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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TEIBE 
  [eth.ann.27 
  

  

  The 
  punishment 
  of 
  a 
  disturber 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  the 
  tribe, 
  by 
  the 
  

   exercise 
  of 
  wazhi 
  n 
  'agihe, 
  the 
  placing 
  of 
  will 
  power 
  on 
  the 
  offender 
  by 
  

   the 
  chiefs, 
  was 
  a 
  peculiar 
  form 
  of 
  chastisement 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  person 
  

   was 
  put 
  out 
  of 
  friendly 
  relations 
  with 
  men 
  and 
  animals. 
  (See 
  p. 
  497.) 
  

   For 
  a 
  similar 
  placing 
  of 
  the 
  mind 
  on 
  an 
  offender, 
  see 
  Ponca 
  custom, 
  

   page 
  48. 
  

  

  White 
  Eagle 
  (Ponca) 
  narrated 
  the 
  following 
  as 
  showing 
  the 
  Ponca 
  

   treatment 
  of 
  a 
  murderer, 
  even 
  if 
  the 
  killing 
  was 
  an 
  accident 
  : 
  

  

  A 
  Ponca 
  killed 
  a 
  man. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  intentional, 
  but 
  nevertheless 
  he 
  was, 
  by 
  the 
  

   consent 
  of 
  the 
  people, 
  punished 
  by 
  the 
  father 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  was 
  killed. 
  The 
  father 
  

   cut 
  all 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  man's 
  robe, 
  so 
  that 
  nothing 
  about 
  him 
  could 
  flutter 
  should 
  

   the 
  wind 
  blow. 
  The 
  spirit 
  of 
  a 
  murdered 
  person 
  will 
  haunt 
  the 
  people, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  

   tribe 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  hunt, 
  will 
  cause 
  the 
  wind 
  to 
  blow 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  direction 
  as 
  to 
  betray 
  the 
  

   hunters 
  to 
  the 
  game 
  and 
  cause 
  the 
  herd 
  to 
  scatter, 
  making 
  it 
  impossible 
  for 
  the 
  people 
  

   to 
  get 
  food. 
  [The 
  Omaha 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  belief 
  about 
  ghosts 
  scattering 
  the 
  herds 
  by 
  

   raising 
  the 
  wind.] 
  After 
  the 
  man's 
  robe 
  was 
  cut 
  it 
  was 
  sewed 
  together 
  in 
  front, 
  but 
  

   space 
  was 
  left 
  for 
  his 
  arm 
  to 
  have 
  freedom. 
  He 
  was 
  then 
  bade 
  to 
  say. 
  as 
  he 
  drew 
  

   the 
  arrow 
  from 
  the 
  wound 
  and 
  rubbed 
  it 
  over 
  the 
  dead 
  man, 
  "I 
  did 
  n"t 
  kill 
  a 
  man, 
  

   but 
  an 
  animal." 
  Then 
  his 
  hair 
  was 
  cut 
  short 
  for 
  fear 
  it 
  might 
  blow 
  and 
  cause 
  the 
  

   winds 
  to 
  become 
  restless. 
  The 
  covering 
  about 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  a 
  buffalo 
  was 
  taken 
  and 
  put 
  

   over 
  the 
  man's 
  head, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  banished 
  from 
  the 
  tribe 
  for 
  four 
  years. 
  The 
  man 
  

   obeyed 
  strictly 
  all 
  the 
  directions 
  given 
  him, 
  and, 
  further 
  than 
  that, 
  he 
  wept 
  every 
  day 
  

   for 
  the 
  man 
  he 
  had 
  slain. 
  This 
  action 
  so 
  moved 
  the 
  relatives 
  of 
  the 
  dead, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  

   that 
  in 
  one 
  year 
  they 
  pardoned 
  him, 
  gave 
  him 
  his 
  liberty, 
  and 
  he 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  tribe 
  

   and 
  his 
  family. 
  

  

  