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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [BTH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  Wa'xa 
  n 
  ha: 
  corn 
  husk. 
  

  

  Hatu: 
  the 
  green 
  husk. 
  

  

  Wathi'i 
  n 
  ge: 
  braided 
  corn. 
  The 
  husks 
  were 
  braided, 
  leaving 
  the 
  ear 
  hanging. 
  

  

  Wami'de: 
  seed 
  corn. 
  This 
  word 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  any 
  seed 
  used 
  for 
  reproduction. 
  

   Other 
  seed, 
  such 
  as 
  apple 
  seeds, 
  are 
  called 
  pi. 
  

  

  Washon'ge: 
  pounded 
  corn. 
  A 
  stick, 
  no 
  n 
  xpe, 
  was 
  thrust 
  into 
  the 
  cob 
  and 
  the 
  corn 
  

   roasted 
  before 
  a 
  fire; 
  then 
  it 
  was 
  shelled 
  and 
  the 
  chaff 
  blown 
  off; 
  finally 
  it 
  was 
  pounded 
  

   in 
  a 
  mortar 
  (uhe) 
  with 
  a 
  pestle 
  (wehe). 
  

  

  Wa'fke; 
  pounded 
  corn 
  mixed 
  with 
  honey 
  and 
  buffalo 
  marrow. 
  

  

  Wani'de: 
  mush 
  or 
  gruel 
  — 
  pounded 
  corn 
  mixed 
  with 
  water. 
  

  

  Um'baglhe: 
  corn 
  boiled 
  with 
  beans, 
  set 
  over 
  night 
  to 
  cool 
  and 
  harden, 
  then 
  served 
  

   cut 
  in 
  slices. 
  Considered 
  a 
  delicacy. 
  

  

  Wana'xe: 
  parched 
  corn 
  — 
  used 
  by 
  travelers, 
  and 
  carried 
  in 
  skin 
  bags. 
  

  

  Wabi'shnude: 
  corn 
  boiled 
  with 
  ashes 
  and 
  hulled 
  — 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  coarse 
  hominy. 
  

  

  Wabthu'gu: 
  wabi'shnude 
  boiled 
  with 
  meat. 
  

  

  Wato 
  n 
  zi^hithe: 
  sweet 
  corn 
  roasted 
  in 
  the 
  milk, 
  cut 
  off 
  the 
  cob, 
  and 
  dried. 
  

  

  Hunting 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  various 
  ways 
  of 
  going 
  hunting, 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  its 
  

   distinctive 
  name: 
  

  

  Eshno 
  71 
  ' 
  monihi 
  n 
  , 
  " 
  walking 
  alone," 
  was 
  used 
  to 
  indicate 
  that 
  a 
  single 
  family 
  had 
  

   gone 
  hunting 
  or 
  trapping. 
  

  

  A'bae, 
  an 
  old, 
  untranslatable 
  term, 
  meaning 
  that 
  asingle 
  man, 
  or 
  a 
  man 
  accompanied 
  

   by 
  a 
  few 
  male 
  companions, 
  leaving 
  their 
  families 
  in 
  camp, 
  had 
  started 
  out 
  on 
  foot 
  in 
  

   search 
  of 
  game. 
  This 
  word 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  this 
  form 
  of 
  hunting 
  even 
  after 
  horses 
  had 
  

   come 
  into 
  use. 
  

  

  U'zhon, 
  " 
  to 
  sleep 
  with 
  them," 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  game. 
  This 
  term 
  was 
  applied 
  only 
  

   to 
  the 
  hunting 
  of 
  deer 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  party 
  of 
  men, 
  or 
  to 
  a 
  single 
  person 
  going 
  out 
  and 
  

   bivouacking 
  among 
  the 
  game. 
  

  

  Shko 
  n 
  'the, 
  "to 
  make 
  to 
  move." 
  The 
  word 
  refers 
  to 
  starting 
  up 
  the 
  game. 
  It 
  was 
  

   applied 
  to 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  men 
  going 
  to 
  a 
  given 
  locality 
  to 
  hunt 
  deer. 
  Young 
  brothers 
  

   and 
  sons 
  of 
  the 
  hunters 
  formed 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  hunting 
  party. 
  The 
  hunters 
  scattered 
  

   out 
  and 
  advanced 
  abreast, 
  while 
  the 
  lads 
  rushed 
  into 
  the 
  woods, 
  started 
  up 
  the 
  game, 
  

   and, 
  if 
  they 
  could, 
  secured 
  a 
  shot 
  on 
  their 
  own 
  account. 
  

  

  TathiYune 
  (ta, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  taxti, 
  "deer; 
  " 
  tkie, 
  a 
  peculiar 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  deer 
  meat; 
  une, 
  "to 
  

   seek"). 
  A 
  man 
  who 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  good 
  hunter 
  frequently 
  joined 
  a 
  shko 
  n 
  'the 
  party 
  and 
  

   strove 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  slain 
  deer 
  and 
  so 
  secure 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  first 
  

   butcher. 
  For 
  his 
  services 
  he 
  was 
  entitled 
  to 
  the 
  cut 
  called 
  tathie. 
  

  

  The 
  eshno' 
  1 
  ' 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  , 
  the 
  a'bae, 
  and 
  the 
  shlco 
  n 
  'ihe 
  hunting 
  parties 
  went 
  

   out 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  winter; 
  these 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  parties 
  that 
  were 
  

   not 
  organized 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  a 
  leader. 
  The 
  buffalo 
  and 
  

   the 
  elk 
  moved 
  in 
  herds 
  and 
  were 
  hunted 
  differently 
  from 
  the 
  deer, 
  

   antelope, 
  and 
  bear. 
  The 
  latter 
  were 
  sought 
  for 
  by 
  individuals 
  or 
  by 
  

   small 
  parties, 
  as 
  already 
  described. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  months 
  the 
  annual 
  tribal 
  buffalo 
  hunt 
  took 
  

   place. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  main 
  supply 
  of 
  meat 
  was 
  secured. 
  This 
  

   hunt 
  was 
  attended 
  with 
  much 
  ceremony 
  and 
  was 
  participated 
  in 
  by 
  

   the 
  entire 
  tribe; 
  it 
  was 
  called 
  te'une 
  (from 
  te, 
  "buffalo," 
  and 
  une, 
  

   "to 
  seek"). 
  The 
  summer 
  buffalo 
  hunt 
  was 
  more 
  generally 
  spoken 
  

   of 
  as 
  wae'gaxtJw 
  1 
  (wae, 
  "cultivating 
  the 
  soil;" 
  gaxtho 
  n 
  ', 
  "moving 
  

  

  