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  Ko 
  n 
  'ce 
  Gens 
  (5) 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  gens 
  is 
  an 
  ancient 
  and 
  untranslatable 
  word. 
  

   It 
  belongs 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  tribes 
  (Kansa) 
  of 
  the 
  cognate 
  group 
  of 
  which 
  

   the 
  Omaha 
  is 
  a 
  member. 
  From 
  this 
  tribe 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Kansas 
  takes 
  

   its 
  name. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  hu'thuga 
  the 
  Ko 
  n 
  'ce 
  gens 
  camped 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  Tha'tada. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  two 
  subdivisions 
  in 
  the 
  gens: 
  (a) 
  Tade'ata 
  (tadf, 
  

   "wind;" 
  ata, 
  "in 
  the 
  direction 
  of" 
  — 
  "in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  wind"); 
  

   the 
  name 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  clouds. 
  Rites 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   wind 
  were 
  formerly 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  this 
  subgens, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   lost. 
  In 
  memory 
  of 
  the 
  connection 
  of 
  these 
  people 
  with 
  the 
  wind 
  

   was 
  the 
  following 
  jesting 
  action: 
  when 
  the 
  mosquitoes 
  were 
  thick, 
  a 
  

   Ko 
  n 
  'ce 
  man 
  was 
  beaten 
  with 
  robes; 
  this 
  would 
  call 
  up 
  a 
  breeze 
  to 
  

   drive 
  away 
  the 
  pests. 
  (6) 
  Nini'bato". 
  

  

  The 
  tabu 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  gens, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  its 
  subgentes, 
  was 
  ver- 
  

   digris, 
  which 
  the 
  people 
  were 
  forbidden 
  to 
  touch. 
  

  

  The 
  symbolic 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  children's 
  hair 
  represents 
  a 
  design 
  which 
  

   it 
  is 
  said 
  used 
  to 
  be 
  cut 
  upon 
  the 
  earth 
  after 
  the 
  sod 
  had 
  been 
  

   removed 
  when 
  the 
  ancient 
  rites 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  wind 
  were 
  practised. 
  

   All 
  the 
  hair 
  was 
  cut 
  off 
  except 
  a 
  tuft 
  over 
  the 
  forehead, 
  one 
  

   at 
  the 
  nape 
  of 
  the 
  neck, 
  and 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  over 
  

   the 
  ear. 
  From 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  four 
  tufts, 
  represent- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  four 
  points 
  of 
  the 
  compass, 
  a 
  narrow 
  line 
  

   of 
  hair 
  extended 
  upward, 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  round 
  

   tuft 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  (fig. 
  35). 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  Hethu'shka 
  society 
  formerly 
  was 
  led 
  

   around 
  the 
  tribal 
  circle 
  by 
  the 
  Ko 
  n 
  'ce 
  the 
  act 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  wind 
  

   to 
  befriend 
  the 
  warriors, 
  as 
  certain 
  customs 
  prac- 
  fig. 
  35. 
  cut 
  of 
  hair, 
  

   tised 
  during 
  warfare 
  suggest. 
  (See 
  p. 
  39.) 
  The 
  Ko-'cegens. 
  

  

  Ko 
  n 
  'ce 
  also 
  had 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  starting 
  the 
  ball 
  game 
  which 
  was 
  played 
  

   by 
  the 
  two 
  grand 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  hu'thuga. 
  (See 
  p. 
  197.) 
  

  

  The 
  Tade'ata 
  subgens 
  camped 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  Te'pa 
  itazhi 
  of 
  the 
  

   Tha'tada, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  Tade'ata 
  was 
  the 
  Nini'bato 
  11 
  

   subdivision. 
  

  

  PERSONAL 
  NAMES 
  IN 
  THE 
  1<<> 
  n 
  'Vk 
  GENS 
  (5) 
  

  

  Tade'ata 
  subgens 
  (a) 
  

   Ni'lcie 
  names 
  

  

  Da 
  / 
  do°thi 
  n 
  ge 
  Da'do 
  n 
  , 
  possessions; 
  thi"gc, 
  not, 
  nothing. 
  He 
  has 
  nothing. 
  

  

  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  invisible 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  air 
  or 
  wind. 
  (In 
  

  

  Wazha'zhc, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Ko"'cedathi 
  n 
  dalhi", 
  crazy 
  — 
  Crazy 
  Ko 
  n 
  'ce. 
  

  

  Kuge' 
  The 
  sound 
  made 
  by 
  a 
  drum. 
  

  

  