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  NU'XE 
  GENS 
  

   Big-hoofed 
  buffalo's 
  bund 
  

  

  .Vale 
  

  

  Btho 
  n 
  'ti 
  — 
  Scent 
  borne 
  by 
  wind 
  (O., 
  We'- 
  

  

  zhi 
  n 
  shte). 
  

   gi^'dethiho 
  11 
  — 
  Lifting 
  the 
  tail 
  (O., 
  Te- 
  

  

  ci 
  n/ 
  de) 
  . 
  

   Du 
  / 
  bamo 
  D 
  tb.i 
  n 
  — 
  Four 
  walking: 
  (O., 
  I 
  n 
  ke'- 
  

  

  cabe). 
  

   I 
  n 
  sha 
  / 
  gemo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  — 
  Old 
  man 
  walking 
  (0., 
  

  

  LshtaVuMa). 
  

   Pvhta'bacude 
  — 
  Shedding 
  hair 
  about 
  the 
  

  

  eyes 
  (O., 
  HcP'ga). 
  

   No^'gethia— 
  Notabletorun((>., 
  Teci^de). 
  

   Nu'xezhi 
  n 
  ga 
  — 
  Little 
  ice. 
  

   Pahe'agthi"— 
  Sits 
  on 
  hill. 
  

   Pude'tha 
  — 
  Meaning 
  unknown 
  (()., 
  I 
  n 
  ke'- 
  

  

  cabe). 
  ■ 
  

   Sha'beno-zhi 
  n 
  — 
  Stands 
  dark 
  (O., 
  Ho" 
  'ga 
  I. 
  

   Sho 
  n 
  ge\ka— 
  White 
  horse 
  (O., 
  Mo'"thi"- 
  

  

  kagaxe). 
  

   T 
  enu'gagahi 
  — 
  Male 
  buffalo 
  chief 
  (O.: 
  

  

  >Yazhi 
  n/ 
  ga, 
  Tha'tada). 
  

  

  Tenu 
  / 
  gashageto 
  n 
  ga 
  — 
  Big-hoofed 
  bull. 
  

  

  Thae'go"— 
  Pitiful. 
  

  

  Uho 
  n 
  'gemo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  — 
  Walking 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  file 
  

  

  (O., 
  I 
  n 
  gthe'zhide). 
  

   T 
  Jho 
  n 
  'geno 
  n 
  zhi' 
  1 
  — 
  Standing 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  file 
  

  

  (O., 
  Pgthe'zhide). 
  

   Uki'pato 
  11 
  — 
  Polling 
  himself 
  (O., 
  Lglhc' 
  

  

  zhide). 
  

   U'shkadazhi— 
  Undaunted 
  (O., 
  Mo-'thi"- 
  

  

  kagaxe). 
  

   1' 
  l 
  lii'xide— 
  Looking 
  about 
  (O., 
  I"ke'- 
  

  

  cabe). 
  

   Uzhna'gaxe 
  — 
  To 
  make 
  clear 
  (refers 
  to 
  

  

  buffalo 
  wallows) 
  (O., 
  Teei 
  n/ 
  de). 
  

   W'aca'apa 
  — 
  Meaning 
  uncertain 
  ((_>.: 
  Wa- 
  

  

  ea'be, 
  Tha'tadai. 
  

   \Yu</a 
  / 
  bezhi 
  n 
  ga 
  — 
  Little 
  black 
  bear 
  (O.: 
  

  

  Waca'be, 
  Tha'tada). 
  

  

  Female 
  

  

  Mi'mite 
  — 
  Meaning 
  uncertain 
  (O., 
  I 
  n 
  ke'- 
  

  

  fabe). 
  

   \Ye'to"na 
  — 
  Meaning 
  uncertain 
  (O., 
  l"ke'- 
  

  

  eabe 
  ) 
  . 
  

  

  THE 
  OSAGE, 
  OR 
  WAZHA'ZHE, 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  Recent 
  History; 
  Organization 
  

  

  The 
  Osage 
  tribe 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  five 
  kinship 
  groups, 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  subgroups. 
  Of 
  these 
  latter 
  many 
  have 
  a 
  

   group 
  attached 
  that 
  acts 
  as 
  sho'Tca 
  — 
  servant 
  or 
  attendant 
  at 
  a 
  given 
  

   ceremony. 
  Of 
  the 
  five 
  kinship 
  groups 
  two 
  always 
  camp 
  on 
  the. 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  tribal 
  circle. 
  The 
  other 
  three 
  

   remain 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  circle, 
  but 
  change 
  their 
  relative 
  

   positions. 
  The 
  tribe, 
  therefore, 
  has 
  two 
  grand 
  divisions, 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  

   northern 
  side 
  being 
  composed 
  of 
  two 
  kinship 
  groups 
  and 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  

   southern 
  side 
  of 
  three 
  kinship 
  groups. 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  Osage 
  now 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  Oklahoma, 
  on 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  river. 
  This 
  locality 
  was 
  not 
  

   their 
  home 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  first 
  met 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  race. 
  They 
  were 
  then 
  dwelling 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mississippi, 
  both 
  north 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Missouri, 
  including 
  the 
  Ozark 
  Mountain 
  region, 
  the 
  name 
  Ozark 
  

   being 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  term 
  Wazha'zhe. 
  The 
  territory 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Osage, 
  lying, 
  as 
  it 
  did, 
  

   adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  river, 
  was 
  very 
  soon 
  needed 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  people 
  who 
  were 
  pressing 
  west 
  ward. 
  

   The 
  Osage 
  made 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  cessions 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  the 
  earliest 
  in 
  1808, 
  when 
  they 
  parted 
  with 
  ter- 
  

   ritory 
  on 
  the 
  Mississippi. 
  In 
  1818 
  they 
  gave 
  up 
  their 
  claim 
  to 
  land 
  on 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  and 
  Verdigris 
  rivers. 
  

   In 
  1825 
  they 
  ceded 
  all 
  their 
  lands 
  in 
  Missouri 
  and 
  Arkansas. 
  Further 
  cessions 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  1S39 
  and 
  1S6.">. 
  

   Finally, 
  in 
  1871 
  and 
  1S72 
  lands 
  were 
  purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Cherokee 
  in 
  the 
  then 
  Indian 
  Territory, 
  and 
  on 
  

   these 
  lands 
  the 
  Osage 
  are 
  living 
  to-day. 
  The 
  payments 
  for 
  lands 
  ceded 
  by 
  them 
  in 
  Missouri 
  and 
  Kansas 
  

   were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Treasury 
  at 
  interest, 
  yielding 
  the 
  Osage 
  a 
  considerable 
  sum 
  per 
  capita 
  

   and 
  relieving 
  the 
  people 
  from 
  urgent 
  necessity 
  to 
  labor 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  obtain 
  food 
  and 
  clothing— 
  a 
  condition 
  

   not 
  altogether 
  favorable 
  to 
  the 
  I 
  test 
  development 
  of 
  a 
  naturally 
  strong 
  and 
  promising 
  tribe. 
  (Pictures 
  of 
  

   Osage 
  chiefs 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  pis. 
  12, 
  13, 
  15.) 
  

  

  