﻿FLETCHER— 
  LA 
  FLESCHE] 
  

  

  SOCIAL 
  LIFE 
  

  

  355 
  

  

  was 
  peculiar. 
  The 
  round 
  dots 
  represent 
  hail. 
  (PI. 
  4!) 
  and 
  fig. 
  79.) 
  It 
  

   will 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  the 
  Nu'xe 
  gens, 
  the 
  people 
  whose 
  rites 
  were 
  

   connected 
  with 
  the 
  hail 
  in 
  both 
  the 
  Ponca 
  and 
  the 
  Osage 
  tribe, 
  

   camped 
  with 
  the 
  gentes 
  which 
  composed 
  the 
  division 
  that 
  represented 
  

   the 
  Upper 
  World; 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  remembered 
  also 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  from 
  

   that 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  tribe 
  (the 
  I 
  n 
  shta'cu 
  n 
  da) 
  that 
  the 
  authority 
  

   of 
  the 
  supernatural 
  was 
  symbolized 
  in 
  the 
  rites 
  that 
  were 
  employed 
  

   in 
  confirming 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  chief. 
  The 
  decoration 
  put 
  on 
  these 
  gar- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  had 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  sacred 
  and 
  responsible 
  char- 
  

   acter 
  of 
  his 
  office. 
  

  

  w 
  ) 
  - 
  r 
  a 
  

  

  

  Wk 
  - 
  i 
  - 
  1&& 
  

  

  

  Wi* 
  1 
  U- 
  1 
  

  

  m 
  ToiJ^B 
  

  

  ■ 
  I 
  li 
  

  

  

  

  1 
  

  

  1* 
  ( 
  

  

  I 
  \ 
  ' 
  

  

  1 
  / 
  J 
  j 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  PIG. 
  80. 
  Sliirt. 
  

  

  The 
  shirt, 
  uno 
  n 
  'zhi 
  n 
  ("to 
  stand 
  in"), 
  figure 
  SO, 
  was 
  generally 
  

   ornamented 
  with 
  bands 
  of 
  embroidery, 
  fringe, 
  or 
  painted 
  devices 
  of 
  

   various 
  kinds. 
  

  

  The 
  moccasins 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  were 
  made 
  without 
  soles 
  and 
  the 
  

   embroidery 
  was 
  confined 
  to 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  foot 
  

   and 
  the 
  flap 
  about 
  the 
  ankle. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  marked 
  difference 
  in 
  

   style 
  between 
  the 
  moccasins 
  worn 
  by 
  men 
  and 
  those 
  which 
  belonged 
  

   to 
  women. 
  

  

  The 
  tunic 
  of 
  the 
  woman 
  was 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  as 
  the 
  shirt 
  

   uno 
  n 
  'zhi 
  n 
  . 
  It 
  was 
  formerly 
  made 
  of 
  two 
  skins 
  fringed 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  

   and 
  tied 
  together 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  hang 
  from 
  the 
  shoulders 
  and 
  leave 
  the 
  

   arms 
  free. 
  The 
  tunic 
  fell 
  below 
  the 
  knee. 
  

  

  