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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [kth. 
  ann. 
  27 
  

  

  Fishing 
  

  

  The 
  streams 
  and 
  lakes 
  accessible 
  to 
  the 
  Omaha 
  abounded 
  in 
  fish, 
  

   which 
  were 
  much 
  liked 
  as 
  food. 
  Men, 
  women, 
  and 
  children 
  engaged 
  

   in 
  the 
  pursuit 
  of 
  catching 
  fish; 
  while 
  greatly 
  enjoyed, 
  it 
  could 
  hardly 
  

   be 
  called 
  sport, 
  for 
  it 
  was 
  engaged 
  in 
  for 
  a 
  very 
  practical 
  purpose. 
  

   The 
  names 
  of 
  fish 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  tribe 
  are 
  given 
  on 
  page 
  106. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  learned 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  fishhooks 
  of 
  native 
  manufac- 
  

   ture, 
  but 
  small 
  fish 
  were 
  caught 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  device 
  called 
  tako 
  n 
  'lio 
  n 
  - 
  

   tha 
  cm'cZe,made 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Three 
  or 
  four 
  strings 
  having 
  bait 
  tied 
  at 
  one 
  

   end 
  were 
  fastened 
  by 
  the 
  other 
  end, 
  about 
  6 
  inches 
  apart, 
  to 
  a 
  slender 
  

   but 
  tough 
  stick; 
  a 
  cord 
  of 
  twisted 
  hair 
  tied 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  this 
  stick 
  

   was 
  attached 
  to 
  a 
  stout 
  pole. 
  This 
  was 
  thrown 
  into 
  the 
  stream, 
  and 
  

   often 
  as 
  many 
  fish 
  as 
  there 
  were 
  lines 
  were 
  caught 
  and 
  landed. 
  This 
  

   style 
  of 
  fishing 
  was 
  called 
  Jiuga'fi, 
  a 
  name 
  now 
  applied 
  to 
  fishing 
  with 
  

   hook 
  and 
  line. 
  As 
  the 
  name 
  implies, 
  the 
  bait 
  usually 
  consisted 
  of 
  bits 
  

   of 
  meat 
  (hu'tazhu). 
  

  

  Fish 
  were 
  sometimes 
  shot 
  or 
  speared. 
  The 
  former 
  method 
  of 
  

   taking 
  them 
  was 
  termed 
  huki'de 
  (hu, 
  "fish;" 
  Ici'de, 
  "to 
  shoot"); 
  

   spearing 
  fish 
  was 
  termed 
  Jiuzlia'he. 
  Another 
  mode 
  of 
  fishing 
  was 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  movable 
  weir 
  of 
  willows 
  tied 
  together, 
  taken 
  into 
  

   deep 
  water 
  by 
  a 
  company 
  of 
  men 
  or 
  women, 
  some 
  holding 
  the 
  ends 
  

   upright 
  and 
  others 
  the 
  center; 
  all 
  would 
  walk 
  up 
  the 
  stream 
  pushing 
  

   this 
  fence 
  of 
  willows 
  before 
  them 
  and 
  so 
  drive 
  the 
  fish 
  into 
  shallow 
  

   water 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  shot, 
  speared, 
  or 
  caught 
  by 
  the 
  hand. 
  The 
  

   willow 
  weir 
  was 
  called 
  hu'biyide, 
  and 
  this 
  manner 
  of 
  fishing, 
  liu'koHha. 
  

  

  