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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  

  

  MIK 
  I 
  N 
  IVANO 
  8 
  

  

  Mali 
  

  

  Be'ga'xazhi 
  (pi. 
  12 
  ) 
  — 
  War 
  name. 
  One 
  who 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  outstripped. 
  Refers 
  to 
  run- 
  

   nine. 
  

  

  Bpahi'thagthi 
  11 
  — 
  Good 
  hair. 
  

   Ho'thagthi" 
  — 
  Good 
  voice. 
  

   Migk'i 
  nA 
  wadai 
  n 
  ga 
  — 
  Eccentric 
  sun 
  carrier. 
  

  

  *£§*> 
  

  

  Mi'hice 
  — 
  Yellow 
  hair. 
  

   Refers 
  to 
  buffalo 
  calf. 
  

  

  Mio 
  / 
  tamo 
  n 
  i 
  n 
  — 
  S 
  t 
  r 
  a 
  i 
  g 
  h 
  t 
  

   sun 
  or 
  moon. 
  

  

  Shi"nica 
  — 
  Refers 
  to 
  in- 
  

   tercepting 
  the 
  game. 
  

  

  We 
  / 
  to 
  n 
  mo 
  n 
  i 
  n 
  — 
  W 
  ar 
  

   name. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  

   women 
  singing 
  weton 
  

   songs. 
  

  

  THE 
  KAXSA 
  TRIBE™ 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  Kansa 
  

   is 
  an 
  old 
  term. 
  As 
  

   the 
  rites 
  pertaining 
  

   to 
  the 
  winds 
  belong 
  

   to 
  the 
  Kansa 
  gens 
  in 
  

   the 
  several 
  cognate 
  1 
  

   tribes, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   that 
  the 
  word 
  had 
  

   some 
  reference 
  to 
  

   the 
  wind. 
  

  

  Gentes' 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  list 
  

   of 
  gentes 
  is 
  not 
  com- 
  

   plete, 
  nor 
  has 
  it 
  been 
  

   possible 
  t 
  o 
  o 
  b 
  t 
  a 
  i 
  n 
  

   satisfactory 
  in 
  f 
  o 
  r- 
  

   mation 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  lo- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  each 
  gens 
  

   in 
  the 
  tribal 
  circle, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  disintegration 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  and 
  the 
  breaking 
  up 
  of 
  their 
  

   ancient 
  customs 
  and 
  ceremonies. 
  The 
  information 
  obtained 
  goes 
  to 
  

  

  a 
  Of 
  the 
  Kansa 
  tribe 
  fewer 
  than 
  300 
  are 
  now 
  living; 
  these 
  are 
  in 
  northern 
  Oklahoma. 
  Their 
  lands 
  adjoin 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  Osage. 
  They, 
  too. 
  have 
  been 
  pushed 
  from 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  dwelling 
  when 
  the 
  white 
  

   people 
  first 
  came 
  into 
  their 
  vicinity. 
  They 
  were 
  then 
  northwest 
  of 
  thet 
  Isage, 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  

   which 
  bears 
  their 
  name. 
  They 
  began 
  ceding 
  land 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  1S25. 
  Further 
  relinquishments 
  

   were 
  made 
  in 
  1S16, 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  1S59 
  and 
  1862. 
  In 
  1872 
  their 
  present 
  reservation 
  was 
  purchased 
  from 
  the 
  

   Osage. 
  While 
  the 
  Kansa 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  so 
  reduced 
  as 
  the 
  Quapaw. 
  they 
  have 
  failed 
  to 
  maintain 
  fully 
  their 
  

   old 
  tribal 
  organization; 
  though 
  much 
  has 
  lapsed 
  from 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  owing 
  to 
  disuse 
  of 
  former 
  

   customs 
  and 
  rites, 
  considerable 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  tribal 
  life 
  still 
  might 
  possibly 
  be 
  recovered. 
  (Por- 
  

   traits 
  of 
  Kansa 
  chiefs 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  pi. 
  16 
  and 
  fig. 
  12.) 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1-'. 
  Kansa 
  chief. 
  

  

  