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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [HTH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  tain 
  young 
  men 
  of 
  the 
  tribe, 
  sons 
  of 
  leading 
  warriors, 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  

   out 
  to 
  act 
  as 
  scouts. 
  The 
  herald 
  of 
  the 
  gens 
  was 
  summoned. 
  He 
  

   responded, 
  arrayed 
  in 
  the 
  ceremonial 
  manner 
  — 
  the 
  robe 
  worn 
  with 
  

   the 
  hair 
  outside 
  and 
  a 
  downy 
  eagle's 
  feather 
  fastened 
  to 
  his 
  scalp 
  

   lock. 
  He 
  took 
  the 
  pole 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  Pack 
  Sacred 
  to 
  War, 
  the 
  

   ivai"'waxube, 
  was 
  hung 
  (a 
  crotched 
  stick 
  slightly 
  taller 
  than 
  a 
  man), 
  

   and, 
  going 
  some 
  15 
  feet 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  door 
  of 
  the 
  tent, 
  thrust 
  the 
  

   pointed 
  end 
  into 
  the 
  ground 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  pole 
  stood 
  firm; 
  on 
  it 
  he 
  

   hung 
  the 
  Pack 
  Sacred 
  to 
  War. 
  Then 
  he 
  took 
  his 
  place 
  beside 
  the 
  pole 
  

   with 
  the 
  pack 
  and, 
  leaning 
  on 
  a 
  staff, 
  called 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  

   men 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  selected 
  for 
  scouts, 
  adding: 
  Mo 
  n 
  zho 
  n 
  i 
  n 
  thega 
  

   fo 
  n 
  ga 
  ta 
  yathi 
  n 
  ho! 
  ( 
  mo 
  n 
  zho 
  n 
  , 
  ' 
  ' 
  land 
  ; 
  ' 
  ' 
  iHhega 
  fo 
  n 
  gata, 
  ' 
  ' 
  to 
  examine 
  for 
  

   me;" 
  yatlri 
  n 
  ho, 
  "come 
  hither"), 
  "Come 
  hither, 
  that 
  you 
  may 
  examine 
  

   t 
  he 
  land 
  forme 
  ! 
  ". 
  This 
  command 
  and 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  duty 
  required 
  

   were 
  given 
  after 
  each 
  name 
  called. 
  At 
  the 
  first 
  sound 
  of 
  the 
  herald's 
  

   voice 
  silence 
  fell 
  on 
  the 
  camp. 
  Children 
  were 
  hushed 
  or 
  taken 
  

   within 
  the 
  tents 
  and 
  every 
  ear 
  was 
  strained 
  to 
  catch 
  the 
  words 
  of 
  

   the 
  herald. 
  When 
  he 
  had 
  finished, 
  he 
  returned 
  with 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Pack 
  

   to 
  the 
  tent 
  and 
  placed 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  Meanwhile 
  the 
  men 
  who 
  had 
  

   been 
  summoned 
  did 
  not 
  stop 
  to 
  paint 
  or 
  ornament 
  themselves 
  but 
  

   hastened 
  from 
  their 
  dwellings 
  to 
  the 
  Tent 
  Sacred 
  to 
  War. 
  If 
  anyone 
  

   who 
  was 
  called 
  was 
  thought 
  too 
  young 
  for 
  the 
  task, 
  his 
  father 
  

   responded 
  instead. 
  On 
  their 
  arrival 
  those 
  summoned 
  entered 
  the 
  

   tent 
  and 
  sat 
  in 
  a 
  circle. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  pipes 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Tent 
  Sacred 
  to 
  War 
  have 
  bowls 
  of 
  

   red 
  catlinite, 
  with 
  serrated 
  ornamentations 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  stems 
  of 
  wood, 
  3 
  feet 
  4 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  flat 
  and 
  painted 
  

   (fig. 
  97). 
  On 
  one 
  stem 
  are 
  fastened 
  two 
  narrow 
  strips 
  of 
  skin 
  orna- 
  

   mented 
  with 
  porcupine-quill 
  work, 
  from 
  which 
  depend 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  elk 
  

   hair. 
  The 
  other 
  stem 
  is 
  painted 
  in 
  red 
  and 
  black, 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  red 
  

   down 
  the 
  center, 
  and 
  a 
  border 
  of 
  ten 
  scallops 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  of 
  black; 
  

   the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  nine 
  sections. 
  A 
  black 
  

   seel 
  ion 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  mouthpiece: 
  the 
  next 
  is 
  red, 
  the 
  next 
  black, 
  and 
  so 
  

   on 
  until 
  the 
  red 
  bowl 
  is 
  reached; 
  the 
  last 
  block 
  on 
  the 
  stem, 
  where 
  it 
  

   joins 
  the 
  bowl, 
  is 
  black. 
  The 
  significance 
  of 
  these 
  blocks 
  of 
  red 
  and 
  

   black 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  He'dewachi 
  pole 
  (fig. 
  62), 
  sym- 
  

   bolizing 
  night 
  and 
  day, 
  death 
  and 
  life. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  Pipes 
  Sacred 
  to 
  War 
  were 
  then 
  filled 
  from 
  tobacco 
  kept 
  in 
  

   an 
  elk-skin 
  bag, 
  as 
  the 
  war 
  ritual 
  was 
  recited. 
  This 
  ritual 
  has 
  been 
  lost. 
  

   The 
  pipes 
  were 
  passed 
  about 
  the 
  circle 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  order: 
  One 
  

   started 
  at 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  door 
  and 
  was 
  passed 
  by 
  the 
  left 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  other 
  started 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  was 
  passed 
  by 
  the 
  left 
  to 
  the 
  door. 
  

   The 
  oldest 
  men 
  sat 
  where 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  pipes. 
  

   The 
  smoking 
  was 
  in 
  silence. 
  Every 
  man 
  was 
  obliged 
  to 
  smoke, 
  as 
  

   the 
  act 
  was 
  equivalent 
  to 
  taking 
  an 
  oath 
  to 
  obey 
  the 
  custom 
  and 
  

  

  