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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  wano 
  n 
  'she 
  ("soldiers") 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  their 
  commands. 
  These 
  officers 
  

   were 
  chosen 
  from 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  Ni'kagahi 
  xu'de 
  and 
  were 
  always 
  men 
  

   who 
  had 
  won 
  honors, 
  and 
  whose 
  character 
  commanded 
  the 
  respect 
  

   of 
  the 
  tribe. 
  (Fig. 
  46.) 
  Frequently 
  they 
  were 
  appointed 
  for 
  some 
  

   special 
  service, 
  as 
  when 
  an 
  unauthorized 
  war 
  party 
  committed 
  dep- 
  

   redations 
  on 
  a 
  neighboring 
  tribe; 
  if 
  the 
  chiefs 
  ordered 
  the 
  stolen 
  

  

  Fig. 
  46. 
  Kaxe'noana, 
  who 
  frequently 
  served 
  as 
  a 
  ''soldier." 
  

  

  property 
  returned, 
  the 
  booty 
  would 
  then 
  be 
  sent 
  back 
  under 
  "sol- 
  

   diers" 
  selected 
  for 
  the 
  task. 
  "Soldiers" 
  were 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  

   council 
  to 
  preserve 
  order 
  during 
  the 
  annual 
  hunt, 
  the 
  office 
  expiring 
  

   with 
  the 
  hunt. 
  Men 
  who 
  had 
  once 
  filled 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  "soldier" 
  

   were 
  apt 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  on 
  to 
  assist 
  the 
  council 
  in 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  

   order 
  within 
  the 
  tribe. 
  

  

  