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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [eth. 
  axx. 
  27 
  

  

  the 
  Thunder 
  and 
  the 
  attendant 
  storms. 
  The 
  wolf 
  and 
  the 
  crow 
  

   were 
  not 
  only 
  connected 
  with 
  carnage 
  but 
  they 
  had 
  a 
  mythical 
  rela- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  "soldiers," 
  the 
  designation 
  given 
  to 
  certain 
  

   men 
  on 
  the 
  annual 
  tribal 
  hunt, 
  who 
  acted 
  as 
  marshals 
  and 
  kept 
  the 
  

   people 
  and 
  the 
  hunters 
  in 
  order 
  during 
  the 
  surround 
  of 
  the 
  herd. 
  

   These 
  men 
  were 
  chosen 
  from 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  wear 
  "the 
  

   Crow" 
  and 
  this 
  regalia 
  was 
  generally 
  worn 
  at 
  that 
  time. 
  It 
  was 
  worn 
  

   also 
  at 
  certain 
  ceremonial 
  dances. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  ritual, 
  secured 
  in 
  1S96 
  from 
  an 
  old 
  Ponca 
  chief 
  (pi. 
  

   56) 
  who 
  has 
  since 
  died, 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Ponca 
  when 
  soldiers 
  were 
  

   appointed 
  for 
  the 
  tribal 
  hunt, 
  throws 
  light 
  on 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  the 
  crow 
  

   and 
  the 
  wolf 
  to 
  the 
  hunter 
  as 
  the 
  provider 
  of 
  food 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  war- 
  

   rior 
  as 
  the 
  protector 
  of 
  the 
  people. 
  

  

  1. 
  He! 
  u'thito" 
  thakishkaxa 
  bado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  2. 
  U'shko" 
  thakishkaxe 
  tabado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  3. 
  Ni'kagahi, 
  ecka 
  

  

  4. 
  He! 
  \Yano"she 
  thakishpahi 
  bado 
  n 
  , 
  ecka 
  

  

  5. 
  He! 
  Sho"'to"ganuga 
  thathi 
  n 
  she 
  tbo 
  n 
  , 
  ecka 
  

  

  6. 
  Wano 
  n 
  she 
  thanudo 
  n 
  ho 
  n 
  ga 
  abado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  7. 
  Ka'xenuga 
  thathi 
  n 
  she 
  tho 
  n 
  , 
  ecka 
  

  

  8. 
  Wano"she 
  thanudo 
  n 
  ho 
  n 
  ga 
  abado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  9. 
  He! 
  gaci'ge 
  shna 
  bado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  10. 
  Gaci'ge 
  ke 
  tho 
  n 
  a'gaxthe 
  thisho" 
  mo"zhni" 
  ado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  11. 
  Sho 
  n 
  'to 
  n 
  ganuga 
  thathi 
  n 
  she 
  tho", 
  ecka 
  

  

  12. 
  I°deco" 
  tho" 
  t.i 
  ti 
  uthagaci 
  titi 
  rno°zhni" 
  ado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  13. 
  Ci"'de 
  ke 
  thiaathiko" 
  ego 
  n 
  mo 
  n 
  zhni 
  n 
  ado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  14. 
  He! 
  Ka'xenuga 
  thathi"she 
  tho", 
  ecka 
  

  

  15. 
  Nu'dehi" 
  gacaca 
  ego" 
  mo"zhni" 
  ado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  16. 
  Ni'kashiga 
  Ho! 
  ethabiwathe 
  ego" 
  mo"zhni 
  n 
  ado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  17. 
  Utha'gthaa 
  tigthagtha 
  mo"zhni 
  n 
  ado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  18. 
  Thaki'gthico"tha 
  the 
  thatha 
  agaxthe 
  thisho" 
  ke 
  thithe 
  xti 
  mo"zhni 
  n 
  abado 
  n 
  , 
  ecka 
  

  

  19. 
  Wani'ta 
  tho"tho", 
  ecka 
  

  

  20. 
  Thue 
  xti 
  titho" 
  gaxa 
  bado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  21. 
  Thi 
  shkaxe 
  eshe 
  abado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  22. 
  He! 
  Wani'ta 
  tho"tho", 
  ecka 
  

  

  23. 
  Wiaxchi 
  nhtiwo" 
  gthe 
  tha 
  bazhi 
  ba, 
  ecka 
  

  

  24. 
  Co 
  n 
  co"de 
  xti, 
  ecka 
  

  

  25. 
  T'ewatha 
  bado 
  n 
  , 
  egka 
  

  

  26. 
  He! 
  Wai" 
  agtha 
  bado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  27. 
  Ushko"' 
  ke 
  tho", 
  ecka 
  

  

  28. 
  A'gaxthe 
  thisho" 
  ke, 
  ecka 
  

  

  29. 
  Mo°zhni 
  n 
  'ado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  30. 
  Thiu'de 
  agthe 
  u\vatu"ga. 
  ecka 
  

  

  31. 
  Tet'e 
  ke 
  tho", 
  ecka 
  

  

  32. 
  A'shpae 
  itho"tho" 
  bado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  33. 
  Thi'lo"thi 
  n 
  xti 
  paho"'ga 
  thagthate 
  ithiko 
  n 
  tha 
  bado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  34. 
  Ushte'o"tha 
  agthai 
  ke 
  tho" 
  shnata 
  bado 
  n 
  , 
  ecka 
  

  

  35. 
  Zhi"ga 
  thego" 
  xti 
  awa'gipaxe 
  ko"btha 
  tho", 
  ecka 
  

  

  36. 
  U'zhawa 
  xti 
  awagi 
  paxe 
  tho"zha 
  wiewamo" 
  athi"he 
  eslie 
  abado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  37. 
  \\'i'to"thi" 
  i 
  ithagite 
  athi"he 
  tho"zha, 
  ecka 
  

  

  38. 
  Zhi"ga, 
  ecka 
  

  

  39. 
  No 
  n/ 
  de 
  giudo" 
  xti 
  awa'gipaxe 
  athi"he 
  eshe 
  abado", 
  ecka 
  

  

  