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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [eth. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  THE 
  ORGANIZATION 
  OF 
  THE 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  peace 
  pipes 
  were 
  made 
  (those 
  for 
  "establishing 
  friendly 
  relations 
  with 
  

   other 
  tribes"), 
  seven 
  other 
  pipes 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  keeping 
  of 
  peace 
  within 
  the 
  tribe. 
  

   These 
  pipes 
  were 
  also 
  for 
  use 
  to 
  prevent 
  bloodshed. 
  If 
  one 
  man 
  should 
  kill 
  another, 
  

   in 
  such 
  a 
  case 
  the 
  chiefs 
  were 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  pipe 
  to 
  the 
  aggrieved 
  relatives 
  and 
  offer 
  it 
  to 
  

   them. 
  If 
  they 
  refused, 
  the 
  pipe 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  again 
  offered 
  them; 
  if 
  the 
  pipe 
  was 
  offered 
  

   and 
  refused 
  four 
  successive 
  times, 
  then 
  the 
  chiefs 
  said 
  to 
  them, 
  "You 
  must 
  now 
  take 
  

   the 
  consequences; 
  we 
  will 
  do 
  nothing, 
  and 
  ycu 
  can 
  not 
  ask 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  pipes," 
  meaning 
  

   that 
  if 
  trouble 
  should 
  come 
  to 
  any 
  of 
  them 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  acts 
  taken 
  in 
  revenge 
  they 
  

   could 
  not 
  appeal 
  for 
  help 
  or 
  mercy. 
  

  

  When 
  these 
  seven 
  pipes 
  were 
  finished 
  they 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  be 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  

   different 
  bands 
  of 
  the 
  tribe. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  band 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  pipe 
  bearers 
  came 
  was 
  the 
  Waea'be. 
  They 
  were 
  found 
  

   to 
  be 
  engaged 
  in 
  a 
  ceremony 
  that 
  did 
  not 
  pertain 
  to 
  peace, 
  but 
  rather 
  to 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  

   life. 
  The 
  Hi'cada 
  sat 
  in 
  a 
  tent 
  with 
  red-hot 
  stones, 
  and 
  had 
  on 
  their 
  heads 
  wreaths 
  of 
  

   cedar 
  branches. 
  The 
  pipe 
  bearers 
  passed 
  them 
  by, 
  and 
  even 
  to 
  this 
  day 
  they 
  are 
  

   reminded 
  of 
  this 
  occurrence 
  by 
  the 
  other 
  bands 
  saying, 
  "You 
  are 
  no 
  people; 
  you 
  have 
  

   no 
  peace 
  pipe!" 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  band 
  the 
  pipe 
  bearers 
  came 
  to 
  was 
  the 
  Thi'xida. 
  To 
  them 
  a 
  pipe 
  was 
  

   given, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  to 
  have 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  counc'l 
  which 
  elected 
  chiefs. 
  

  

  Next 
  they 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  Ni'kapashna, 
  and 
  to 
  them 
  a 
  pipe 
  was 
  given, 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  to 
  

   have 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  the 
  council 
  of 
  war 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  when 
  

   they 
  went 
  to 
  hunt 
  the 
  deer, 
  so 
  that 
  order 
  might 
  be 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  pursuit 
  of 
  that 
  

   game. 
  

  

  The 
  Po 
  n/ 
  caxti 
  and 
  the 
  Mo 
  n 
  ko 
  n/ 
  were 
  reached 
  next, 
  and 
  a 
  pipe 
  was 
  given 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  Washa'be 
  were 
  next, 
  and 
  a 
  pipe 
  was 
  given 
  them. 
  This 
  band, 
  together 
  with 
  Ihe 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  ko 
  n/ 
  , 
  were 
  given 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  tribal 
  buffalo 
  hunt 
  — 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  journey, 
  

   the 
  making 
  of 
  the 
  camps, 
  and 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  order. 
  From 
  these 
  two 
  bands 
  the 
  

   two 
  principal 
  chiefs 
  must 
  come. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  pipe 
  bearers 
  reached 
  the 
  Wazha'zhe 
  the 
  latter 
  were 
  divided, 
  and 
  there 
  w< 
  ire 
  

   trouble 
  and 
  murder 
  between 
  the 
  factions. 
  So, 
  instead 
  of 
  giving 
  them 
  a 
  flat-stemmed 
  

   pipe, 
  they 
  gave 
  them 
  one 
  with 
  a 
  round 
  stem, 
  ornamented. 
  Because 
  of 
  the 
  feud 
  there 
  

   was 
  carelessness, 
  and 
  to 
  this 
  day 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  dispute 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  division 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  pipe 
  

   for 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  peace 
  was 
  presented. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  pipe 
  bearers 
  reached 
  the 
  Xu'xe, 
  they 
  gave 
  them 
  a 
  pipe 
  and 
  an 
  office 
  in 
  the 
  

   buffalo 
  hunt. 
  

  

  Each 
  band 
  had 
  its 
  pipe, 
  but 
  there 
  was 
  one 
  pipe 
  which 
  was 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  chiefs. 
  

   This 
  could 
  be 
  filled 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  leading 
  chief.-, 
  and 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  punish 
  people 
  

   who 
  made 
  trouble 
  in 
  the 
  tribe. 
  It 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Mo"ko 
  n/ 
  band. 
  

  

  When 
  a 
  man 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  punished, 
  all 
  the 
  chiefs 
  gathered 
  together 
  and 
  this 
  pipe 
  was 
  

   filled 
  by 
  the 
  leader 
  and 
  smoked 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  chiefs 
  present. 
  Then 
  each 
  chief 
  put 
  his 
  

   mind 
  on 
  the 
  offender 
  as 
  the 
  leader 
  took 
  the 
  pipe 
  to 
  clean 
  it. 
  He 
  poured 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   tobacco 
  ashes 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  said, 
  "This 
  shall 
  rankle 
  in 
  the 
  calves 
  of 
  the 
  man's 
  

   legs." 
  Then 
  he 
  twirled 
  the 
  cleaning 
  stick 
  in 
  the 
  pipe 
  and 
  took 
  out 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  ashes, 
  

   and, 
  putting 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  earth, 
  said, 
  "This 
  shall 
  be 
  for 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  sinews, 
  and 
  he 
  

   shall 
  start 
  with 
  pain 
  " 
  (in 
  the 
  back). 
  A 
  third 
  time 
  he 
  twirled 
  the 
  cleaning 
  stick, 
  put 
  

   more 
  ashes 
  on 
  the 
  earth, 
  and 
  said, 
  "This 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  spine, 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  head." 
  A 
  

   fourth 
  time 
  he 
  twirled 
  the 
  cleaning 
  stick 
  in 
  the 
  pipe, 
  poured 
  out 
  the 
  ashes, 
  put 
  them 
  

   on 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  said, 
  " 
  This 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  crown 
  of 
  his 
  head." 
  This 
  act 
  finished 
  the 
  

   man, 
  who 
  died 
  soon 
  after. 
  

  

  