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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [eth. 
  ann. 
  27 
  

  

  (g) 
  Hu 
  zhoigara 
  Qiu, 
  fish). 
  Eno 
  n 
  'mi 
  n 
  tse 
  to 
  n 
  (eno 
  n 
  , 
  they 
  alone; 
  

   miHse, 
  bow; 
  to", 
  to 
  have 
  or 
  possess 
  — 
  they 
  alone 
  possess 
  the 
  bow), 
  

   Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  These 
  were 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  bow 
  makers. 
  

  

  3. 
  ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  (leader) 
  group 
  

  

  This 
  kinship 
  group 
  was 
  divided 
  into 
  seven 
  subgroups, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  (a) 
  Waca'be 
  to" 
  (waca'be, 
  bear; 
  to 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  possess). 
  

  

  Waca'be 
  cka 
  ("white" 
  or 
  "original 
  bear"), 
  Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  (b) 
  I 
  n 
  gro 
  n 
  'ga 
  zhoigara 
  (i 
  n 
  gro 
  n 
  'ga, 
  puma). 
  

  

  Hi 
  n 
  wa'xaga 
  zhoigara 
  (hi 
  n 
  wa'xaga, 
  porcupine), 
  Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  (c) 
  O'pxo", 
  elk. 
  Tahe'shabe 
  zhoigara 
  (tahe'shabe, 
  male 
  elk 
  with 
  

   dark 
  horns), 
  Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  (d) 
  Mo 
  n 
  'i 
  n 
  kagaxe 
  (mo 
  n 
  i 
  n 
  Tca, 
  earth; 
  gaxe, 
  to 
  make 
  — 
  earth-makers). 
  

  

  (e) 
  Po 
  n 
  'ca 
  washtage 
  (washtage, 
  peace). 
  This 
  subgroup 
  had 
  the 
  

   office 
  of 
  peacemakers. 
  

  

  (/) 
  Xitha 
  ("white 
  eagle"). 
  

  

  (g) 
  Ho 
  D 
  'gashi 
  n 
  ga 
  (" 
  little 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga"). 
  I'batsetatse 
  (ilatse, 
  coming 
  

   together; 
  tatse, 
  the 
  wind 
  — 
  associated 
  by 
  rites 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  wind), 
  

   Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  The 
  office 
  of 
  herald 
  was 
  in 
  this 
  group. 
  

  

  4. 
  tsi'zhu 
  (household) 
  group 
  

  

  Tins 
  kinship 
  group 
  also 
  had 
  seven 
  subgroups: 
  

  

  (a) 
  Tsi'zhu 
  wano" 
  (wano 
  n 
  , 
  the 
  oldest; 
  age 
  implies 
  wisdom), 
  or 
  

   Wako 
  n 
  'da 
  no 
  n 
  pabi 
  (wako 
  n 
  'da, 
  gods; 
  no 
  n 
  pabi, 
  afraid 
  of). 
  

  

  Waba'xi, 
  Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  (b) 
  Si'"tsagre 
  ("wearing 
  the 
  wolf's 
  tail 
  on 
  the 
  scalp 
  lock"). 
  

   Sho 
  n 
  'ke 
  zhoigara 
  (sbo"'l-e, 
  wolf), 
  Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  (e) 
  Pe'to" 
  to 
  n 
  ga 
  zhoigara 
  (pe'to 
  n 
  , 
  crane; 
  to 
  n 
  ga, 
  big). 
  

  

  (d) 
  Tseto'ga 
  i 
  n 
  tse 
  (tseto'ga, 
  buffalo 
  bull; 
  iHse, 
  face). 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  

   that 
  Waba'xi 
  went 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  game. 
  He 
  found 
  a 
  buffalo, 
  pointed 
  

   his 
  linger 
  at 
  its 
  face, 
  anil 
  killed 
  it; 
  Wako 
  n 
  'da 
  reproved 
  him 
  for 
  the 
  

   act. 
  Because 
  of 
  this 
  deed 
  his 
  people 
  were 
  called 
  Buffalo-face 
  people. 
  

  

  Tsea'ko", 
  Sho'ka 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  (e) 
  Mi'k'i 
  n 
  wano" 
  (mi, 
  sun; 
  Tc'i 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  carry: 
  wano 
  n 
  , 
  the 
  oldest). 
  

   Tsi'zhu 
  washtage 
  (washtage, 
  peaceful), 
  division. 
  This 
  division 
  made 
  

   peace. 
  Red-eagle 
  people. 
  

  

  (/) 
  Ho 
  n 
  zhoigara 
  (ho 
  n 
  , 
  night). 
  

  

  Ta'pa 
  zhoigara 
  (ta'-pa, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Pleiades), 
  Sho'ka 
  subdi- 
  

   vision. 
  

  

  (g) 
  Tsi'zhu 
  uthuhage 
  (uthuhage, 
  the 
  last). 
  The 
  last 
  household 
  

   refers 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  group. 
  

  

  5. 
  m'ka 
  wako 
  n 
  dagi 
  or 
  groni 
  n 
  group 
  

  

  This 
  kinship 
  group 
  had 
  three 
  subgroups. 
  (Derivation 
  of 
  name: 
  

   Ni'lea, 
  people; 
  wako 
  n 
  dagi 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  thunder 
  — 
  the 
  Thunder 
  people). 
  

  

  (a) 
  Xo 
  n 
  'tsewatse 
  (xo"tse, 
  cedar; 
  watse, 
  to 
  touch, 
  as 
  the 
  striking 
  

   of 
  an 
  enemy). 
  The 
  name 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  cedar 
  tree 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  

   thunder 
  rested 
  as 
  it 
  descended. 
  

  

  