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  leader 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  when 
  on 
  the 
  annual 
  tribal 
  hunt; 
  to 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  

   "possess") 
  had 
  the 
  official 
  duty 
  of 
  making 
  and 
  decorating 
  this 
  staff, 
  

   though 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  subgens 
  to 
  provide 
  the 
  materials 
  

   required 
  for 
  the 
  staff. 
  The 
  Washa'beto" 
  had 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Teco 
  n 
  'ha 
  

   (tr, 
  "buffalo;" 
  fo 
  n 
  ', 
  "pale" 
  or 
  "white;" 
  

   Tut, 
  "skin" 
  or 
  "hide") 
  — 
  White 
  Buffalo 
  

   Hide, 
  and 
  its 
  tent. 
  (PI. 
  27.) 
  The 
  tabu 
  was 
  

   the. 
  buffalo 
  tongues 
  which 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  

   the 
  sacred 
  feast. 
  A 
  subdivision 
  of 
  this 
  

   subgens, 
  called 
  IIo 
  n 
  'gaxti 
  (xti, 
  "original," 
  

   as 
  a 
  parent 
  stock) 
  had 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  

   ceremonies 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  maize. 
  

   The}' 
  preserved 
  the 
  sacred 
  corn, 
  chanted 
  

   its 
  ritual, 
  and 
  fixed 
  the 
  time 
  for 
  planting. 
  

   Their 
  tabu 
  was 
  the 
  hafu' 
  (the 
  word 
  luitu' 
  

   is 
  from 
  ha, 
  "skin," 
  and 
  tu, 
  "green," 
  

   referring 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  husk 
  of 
  the 
  ear 
  of 
  

   corn). 
  In 
  this 
  connection 
  the 
  decora- 
  

   tion 
  painted 
  on 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Tent 
  in 
  charge 
  

   of 
  the 
  Washa'be 
  subgens, 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  

   full 
  grown 
  stalk 
  of 
  corn, 
  becomes 
  signifi- 
  

   cant. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  IIo 
  n 
  'gaxti 
  

   was 
  the 
  original 
  subgens, 
  but 
  when 
  the 
  

   people 
  came 
  into 
  the 
  buffalo 
  country, 
  

   the 
  rites 
  relating 
  to 
  hunting 
  the 
  buffalo 
  

   overshadowed 
  those 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  

   maize; 
  hence 
  the 
  subdivision 
  that 
  had 
  

   charge 
  of 
  the 
  hunt 
  became 
  the 
  more 
  

   important 
  body, 
  the 
  group 
  who 
  pos- 
  

   sessed 
  the 
  rites 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  the 
  subor- 
  

   dinate. 
  This 
  probability 
  boars 
  out 
  a 
  

   tradition 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  that 
  the 
  people 
  in 
  fig. 
  27. 
  washa'be. 
  

  

  the 
  course 
  of 
  their 
  migrations 
  west 
  and 
  northwest 
  became 
  more 
  strictly 
  

   a 
  hunting 
  people 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  maize 
  fell 
  into 
  

   abeyance 
  or 
  was 
  temporarily 
  abandoned. 
  

  

  The 
  Washa'beto 
  11 
  subgens 
  camped 
  to 
  the 
  left 
  

   I 
  of 
  the 
  Waxthe'xeto" 
  subgens. 
  

  

  The 
  symbolic 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  hair 
  of 
  children 
  belong- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  gens 
  consisted 
  in 
  cutting 
  off 
  all 
  

   the 
  hair 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  except 
  a 
  ridge 
  which 
  

   stood 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  forehead 
  to 
  the 
  nape 
  of 
  the 
  

   ^ 
  I 
  neck 
  (fig. 
  28). 
  This 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  line 
  

   of 
  the 
  buffalo's 
  back 
  as 
  seen 
  against 
  the 
  sky, 
  but 
  

   it 
  is 
  equally 
  applicable 
  to 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  grow- 
  

   n 
  the 
  same 
  way. 
  

  

  Fig 
  28. 
  Cut 
  of 
  hi 
  

   Hoo'ga 
  gens 
  

  

  mg 
  corn 
  viewed 
  

  

  