﻿INDEX 
  

  

  671 
  

  

  Page 
  

   Wathi'TO''. 
  subdivision 
  (Ho 
  n/ 
  ga), 
  account 
  

  

  of 
  154, 
  157-158 
  

  

  W'ATlKm', 
  office 
  of 
  147,149,275-283 
  

  

  Watc'the, 
  meaning 
  of 
  term 
  342 
  

  

  Wau'waa°, 
  description 
  320-323 
  

  

  Wa'wa» 
  ceremony— 
  

  

  adopted 
  from 
  Arikara 
  112 
  

  

  a 
  ig 
  Ponca 
  400-401 
  

  

  beginning 
  among 
  Omaha 
  376 
  

  

  character 
  of 
  songs 
  382,386 
  388,390-395,400 
  

  

  classed 
  with 
  We'wacpe 
  597 
  

  

  description 
  376-400 
  

  

  distribution 
  74-75 
  

  

  Omaha 
  and 
  Pawnee 
  versions 
  com 
  pared. 
  . 
  377, 
  

  

  379 
  Ms 
  

  

  parly 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  378 
  

  

  pipes 
  47, 
  162, 
  375,376-378, 
  380 
  

  

  references 
  43,21 
  1,363, 
  196 
  

  

  «iih 
  another 
  tribe 
  381-400 
  

  

  WAXTHE'XETO", 
  meaning 
  of 
  term 
  221 
  

  

  WAXTHE'XETO", 
  SUbgCUS 
  (Ho"'ga) 
  — 
  

  

  account 
  of 
  154,156-158 
  

  

  connection 
  wilh 
  Sacred 
  Pole.. 
  . 
  205,221,230,273 
  

  

  Waxthe'xe 
  xigithe 
  ceremony- 
  

   meaning 
  of 
  term 
  230 
  

  

  reference 
  219 
  

  

  Wazha'zhe, 
  as 
  a 
  name... 
  38,40 
  

  

  Wazha'zhe— 
  

  

  gens(Kansa) 
  67 
  

  

  gens 
  ( 
  I'onca) 
  41,42,45-46,47,49,56,309 
  

  

  kinship 
  group 
  (Osage) 
  58,59,62,63 
  

  

  St 
  i 
  also 
  names 
  of 
  subgentes. 
  

  

  Wazha'zhe 
  (tribe). 
  See 
  Osage. 
  

  

  Wazha'zhew'adaioga, 
  acknowledgment 
  to.. 
  58 
  

  

  Waziip'agthe, 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  punishment 
  216,497, 
  

  

  583-584,602 
  

  

  Wazrp'ga, 
  story 
  of 
  477,478 
  

  

  \Vazw"'i;a 
  inikashiiia, 
  group 
  (Quapaw)... 
  68 
  

  

  WAZHTa'GA 
  INIKASI1IKTTIIE, 
  gens 
  ( 
  Kansa).. 
  . 
  67 
  

  

  Wazhp'qa 
  itaziii, 
  subgens 
  (Tha'tada)— 
  

  

  account 
  of 
  159, 
  160-161,164-165 
  

  

  reference 
  161 
  . 
  365 
  

  

  Wazhp'thethe, 
  help 
  through 
  willpower... 
  497, 
  

  

  583 
  584,602 
  

   Weapons— 
  

  

  description 
  448-452 
  

  

  introduction 
  of 
  guns 
  617 
  

  

  manufacture 
  338 
  

  

  Padouca 
  79 
  

  

  property 
  in 
  363 
  

  

  See 
  also 
  Arrows, 
  Bows, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Weather 
  signs, 
  examples 
  112 
  

  

  Weaving, 
  description 
  347 
  348 
  

  

  We'hasiina, 
  account 
  of 
  122-128 
  

  

  we'gac, 
  iapi, 
  account 
  of 
  50,439 
  

  

  We'ku 
  feast, 
  account 
  of 
  496 
  

  

  Western 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Indian 
  Tribes, 
  

  

  reference 
  622-623 
  

  

  We'to° 
  waa° 
  — 
  

  

  description 
  421—123 
  

  

  reference 
  583 
  

  

  We'wacpe 
  rites, 
  account 
  of 
  596-597,602,607 
  

  

  We'zhp.shte 
  gens— 
  

  

  funeral 
  customs 
  144, 
  358,689 
  

  

  general 
  account 
  142-145 
  

  

  in 
  charge 
  of 
  ( 
  !edar 
  I 
  'ole 
  457 
  

  

