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  INDEX 
  

  

  WakiTiezhcua— 
  Page 
  

  

  information 
  from 
  567 
  

  

  ritual 
  used 
  by 
  571 
  

  

  \Vako»'i>a— 
  

  

  assurance 
  as 
  to 
  buffalo 
  286 
  95 
  96 
  

  

  food 
  offerings 
  1 
  o 
  335-336 
  

  

  general 
  account 
  597-599 
  

  

  in 
  Hethu'shka 
  465,466 
  

  

  in 
  origin 
  of 
  No 
  n 
  'zhi»zho" 
  rite 
  128-129 
  

  

  in 
  Pebble 
  Society 
  ritual 
  570,571 
  

  

  in 
  Ponca 
  legend 
  49 
  

  

  Omaha 
  conception 
  of.. 
  128-129,130,133,134,589 
  

  

  prayer 
  to, 
  on 
  annual 
  buffalo 
  hunt 
  281 
  

  

  references 
  143,160, 
  

  

  208,209,212,239,240,241,278, 
  115, 
  

   it:,. 
  (86.560-561,582, 
  608 
  634 
  635 
  

  

  Wako"'Mo"TI1I"- 
  

  

  accouut 
  of 
  283 
  284 
  

  

  songs 
  obtained 
  from 
  249 
  250 
  

  

  Wakoi'ta 
  inikashiha, 
  group 
  | 
  Quapaw 
  I.. 
  68 
  

  

  Wai.ther, 
  Henry, 
  work 
  of 
  12 
  

  

  Walthill, 
  account 
  of 
  624 
  625 
  642 
  

  

  WANO 
  n 
  'CE, 
  meaning 
  of 
  term 
  271 
  

  

  WANO 
  n 
  'KUGE, 
  Omaha 
  warrior 
  101 
  

  

  WANO 
  n 
  'KUGE 
  3HKONTHA 
  I 
  THO°, 
  batlleat.. 
  101 
  

  

  Wano"'she. 
  See 
  "Soldiers." 
  

  

  \\'AN(t"'XE, 
  significance 
  of 
  term 
  597 
  

  

  Wano"'xe 
  itiiaethe 
  society, 
  description 
  189 
  190 
  

  

  War 
  bonnet, 
  description 
  359, 
  446-448 
  

  

  Warfare— 
  

   aggressiYe 
  — 
  

  

  as 
  a 
  relief 
  from 
  grief 
  594 
  

  

  authorization 
  of 
  war 
  party 
  405-408 
  

  

  departure 
  of 
  war 
  parly 
  415-421 
  

  

  organization 
  of 
  war 
  party 
  408-409 
  

  

  return 
  of 
  war 
  party 
  431-434 
  

  

  significance 
  211,402 
  103 
  

  

  wai°'waxube 
  404-405 
  

  

  authorization 
  142,200 
  

  

  clouded 
  sky 
  emblematic 
  of 
  war 
  392 
  

  

  contents 
  of 
  Tent 
  of 
  War 
  452-458 
  

  

  defensive 
  — 
  

  

  authority 
  for 
  415 
  

  

  departure 
  of 
  war 
  parly 
  426 
  431 
  

  

  in 
  tribal 
  estimation 
  211.431 
  

  

  return 
  of 
  war 
  party 
  432 
  

  

  significance 
  402 
  

  

  under 
  We'zhi"shle 
  gens 
  42.1. 
  154 
  

  

  dispatch 
  of 
  scouts 
  423-126 
  

  

  dress 
  of 
  warriors 
  109 
  111 
  

  

  elk 
  rites 
  associaled 
  with 
  ( 
  Osage 
  i 
  194 
  

  

  ethics 
  -. 
  '."I' 
  603 
  

  

  influence 
  on 
  tribal 
  development 
  402-403 
  

  

  method 
  of 
  fighting 
  427, 
  ill 
  

  

  Ponca 
  war 
  honors 
  ceremony 
  439-441 
  

  

  relation 
  to 
  marriage 
  325 
  

  

  Sacred 
  War 
  Parks... 
  411-415 
  

  

  secondary 
  to 
  peace 
  jil 
  

  

  war 
  ritual 
  (lost) 
  424 
  

  

  W 
  ate'gictu 
  434-448 
  

  

  weapons 
  

  

  we' 
  waa» 
  121-423 
  

  

  Set 
  also 
  Tent 
  of 
  War; 
  Thunder; 
  War 
  

   honors; 
  Wars. 
  

   w 
  w 
  Sonor 
  Packs, 
  property 
  of 
  Thi'xida 
  

   gens 
  ( 
  Ponca) 
  43 
  

  

