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  the 
  period 
  when 
  the 
  people 
  depended 
  more 
  on 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  

   maize 
  than 
  they 
  did 
  after 
  they 
  entered 
  the 
  buffalo 
  country. 
  

  

  The 
  tabu 
  was 
  all 
  small 
  birds. 
  Even 
  the 
  boys 
  of 
  this 
  subgens, 
  in 
  

   their 
  games, 
  while 
  they 
  would 
  shoot 
  their 
  arrows 
  or 
  strike 
  with 
  sticks 
  

   at 
  the 
  birds 
  would 
  never 
  touch 
  one 
  with 
  their 
  hands. 
  

  

  The 
  symbolic 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  child's 
  hair 
  consisted 
  in 
  the 
  shaving 
  of 
  

   the 
  head, 
  leaving 
  a 
  fringe 
  of 
  hair 
  around 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  skull, 
  a 
  

   short 
  lock 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  lock 
  behind 
  (fig. 
  

   31). 
  The 
  fringe 
  represented 
  the 
  feathered 
  outline 
  

   of 
  the 
  bird's 
  body, 
  the 
  front 
  lock 
  its 
  head, 
  and 
  

   the 
  broad 
  lock 
  behind, 
  its 
  tail. 
  

  

  The 
  Wazhi"'ga 
  itazhi 
  camped 
  next 
  <>n 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  

   the 
  Waca'be 
  itazhi. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  31. 
  Cut 
  or 
  hair, 
  

   Wazhin'ga 
  itazhi 
  

   subgens. 
  

  

  Kr'i" 
  subgens 
  c) 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  Ke'i 
  n 
  is 
  compounded 
  of 
  l-e, 
  ''turtle:'' 
  

   i 
  n 
  , 
  "to 
  carry" 
  — 
  ''the 
  turtle 
  carriers 
  or 
  bearers." 
  

   The 
  rites 
  that 
  were 
  once 
  in 
  the 
  keeping 
  of 
  this 
  

   subgens 
  have 
  long 
  since 
  fallen 
  into 
  disuse 
  and 
  are 
  known 
  only 
  by 
  

   tradition. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  turtle 
  was 
  outlined 
  on 
  

   the 
  ground 
  and 
  the 
  sod 
  cut 
  out 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  intaglio 
  of 
  the 
  

   animal, 
  and 
  that 
  ceremonies 
  were 
  connected 
  with 
  this 
  figure 
  which 
  

   pertained 
  to 
  the 
  securing 
  of 
  rain 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  

   dispelling 
  of 
  storms. 
  The 
  rites 
  of 
  the 
  Turtle-bear- 
  

   ers 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  associated 
  with 
  those 
  that 
  be- 
  

   longed 
  to 
  their 
  neighboring 
  subgens, 
  the 
  Wazhi 
  n 
  'ga 
  

   itazhi, 
  and 
  became 
  obsolete 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  reason, 
  

   the 
  superseding 
  of 
  agriculture 
  by 
  hunting. 
  

  

  The 
  tabu 
  was 
  the 
  flesh 
  of 
  the 
  turtle, 
  which 
  could 
  

   not 
  be 
  eaten. 
  

  

  The 
  symbolic 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  hair 
  consisted 
  in 
  shav- 
  

   ing 
  off 
  all 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  fringe 
  around 
  the 
  head, 
  one 
  

   small 
  tuft 
  over 
  the 
  forehead, 
  two 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  lock 
  at 
  

   the 
  nape 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  (fig. 
  32). 
  The 
  short 
  fringe 
  outlined 
  the 
  shell 
  of 
  

   the 
  turtle, 
  the 
  tuft 
  over 
  the 
  forehead 
  represented 
  its 
  head, 
  the 
  two 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  its 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  lock 
  at 
  the 
  nape 
  its 
  tail. 
  

   The 
  Ke'i" 
  camped 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  Wazhi 
  n 
  'ga 
  itazhi. 
  

  

  Te'pa 
  itazhi 
  subgens 
  (d) 
  

  

  The 
  derivation 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  subgens 
  is: 
  te, 
  "buffalo;" 
  pa, 
  

   "head;" 
  itazhi, 
  "do 
  not 
  touch." 
  The 
  rites 
  pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  buffalo 
  

   head, 
  which 
  once 
  belonged 
  to 
  this 
  subgens, 
  have 
  been 
  lost 
  and 
  

   there 
  remains 
  no 
  trustworthy 
  tradition 
  concerning 
  them. 
  A 
  pipe 
  

   was 
  given 
  to 
  this 
  subgens 
  to 
  insure 
  to 
  it, 
  as 
  representative 
  of 
  its 
  gens, 
  

   83993°— 
  27 
  ktii— 
  11 
  11 
  

  

  FIG. 
  32. 
  Cut 
  ol 
  hair, 
  

   Ke'i° 
  subgens. 
  

  

  