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  TRIBAL 
  ORGANIZATION 
  

  

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  Wa 
  'gawi 
  n 
  xe 
  The 
  soarer. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  eagle. 
  

  

  Yvathi'gtho"thi"ge 
  No 
  mind. 
  

  

  Borrowed 
  names 
  

  

  Ki'shtawagu 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  Pawnee. 
  (Id 
  Waca'be 
  gens, 
  Ponca. 
  ) 
  

  

  Waxua 
  / 
  tai 
  n 
  ge 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  Oto. 
  

  

  Dream 
  nanus 
  

  

  Ho 
  n/ 
  hemo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  Night 
  walker. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  chu'wako 
  n 
  da 
  Bear 
  god. 
  

  

  Valor 
  names 
  

   I 
  n 
  ke'washushe 
  Brave 
  Boldier. 
  

  

  Xickmiiius 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  shti'thi 
  n 
  ke 
  Name 
  of 
  a 
  mythical 
  mischievous 
  being. 
  

  

  Femalt 
  minus 
  

  

  Aee'xube 
  ■Afe', 
  from 
  ware, 
  paint; 
  .tube, 
  sacred. 
  

  

  Gixpe'axa 
  Meaning 
  lost. 
  Old 
  name. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Mi'ashteshto 
  11 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Teci 
  n/ 
  de 
  Gens 
  (7) 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  gens 
  has 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  buffalo 
  (te, 
  "buffalo;" 
  

   <n"de, 
  "tail"). 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  subgentes. 
  

  

  The 
  rites 
  anciently 
  committed 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  this 
  gens 
  have 
  been 
  

   lost. 
  Nothing 
  but 
  a 
  tradition 
  remains, 
  which 
  slates 
  that 
  the 
  ceremony 
  

   pertained 
  to 
  the 
  crow. 
  In 
  certain 
  myths 
  that 
  speak 
  of 
  the 
  Creation 
  

   it 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  human 
  beings 
  were 
  at 
  first 
  without 
  bodies; 
  they 
  dwelt 
  

   in 
  the 
  upper 
  world, 
  in 
  the 
  air, 
  and 
  the 
  crow 
  was 
  instrumental 
  in 
  

   helping 
  the 
  people 
  to 
  secure 
  bodies 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  could 
  live 
  on 
  the 
  

   earth 
  and 
  become 
  as 
  men 
  and 
  women. 
  

  

  The 
  tabu 
  of 
  the 
  gens 
  favors 
  the 
  tradition 
  that 
  the 
  rites 
  under 
  its 
  

   charge 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  birth 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  in 
  bodily 
  form. 
  They 
  were 
  

   forbidden 
  to 
  touch 
  the 
  unborn 
  young 
  of 
  an 
  animal. 
  

   In 
  later 
  days 
  tlte 
  tabu 
  applied 
  especially 
  to 
  the 
  

   buffalo 
  young, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  lowest 
  rib 
  adher- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  backbone, 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  fetus 
  was 
  

   said 
  to 
  rest 
  against 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  animal; 
  con- 
  

   sequently 
  the 
  meat 
  from 
  this 
  rib 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

   eaten. 
  

  

  The 
  symbolic 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  hair 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  

   young 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  All 
  the 
  hair 
  was 
  cut 
  off 
  

   except 
  two 
  small 
  tufts 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  crown, 
  

   indicating 
  the 
  coming 
  horns, 
  and 
  a 
  lock 
  at 
  the 
  nape 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  

   representing 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  calf 
  (fig. 
  37). 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  tribe 
  was 
  organized 
  in 
  its 
  present 
  form, 
  a 
  Nini'bato" 
  

   group 
  of 
  families 
  was 
  chosen 
  in 
  this 
  gens 
  and 
  the 
  leader 
  of 
  the 
  group 
  

   was 
  given 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  tribal 
  Council 
  of 
  Seven 
  Chiefs. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  37. 
  Cut 
  of 
  hair, 
  

   Te<;i°'de 
  pens. 
  

  

  