ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



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1. Map of parts of Vernon and Bates Counties, Missouri 44 



2. Photograph of Sho "'-to "-fa-be 45 



3. The Wa-xo'-be 64 



4. a, Portable shrine, outer case, b, Complete portable shrine 65 



5. Portable shrine, inner case 72 



6. Fresh-water mussel and shell gorget 73 



7. a, Cedar; 6, Deer 96 



8. a. Otter; b, Beaver; c, