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  show 
  that 
  their 
  former 
  organization 
  was 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   cognates, 
  that 
  the 
  tribe 
  was 
  composed 
  of 
  two 
  great 
  divisions, 
  and 
  

   that 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  Kansa 
  gentes 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Osage, 
  Ponca, 
  

   Omaha, 
  and 
  Quapaw 
  tribes. 
  The 
  names 
  obtained 
  and 
  verified 
  are: 
  

  

  1. 
  Mo"i 
  n/ 
  ka 
  ("earth"). 
  This 
  name 
  corresponds 
  to 
  Mo 
  D/ 
  i 
  n 
  kagaxe 
  of 
  the 
  Osage 
  tribe, 
  

   and 
  to 
  Mo 
  I1 
  'thi"kagaxe 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  tribe, 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  mean 
  "earth 
  makers." 
  

  

  2. 
  Wazha'zhe. 
  This 
  name 
  occurs 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Osage 
  tribe 
  and 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   large 
  kinship 
  groups 
  in 
  that 
  tribe; 
  also 
  as 
  ihe 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  gens 
  in 
  the 
  Ponca 
  tribe. 
  

  

  3. 
  Ponca. 
  This 
  name 
  occurs 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  gens 
  in 
  the 
  Osage 
  and 
  Ponca 
  tribes. 
  

  

  4. 
  Kansa. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  Kansa 
  gens 
  in 
  

   the 
  Omaha 
  tribe. 
  

  

  5. 
  Wazhi 
  n 
  'ga 
  inikashikithe 
  (wazhin'- 
  

   ga, 
  bird; 
  inikashikithe 
  corresponds 
  to 
  

   the 
  Omaha 
  i'nihashiga, 
  and 
  means 
  that 
  

   with 
  which 
  they 
  make 
  themselves 
  a 
  

   people 
  — 
  that 
  is, 
  by 
  observing 
  a 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  rite 
  they 
  make 
  themselves 
  one 
  

   people). 
  (See 
  Wazhi 
  n 
  'ga 
  subgens 
  of 
  

   the 
  Tha'tada, 
  p. 
  160.) 
  Birds 
  figure 
  in 
  

   the 
  rites 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  cognates, 
  and 
  are 
  

   tabu 
  in 
  those 
  gentes 
  practising 
  rites 
  

   which 
  pertain 
  to 
  certain 
  birds. 
  

  

  6. 
  Te 
  inikashikithe 
  {le, 
  buffalo). 
  

   Buffalo 
  rites 
  occur 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  five 
  cog- 
  

   nates. 
  

  

  7. 
  O'pxo 
  11 
  inikashikithe 
  (o'pxo 
  n 
  , 
  

   elk). 
  Gentes 
  bearing 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   elk 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  Osage 
  and 
  Quapaw 
  

   tribes, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Omaha 
  the 
  elk 
  is 
  

   tabu 
  to 
  the 
  We 
  / 
  zhi 
  n 
  shte 
  gens. 
  

  

  8. 
  Ho 
  11 
  (night). 
  This 
  name 
  occurs 
  in 
  

   1 
  he 
  I 
  >sage 
  tribe 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  group. 
  

  

  9. 
  Ho 
  n/ 
  gashi 
  n 
  ga 
  ("little 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga"). 
  

   This 
  name 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  Osage 
  and 
  

   Quapaw 
  tribes, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  Hc^'ga 
  

   in 
  the 
  Omaha 
  and 
  Osage 
  tribes. 
  

  

  10. 
  Ho 
  n 
  'gato 
  I1 
  ga 
  (" 
  big 
  Ho 
  n/ 
  ga"). 
  This 
  name 
  is 
  found 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Quapaw. 
  

  

  11. 
  Tsedu'ga 
  (" 
  buffalo 
  bull 
  "). 
  This 
  occurs 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Osage 
  tribe. 
  

  

  12. 
  Tsi'zhu 
  washtage 
  {washtage, 
  docile, 
  peaceable). 
  Tsi'zhu 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  

   group 
  of 
  I 
  he 
  < 
  >sage, 
  and 
  Tsi'zhu 
  washtage 
  of 
  the 
  peacemakers 
  of 
  that 
  group. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  13. 
  Quapaw 
  man. 
  

  

  THE 
  QUAPAW 
  TRIBE" 
  

  

  The 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  quapaw 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  explained 
  

   (see 
  p. 
  36). 
  

  

  'J 
  Tli<> 
  remnant 
  of 
  the 
  Quapaw 
  tribe 
  (hardly 
  a 
  hundred 
  In 
  number) 
  are 
  living 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Oklahoma. 
  (See 
  figs. 
  13, 
  14.) 
  When 
  first 
  met 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  people 
  they 
  were 
  living 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Osage. 
  

   The 
  Quapaw 
  came 
  into 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  French 
  and 
  Spanish 
  traders 
  of 
  the 
  sixteenth 
  century, 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  

   line 
  of 
  march 
  of 
  these 
  early 
  traders 
  from 
  the 
  South. 
  With 
  the 
  stimulus 
  given 
  to 
  immigration 
  and 
  settle- 
  

   ment 
  after 
  the 
  Louisiana 
  Purchase, 
  their 
  lands 
  were 
  soon 
  wanted. 
  In 
  ISIS 
  they 
  ceded 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   their 
  country 
  lying 
  between 
  the 
  Arkansas, 
  Canadian, 
  and 
  Red 
  rivers, 
  receiving 
  a 
  tract 
  for 
  themselves 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  and 
  Washita 
  rivers. 
  This 
  reservation 
  they 
  relinquished 
  in 
  1S24, 
  retiring 
  to 
  a 
  

   smaller 
  tract 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  their 
  present 
  home. 
  Their 
  vicissitudes 
  have 
  been 
  such 
  as 
  to 
  shatter 
  their 
  

   tribal 
  life, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  difficult 
  to 
  obtain 
  accurate 
  information 
  concerning 
  their 
  ancient 
  organiza- 
  

   tion. 
  Only 
  fragments 
  can 
  be 
  gathered 
  here 
  and 
  there, 
  to 
  be 
  pieced 
  together 
  by 
  knowledge 
  gained 
  from 
  

   those 
  cognates 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  fortunate 
  in 
  preserving 
  their 
  old 
  tribal 
  form 
  and 
  rites. 
  

  

  