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  SOCIAL 
  LIFE 
  

  

  365 
  

  

  them 
  for 
  hawks, 
  tumbled 
  into 
  the 
  grass 
  to 
  hide, 
  only 
  to 
  be 
  caught 
  

   by 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  boys. 
  One 
  lad 
  was 
  chosen 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  quarry. 
  

   As 
  soon 
  as 
  a 
  bird 
  was 
  caught, 
  it 
  was 
  killed, 
  scalped, 
  and 
  thrown 
  

   at 
  the 
  boy 
  appointed 
  to 
  take 
  charge 
  of- 
  the 
  game; 
  then 
  it 
  was 
  his 
  

   duty 
  to 
  run 
  ahead 
  and 
  fall 
  into 
  the 
  grass 
  as 
  if 
  shot. 
  On 
  rising, 
  he 
  

   took 
  the 
  bird 
  and 
  strung 
  it 
  on 
  his 
  bow 
  string. 
  This 
  little 
  pantomime 
  

   was 
  enacted 
  with 
  every 
  bird 
  caught. 
  When 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  birds 
  had 
  

   been 
  captured, 
  the 
  boys 
  retired 
  to 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  they 
  could 
  roast 
  

  

  

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  Fig. 
  83. 
  Group 
  of 
  Omaha 
  boys. 
  

  

  the 
  birds 
  and 
  enjoy 
  a 
  feast. 
  Boys 
  of 
  the 
  Wazhi 
  n 
  'ga 
  itazhi 
  subgens 
  

   of 
  the 
  Tha'tada 
  gens 
  could 
  join 
  in 
  the 
  sport 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  touch 
  the 
  

   birds 
  or 
  share 
  in 
  the 
  feast, 
  as 
  small 
  birds 
  were 
  tabu 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  In 
  winter 
  the 
  boys 
  played 
  whip 
  top. 
  They 
  made 
  their 
  own 
  tops 
  

   out 
  of 
  wood. 
  Sometimes 
  a 
  round-pointed 
  stone 
  served 
  as 
  a 
  top, 
  

   and 
  was 
  spun 
  on 
  the 
  smooth 
  ice. 
  

  

  Aball 
  game 
  called 
  tabe'gafi 
  (tabe, 
  "ball;" 
  graci, 
  "to 
  toss 
  by 
  striking"), 
  

   which 
  resembles 
  somewhat 
  the 
  game 
  known 
  as 
  shinny, 
  was 
  played 
  by 
  

  

  