  War 
  Honors— 
  Page 
  

  

  awarded 
  at 
  Wate'gictu 
  ceremony 
  431 
  

  

  conferring 
  ceremony 
  ( 
  Ponca) 
  43. 
  439-441 
  

  

  counting 
  447-44S 
  

  

  decorations 
  255. 
  358. 
  446-448 
  

  

  in 
  He'dewachi 
  society 
  252 
  

  

  in 
  Iie'thushka 
  society 
  461 
  

  

  in 
  Wa'wa" 
  ceremony 
  398, 
  399-400 
  

  

  reference 
  ; 
  .". 
  I 
  

  

  Set 
  also 
  Wate'gictu, 
  Wathin'ethe. 
  

  

  Warrior, 
  position 
  of, 
  in 
  tribe 
  122-123 
  

  

  YV 
  IRS 
  (OMAHA)— 
  

  

  intratribal 
  99 
  

  

  with 
  Cheyenne 
  and 
  Oto 
  B7 
  

  

  with 
  Oglala 
  100.101 
  

  

  with 
  Pawnee 
  B7,88 
  

  

  with 
  Ponca 
  s; 
  

  

  with 
  Santee 
  and 
  Yankton 
  100 
  

  

  with 
  Sioux 
  100,623 
  

  

  with 
  unknown 
  tribe 
  99 
  

  

  Wa'sa 
  inikashiha, 
  group 
  (Quapaw 
  i 
  68 
  

  

  Washa'be, 
  meaning 
  of 
  term 
  154-155 
  

  

  Washa'be, 
  gens 
  (Ponca)— 
  

  

  account 
  of 
  45 
  

  

  references 
  41 
  . 
  42, 
  48, 
  55. 
  439 
  

  

  Washa'be 
  (staff)— 
  

  

  care 
  of 
  27s 
  

  

  description 
  204-205,276,276 
  

  

  on 
  annual 
  buffalo 
  hunt 
  280. 
  281 
  , 
  282 
  

  

  references 
  208, 
  304 
  

  

  \Y 
  vsiiA'itE, 
  subgens 
  I 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  I 
  

  

  In 
  annual 
  buffalo 
  hunt 
  277,279,283 
  

  

  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Sacred 
  Tent 
  155 
  

  

  washa'be 
  (staff) 
  made 
  by 
  276 
  

  

  Washa'beto", 
  subgens 
  (Ho»'ga), 
  account 
  of. 
  154- 
  

   [55,158-159,205,283 
  

   See 
  also 
  Ho"'gaxti 
  division. 
  

  

  \v 
  vshe'to". 
  subgens 
  i 
  I 
  n 
  shta'cu 
  l, 
  da) 
  

  

  account 
  of 
  186-187, 
  190-194 
  

  

  ceremony 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  115 
  

  

  connection 
  with 
  Turning 
  the 
  Child 
  118 
  

  

  position 
  in 
  hu'thuga 
  122 
  

  

  reference 
  39 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C— 
  

  

  reference 
  136 
  

  

  treaty 
  of 
  (1854) 
  623,626-627,633 
  

  

  treaty 
  of 
  (1865) 
  623-624 
  

  

  Washi'i'iia, 
  acknowledgment 
  to 
  58 
  

  

  Washis'ka 
  athi". 
  See 
  Shell 
  sociei 
  y 
  

  

  Wate'gictu 
  ceremony— 
  

  

  general 
  description 
  434-437 
  

  

  in 
  charge 
  of 
  We'zhi 
  n 
  shte 
  gens 
  142 
  

  

  Ponca 
  war 
  honors 
  ceremony 
  439-441 
  

  

  reference 
  43 
  

  

  '■ 
  The 
  Crow" 
  441-446 
  

  

  war 
  honor 
  decorations 
  438-439 
  

  

  Watha'wa, 
  description 
  497-500 
  

  

  WATHE'XE, 
  application 
  of 
  term 
  219,458,494 
  

  

  WatihY.izhe 
  SUBGENS, 
  account 
  of. 
  148-149,151-153 
  

  

  \YATIU"'ETHE 
  — 
  

  

  count 
  of, 
  in 
  Iio"'hewachi 
  49S-499 
  

  

  description 
  202-206, 
  212. 
  215. 
  495-497 
  

  

  inconnection 
  with 
  Wa'wa 
  6 
  party 
  378 
  

  

  reference 
  208 
  

  

  Wa'thisiinade 
  — 
  

  

  acknowledgment 
  to 
  '(31 
  

  

  remarks 
  of 
  637 
  

  

  