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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [BTH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  THE 
  WATER 
  PEOPLE 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  people 
  who 
  came 
  from 
  under 
  the 
  water. 
  They 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  weeds 
  

   that 
  hang 
  down, 
  are 
  green 
  in 
  color, 
  and 
  have 
  leaves 
  on 
  the 
  stem. 
  The 
  people 
  who 
  

   lived 
  in 
  water 
  dwelt 
  in 
  shells 
  which 
  protected 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  water, 
  keeping 
  the 
  

   water 
  out 
  and 
  serving 
  as 
  houses. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  creatures 
  who 
  lived 
  under 
  the 
  earth, 
  as 
  the 
  cougar, 
  the 
  bear, 
  the 
  buf- 
  

   falo, 
  and 
  the 
  elk. 
  These 
  creatures 
  came 
  up 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  land 
  creatures 
  

   and 
  those 
  that 
  lived 
  in 
  shells 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  earth, 
  and 
  the 
  star 
  people 
  came 
  down; 
  all 
  

   three 
  came 
  together, 
  intermarried, 
  and 
  from 
  these 
  unions 
  sprang 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  to-day. 
  

  

  The 
  men 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  division 
  cut 
  the 
  hair 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  should 
  

   he 
  five 
  bunches 
  in 
  rows 
  running 
  from 
  front 
  to 
  back. 
  

  

  The 
  men 
  of 
  the 
  Tsi'zhu 
  division 
  wore 
  the 
  hair 
  in 
  three 
  bunches 
  — 
  

   one 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  forehead, 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  one 
  

   at 
  the 
  nape 
  of 
  the 
  neck. 
  

  

  Personal 
  Names 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Osage 
  names 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  1896: 
  

  

  tsi'zhu 
  washtage 
  (peacemakers' 
  household) 
  

  

  Male 
  

   A'huzhi^e 
  — 
  Little 
  wings. 
  

   Blo'gahike 
  — 
  All 
  the 
  chiefs. 
  

  

  Bpabaxo" 
  — 
  Cut 
  head. 
  Refers 
  to 
  war. 
  Cutting 
  off 
  the 
  head. 
  

   Dho-'tsewahi— 
  Bone 
  heart 
  (O., 
  Tapa'). 
  

   Dto 
  n 
  'wo 
  n 
  gaxe 
  — 
  Village 
  maker 
  (0., 
  Mo 
  u 
  'thi 
  n 
  kagaxei, 
  

  

  Dto 
  n 
  'wo 
  n 
  ihi 
  — 
  Refers 
  to 
  war. 
  The 
  warriors 
  cause 
  the 
  villagers 
  to 
  stampede. 
  

   Gahi'geste— 
  Tall 
  chief 
  (O.. 
  Pke'cabe). 
  

  

  Gahi'gkewadai 
  n 
  ga 
  — 
  Chief's 
  power 
  to 
  control 
  the 
  people 
  (0.. 
  Mo"'thi"kagaxe). 
  

   Gka'washi 
  n 
  ka 
  — 
  Little 
  horse. 
  

  

  Gko 
  n/ 
  sano 
  n 
  bawahri 
  — 
  Kills 
  two 
  Kansa. 
  War 
  name. 
  

   Gko 
  n 
  'sawatai 
  n 
  ga 
  — 
  Gkon'si, 
  Kansa; 
  uatai 
  n 
  ga, 
  eccentric 
  (old 
  word). 
  

   Gredo 
  n 
  'shi°ka— 
  Little 
  hawk 
  (0., 
  Tha'tada). 
  

   Grezhe'ruse 
  — 
  War 
  name. 
  Captures 
  spotted 
  horses. 
  

   Haxu'mizhe 
  — 
  Woman's 
  name. 
  Ropes 
  

  

  Howa'saope 
  — 
  War 
  name. 
  Goes 
  on 
  the 
  warpath 
  after 
  mourning. 
  

   Hua'shutse 
  — 
  Red 
  eagle. 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  ahta' 
  mo 
  n 
  ze 
  — 
  I 
  n 
  shta', 
  eye; 
  mo 
  n 
  ze, 
  protruding 
  like 
  breasts 
  (O., 
  We'zhi"shte). 
  

   Mo 
  n/ 
  hogri 
  n 
  mo 
  n 
  kasabpe 
  — 
  Sitting 
  by 
  the 
  bank. 
  Refers 
  to 
  a 
  village 
  site. 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  'kasabe 
  — 
  Black 
  breast. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  elk. 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  'zeno 
  n 
  opi 
  D 
  — 
  Iron 
  necklace. 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  'zhakita 
  — 
  (Mo 
  n 
  zha, 
  land; 
  kita, 
  watches 
  — 
  watches 
  over 
  the 
  land). 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  wind 
  (0., 
  Ko°'ce). 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  'zhakuta 
  — 
  (Kuta, 
  shoots; 
  guards 
  or 
  shoots 
  over 
  the 
  land). 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  wind 
  

  

  (O., 
  Kansa). 
  

   Ni'wathe 
  — 
  Made 
  to 
  live. 
  (See 
  Adoption 
  ceremony, 
  p. 
  61.) 
  

   No 
  n 
  be'ze 
  — 
  Yellow 
  claws. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  eagle. 
  

   Opxo 
  n 
  shibpe 
  — 
  Elk 
  entrails. 
  

  

  Ota'no 
  11 
  — 
  Space 
  between 
  two 
  objects. 
  Refers 
  to 
  warriors 
  passing 
  between 
  the 
  tents. 
  

   Othu'hawae 
  — 
  Envious. 
  

  

  Pahu'cka— 
  White 
  hair. 
  Refers 
  to 
  white 
  buffalo 
  (()., 
  Ho"'ga 
  and 
  Tapa'). 
  

   Pasu'— 
  Hail. 
  

  

  Po 
  n 
  ho 
  n/ 
  gregahre 
  — 
  War 
  name. 
  One 
  who 
  strikes 
  the 
  enemy 
  first. 
  

   Sa'pekie 
  — 
  Paints 
  himself 
  black. 
  

  

  