 
  making 
  in 
  all 
  nine 
  kinds 
  of 
  articles. 
  These 
  

   pipes 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  establishing 
  friendly 
  relations 
  with 
  other 
  tribes. 
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  « 
  Obtained 
  from 
  chiefs 
  and 
  other 
  prominent 
  Ponca. 
  

  

  t> 
  This 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Ponca 
  introduction 
  to 
  the 
  Wa'wa° 
  pipes 
  should 
  be 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  Omaha 
  

   account 
  of 
  receiving 
  these 
  pipes 
  from 
  the 
  Ankara 
  (p. 
  74) 
  and 
  the 
  Omaha 
  ceremony 
  (p. 
  370). 
  The 
  nine 
  

   articles 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  Owl 
  feathers, 
  eagle 
  reathers, 
  woodpecker, 
  rabbit, 
  deer, 
  asb 
  tree, 
  paint, 
  cat-tail, 
  and 
  

   sinew. 
  

  

  