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  1. 
  HO 
  /N 
  GA 
  UTANATSI 
  (THE 
  SEPARATE 
  HO 
  s/ 
  GA) 
  GROUP 
  

  

  The 
  meaning 
  and 
  significance 
  of 
  this 
  name 
  have 
  been 
  already 
  

   explained. 
  (See 
  p. 
  40.) 
  The 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  utanatsi 
  are 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  

   "Instructor 
  of 
  rites." 
  

  

  Subdivision 
  : 
  Mo 
  n 
  'hi 
  n 
  ci 
  ("stone 
  knife"). 
  a 
  This 
  group 
  was 
  sho'ka, 
  

   or 
  servant, 
  to 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  utanatsi. 
  This 
  office 
  was 
  an 
  honorable 
  one, 
  

   being 
  that 
  of 
  intermediary 
  between 
  the 
  officials 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  a 
  cere- 
  

   mony 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  who 
  took 
  part 
  in 
  it. 
  

  

  2. 
  WAZHA'ZHK 
  GROUP 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  old 
  and 
  untranslatable 
  term. 
  The 
  group 
  was 
  divided 
  

   into 
  seven 
  subgroups, 
  each 
  with 
  its 
  distinctive 
  name 
  and 
  attendant 
  

   sho'ka 
  group, 
  but 
  all 
  having 
  a 
  right 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  name 
  Wazha'zhe. 
  

  

  Subgroups 
  

  

  (a) 
  Wazha'zhe 
  cka 
  ("the 
  white" 
  or 
  "pure 
  Wazha'zhe"); 
  fka 
  is 
  

   the 
  Osage 
  equivalent 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  xti, 
  meaning 
  "original," 
  "un- 
  

   mixed." 
  This 
  group 
  is 
  the 
  keeper 
  of 
  the 
  seven 
  pipes 
  for 
  making 
  

   peace 
  within 
  the 
  tribe. 
  I 
  n 
  gro 
  n 
  'ga 
  ni 
  nio"tse 
  ("puma 
  in 
  the 
  water") 
  

   is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  (6) 
  Ke'k'i 
  n 
  ("great 
  turtle"). 
  

  

  Pak'a 
  zhoigara 
  (pal'a, 
  mystery; 
  zhoigara, 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  with, 
  i. 
  e., 
  

   the 
  group 
  whose 
  rites 
  pertain 
  to), 
  Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  (c) 
  Mike'estetse, 
  the 
  cat-tail 
  (Typha 
  latijolia). 
  

   Ka'xewahuca, 
  the 
  loud-voiced 
  crow,* 
  1 
  Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  (d) 
  Wa'tsetsi. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  a 
  comet 
  fell 
  from 
  the 
  morning 
  star 
  

   and 
  came 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  council 
  of 
  this 
  subgroup. 
  Xutha'paco" 
  zhoigara 
  

   (xutlw'pafo", 
  the 
  bald 
  eagle), 
  Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  (e) 
  Uzu'gaxe 
  6 
  (uzu', 
  straight; 
  gaxe, 
  to 
  make 
  — 
  they 
  who 
  make 
  the 
  

   path 
  straight). 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  this 
  subgroup 
  to 
  make 
  clear 
  the 
  

   way 
  of 
  a 
  war 
  part} 
  7 
  ; 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  safe 
  way 
  around 
  any 
  obstruction. 
  The 
  

   scouts 
  of 
  the 
  war 
  parties 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  this 
  group. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  so'tsemo 
  n 
  i 
  n 
  (mo 
  n 
  , 
  land; 
  so'tse, 
  smoke; 
  mo 
  n 
  i 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  walk 
  — 
  they 
  

   who 
  walk 
  in 
  smoke, 
  fog, 
  or 
  dust), 
  the 
  Sho'ka 
  subdivision, 
  was 
  called 
  

   on 
  to 
  cause 
  a 
  fog, 
  or 
  a 
  wind 
  to 
  raise 
  the 
  dust 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  conceal 
  the 
  

   movements 
  of 
  a 
  war 
  party. 
  

  

  (/) 
  Tathi'hi, 
  white-tail 
  deer. 
  

  

  Watsi'tsazhi 
  n 
  ga 
  zhoigara 
  (wa.tsi'tsaz1ii 
  n 
  ga, 
  small 
  animals), 
  subdi- 
  

   vision. 
  

  

  a 
  Articles 
  of 
  utility 
  in 
  the 
  past, 
  although 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  passed 
  out 
  of 
  daily 
  use 
  among 
  the 
  people, 
  are 
  

   frequently 
  conserved 
  m 
  sacred 
  rites. 
  For 
  example, 
  the 
  sione 
  kinie 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  kind 
  of 
  knife 
  that 
  could 
  

   be 
  used 
  ceremonially 
  and 
  its 
  name 
  appears 
  as 
  a 
  personal 
  name 
  among 
  the 
  Omaha 
  families 
  that 
  had 
  

   hereditary 
  duties 
  connected 
  with 
  rites 
  that 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  l"sh1a'cu 
  r 
  "la 
  and 
  YVe'zhi 
  D 
  shte 
  gentes. 
  

  

  6 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  subdivision 
  appears 
  as 
  a 
  personal 
  name 
  in 
  the 
  Omaha 
  tribe. 
  

  

  