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  ceremonial 
  for 
  the 
  recognition 
  of 
  those, 
  cosmic 
  forces 
  which 
  were 
  

   believed 
  to 
  affect 
  directly 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  man, 
  as 
  the 
  rites 
  attending 
  the 
  

   naming 
  of 
  children 
  and 
  the 
  class 
  of 
  names 
  given, 
  and 
  the 
  customs 
  

   relating 
  to 
  birth 
  and 
  to 
  death. 
  These 
  resemblances 
  between 
  the 
  

   tribes 
  will 
  become 
  clearer 
  as 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  tribe 
  is 
  told 
  and 
  

   discussion 
  is 
  had 
  of 
  customs 
  among 
  the 
  cognates 
  which 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  

   similar 
  in 
  purpose 
  even 
  when 
  they 
  differ 
  in 
  details, 
  the 
  differences 
  

   being 
  as 
  suggestive 
  as 
  the 
  similarities." 
  

  

  a 
  Since 
  the 
  foregoing 
  brief 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Osage 
  tribe 
  was 
  written 
  an 
  ethnological 
  study 
  of 
  that 
  tribe 
  

   has 
  been 
  undertaken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Francis 
  La 
  Flesche 
  for 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology. 
  It 
  is 
  expected 
  

   that, 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  investigation, 
  additional 
  light 
  will 
  be 
  thrown 
  on 
  the 
  relationship 
  between 
  the 
  

   ribes 
  of 
  the 
  cognate 
  group 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  Osage 
  and 
  the 
  Omaha 
  belong. 
  

  

  