﻿FLETCHER-LA 
  I 
  n;s. 
  he] 
  THE 
  QUEST 
  OF 
  FOOD 
  271 
  

  

  after" 
  — 
  "going 
  on 
  the 
  hunt 
  after 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  corn 
  is 
  done 
  ") 
  

   or 
  nuge'teune 
  (nuge, 
  "summer;" 
  te, 
  "buffalo;" 
  une, 
  "to 
  seek''). 
  

   Ma'theteune 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  winter 
  buffalo 
  hunt 
  (ma'the, 
  

   "winter;" 
  le'une, 
  "buffalo 
  hunt"). 
  The 
  buffalo 
  was 
  hunted 
  in 
  

   winter 
  for 
  pelts. 
  When 
  the 
  herd 
  was 
  found, 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  chasing 
  it 
  

   was 
  called 
  wano 
  n 
  'pe, 
  the 
  literal 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  being 
  "to 
  inter 
  1 
  

   cept." 
  In 
  surrounding 
  a 
  herd 
  the 
  animals 
  were 
  intercepted 
  by 
  the 
  

   hunters 
  at 
  every 
  turn; 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  usual 
  mode 
  of 
  attacking 
  a 
  herd 
  of 
  

   any 
  kind. 
  If 
  among 
  a 
  party 
  going 
  out 
  to 
  hunt 
  the 
  buffalo 
  in 
  winter 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  man 
  from 
  the 
  Pke'cabe 
  gens, 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  leader 
  

   of 
  the 
  company 
  was 
  his 
  by 
  virtue 
  of 
  his 
  gens, 
  and 
  his 
  authority 
  was 
  

   obeyed 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  hunters 
  of 
  the 
  party. 
  The 
  leadership 
  accorded 
  to 
  

   this 
  gens 
  applied 
  only 
  to 
  chasing 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  The 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  

   depended 
  on 
  this 
  animal, 
  as 
  it 
  afforded 
  the 
  principal 
  supply 
  of 
  meat 
  

   and 
  pelts; 
  therefore 
  the 
  buffalo 
  hunt 
  was 
  inaugurated 
  and 
  con- 
  

   ducted 
  with 
  religious 
  rites, 
  which 
  not 
  only 
  recognized 
  a 
  dependence 
  

   on 
  Wako 
  n 
  'da, 
  but 
  enforced 
  the 
  observance 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  certain 
  

   formalities 
  which 
  secured 
  to 
  each 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  an 
  opportunity 
  

   to 
  obtain 
  a 
  share 
  in 
  the 
  game. 
  

  

  As 
  neither 
  the 
  elk 
  nor 
  the 
  deer 
  stood 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  vital 
  relation 
  to 
  

   the 
  people, 
  hunting 
  these 
  animals 
  was 
  attended 
  with 
  less 
  ceremony. 
  

   A 
  party 
  going 
  to 
  find 
  elk 
  was 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  o 
  n 
  'po 
  n 
  ano 
  n 
  fe 
  (umpo 
  n 
  , 
  

   "elk;" 
  ano 
  n 
  (e 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  meaning 
  as 
  wano 
  n 
  'fe). 
  In 
  such 
  a 
  party 
  

   an 
  Pke'cabe 
  enjoyed 
  no 
  special 
  privileges 
  but 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  

   footing 
  as 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  hunters. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  leader, 
  however, 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  initiated 
  the 
  hunting 
  party. 
  Winter 
  was 
  the 
  

   season 
  for 
  elk 
  hunting. 
  Deer 
  also 
  were 
  hunted 
  in 
  the 
  winter, 
  as 
  

   during 
  that 
  season 
  the 
  animals 
  were 
  fat 
  and 
  in 
  good 
  condition. 
  

   When 
  a 
  man 
  went 
  alone 
  for 
  still 
  hunting 
  he 
  used 
  a 
  whistle 
  that 
  

   simulated 
  the 
  cry 
  of 
  the 
  fawn, 
  and 
  thus 
  attracted 
  the 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  

   deer. 
  When 
  a 
  party 
  went 
  out 
  they 
  camped 
  near 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  deer 
  

   were 
  plentiful; 
  the 
  hunters 
  then 
  went 
  off 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  camp. 
  

   On 
  such 
  expeditions 
  boys 
  were 
  sometimes 
  sent 
  into 
  the 
  brush 
  to 
  beat 
  

   up 
  the 
  game 
  for 
  the 
  hunters. 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  animals 
  were 
  alive, 
  and 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  hunt, 
  

   each 
  had 
  its 
  distinctive 
  name, 
  but 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  butchered 
  their 
  

   flesh 
  bore 
  the 
  common 
  name 
  of 
  ta. 
  If 
  the 
  meat 
  was 
  fresh 
  it 
  was 
  

   spoken 
  of 
  as 
  tanuka, 
  "wet 
  meat;" 
  when 
  dried 
  it 
  was 
  simply 
  ta. 
  

  

  RULES 
  OBSERVED 
  IN 
  BUTCHERING 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  customs 
  were 
  observed 
  in 
  cutting 
  up 
  the 
  carcasses 
  

   of 
  the 
  deer, 
  antelope, 
  elk, 
  and 
  buffalo: 
  

  

  After 
  a 
  chase 
  anyone 
  could 
  help 
  in 
  butchering 
  the 
  game. 
  The 
  first 
  

   person 
  to 
  arrive 
  had 
  to 
  set 
  to 
  work 
  at 
  once, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  rights 
  

   of 
  the 
  first 
  helper. 
  Every 
  animal 
  was 
  cut 
  up 
  into 
  certain 
  portions. 
  

  

  