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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  In 
  all 
  offenses 
  the 
  relatives 
  stood 
  as 
  one. 
  Each 
  could 
  be 
  held 
  respon- 
  

   sible 
  for 
  the 
  acts 
  of 
  another 
  — 
  a 
  custom 
  that 
  sometimes 
  worked 
  injus- 
  

   tice, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  was 
  conducive 
  to 
  social 
  order. 
  

  

  Running 
  off 
  with 
  a 
  man's 
  wife 
  or 
  committing 
  adultery 
  was 
  severely 
  

   punished. 
  In 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  offenses 
  the 
  husband 
  or 
  his 
  near 
  relatives 
  

   administered 
  punishment. 
  The 
  woman 
  might 
  be 
  whipped, 
  but 
  the 
  

   heavy 
  punishment 
  fell 
  on 
  the 
  guilty 
  man. 
  Generally 
  his 
  property 
  

   was 
  taken 
  from 
  hint, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  man 
  offered 
  resistance 
  he 
  was 
  either 
  

  

  Fig. 
  47. 
  Rattlesnake 
  heads 
  and 
  fangs. 
  

  

  slashed 
  with 
  a 
  knife 
  or 
  beaten 
  with 
  a 
  bludgeon. 
  The 
  revenge 
  taken 
  by 
  

   a 
  husband 
  on 
  a 
  man 
  making 
  advances 
  to 
  his 
  wife 
  was 
  called 
  miwa'da. 
  

   A 
  wile 
  jealous 
  of 
  another 
  woman 
  who 
  was 
  attentive 
  to 
  her 
  hus- 
  

   band 
  was 
  apt 
  to 
  attack 
  her 
  with 
  a 
  knife. 
  An 
  assault 
  of 
  this 
  kind, 
  

   called 
  no 
  n 
  'wo 
  n 
  pi, 
  was 
  seldom 
  interfered 
  with. 
  If 
  a 
  man's 
  wife 
  died 
  

   and 
  left 
  children, 
  custom 
  required 
  that 
  he 
  marry 
  his 
  wife's 
  sister. 
  

   Should 
  he 
  fail 
  to 
  do 
  so, 
  the 
  woman's 
  relatives 
  sometimes 
  took 
  up 
  the 
  

   matter 
  and 
  threatened 
  the 
  man 
  with 
  punishment. 
  

  

  