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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [eth. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  "sisters" 
  (p. 
  474). 
  At 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  Seven 
  duty 
  to 
  the 
  

   tribe 
  was 
  ceremonially 
  recognized 
  by 
  a 
  formal 
  mention 
  of 
  kinship 
  

   terms 
  between 
  the 
  members. 
  The 
  same 
  practice 
  obtained 
  in 
  several 
  

   of 
  the 
  societies 
  within 
  the 
  tribe. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Omaha 
  language 
  the 
  term 
  for 
  relationship, 
  or 
  the 
  accent 
  on 
  

   the 
  word, 
  was 
  varied 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  sex 
  of 
  the 
  speaker 
  and 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  his 
  or 
  her 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  person 
  spoken 
  of, 
  as 
  (1) 
  when 
  a 
  father 
  

   or 
  mother 
  was 
  spoken 
  to 
  by 
  a 
  son, 
  (2) 
  when 
  addressed 
  by 
  a 
  daughter, 
  

   (3) 
  when 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  a 
  male 
  relative, 
  (4) 
  when 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  a 
  

   female 
  relative, 
  and 
  (5) 
  when 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  a 
  person 
  not 
  a 
  relative. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  sets 
  forth 
  these 
  distinctions: 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  first-born 
  male 
  child 
  was 
  called 
  I"gthO"; 
  the 
  first-born 
  female, 
  Wihi. 
  Both 
  these 
  names 
  are 
  old 
  

   and 
  untranslatable 
  terms; 
  they 
  were 
  strictly 
  " 
  baby 
  names 
  " 
  and 
  were 
  " 
  thrown 
  away 
  " 
  at 
  the 
  ceremony 
  

   of 
  Turning 
  the 
  Child 
  and 
  bestowal 
  of 
  the 
  ni'kie 
  name 
  (pp. 
  117, 
  136). 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  otherspecial 
  " 
  baby 
  

   names" 
  in 
  use 
  among 
  the 
  Omaha. 
  

  

  