  We'zhi»shte 
  gens— 
  Continued. 
  Page 
  

  

  in 
  charge 
  of 
  war 
  rites.. 
  122, 
  196,200-201,423, 
  I 
  A 
  

  

  in 
  llc'dewachi 
  258 
  

  

  part 
  in 
  dispatch 
  of 
  scouts 
  42.5 
  

  

  part 
  in 
  establishing 
  Ninl'bato"" 
  divisions. 
  201 
  

  

  personal 
  names 
  145-146 
  

  

  position 
  in 
  hu'thuga 
  122,141 
  

  

  recapitulation 
  194 
  

  

  references 
  42,160 
  

  

  tabu 
  194 
  

  

  Wheat 
  

  

  cultivation 
  635 
  

  

  introduction 
  620 
  

  

  reference 
  633 
  

  

  Whistle, 
  description 
  371 
  , 
  377 
  

  

  Whtte 
  Buffalo 
  Hide, 
  Sa 
  

  

  account 
  of 
  283-286 
  

  

  associated 
  with 
  Sacred 
  Pule 
  229 
  

  

  gifts 
  to 
  205 
  

  

  keeper 
  208 
  

  

  on 
  annual 
  buffalo 
  hunt 
  278, 
  280, 
  2S1, 
  283 
  

  

  references 
  155,16(1,262,509 
  

  

  riles 
  596 
  

  

  ritual 
  232,249,286 
  309 
  

  

  tent 
  154,194 
  195,282,283,284 
  286 
  

  

  White 
  Eagle 
  (Ponca)— 
  

  

  account 
  of 
  49-50 
  

  

  narrative 
  by 
  49, 
  216 
  

  

  White 
  river, 
  S. 
  Dak., 
  reference 
  85 
  

  

  Whites, 
  the 
  - 
  

  

  contact 
  with 
  si 
  B2, 
  114, 
  611-612 
  

  

  influence 
  29-30. 
  .519, 
  620 
  622 
  

  

  work 
  of 
  missionaries 
  625 
  629 
  

  

  See 
  also 
  names 
  of 
  nationalities 
  1 
  English, 
  

   French, 
  etc. 
  1; 
  Traders. 
  

  

  Wichita, 
  Omaha 
  name 
  for 
  102 
  

  

  Wild 
  rose, 
  medicinal 
  use 
  58 
  t 
  

  

  Wind 
  People. 
  See 
  Kansa. 
  

  

  Wish 
  subgens. 
  Sec 
  Tade'ala. 
  

  

  Winds— 
  

  

  life-giving 
  power 
  of 
  45, 
  198,578,587 
  

  

  in 
  ceremony 
  of 
  Turning 
  the 
  Child.. 
  117,119 
  121 
  

  

  in 
  Osage 
  legend 
  113 
  

  

  reference 
  199 
  

  

  rites 
  connected 
  with 
  66,169 
  

  

  Winnebago— 
  

  

  augury 
  by 
  415 
  

  

  name 
  applied 
  to 
  English 
  by 
  611 
  

  

  Omaha 
  name 
  for 
  102 
  

  

  references 
  78,581 
  

  

  reservation 
  for 
  623-624 
  . 
  625 
  

  

  Wlssler, 
  Dr. 
  Clark, 
  permit 
  requested 
  by.. 
  11 
  

  

  Witchcraft, 
  absent 
  from 
  Omaha 
  583,602 
  

  

  Wolf— 
  

  

  as 
  helper 
  of 
  man 
  (Omaha 
  Ponca) 
  145-446 
  

  

  in 
  war 
  honor 
  deeoral 
  ions 
  441, 
  442 
  

  

  special 
  connection 
  with 
  man 
  512 
  

  

  symbolism 
  of 
  171 
  

  

  Wolfskin, 
  in 
  Sacred 
  War 
  Pack 
  (13 
  U5 
  

  

  Wolf 
  songs, 
  in 
  war 
  parties 
  410-411 
  

  

  Woman's 
  songs, 
  description 
  320 
  323 
  

  

  WOMEN 
  — 
  

  

  amusements 
  366 
  367 
  369 
  370 
  

  

  animals 
  specially 
  connected 
  with 
  512 
  

  

  as 
  u'zhus 
  in 
  Shell 
  society 
  516 
  

  

  bearers 
  of 
  "mark 
  of 
  honor" 
  325.327,509 
  

  

  clothing 
  355-356, 
  360,519, 
  616 
  

  

  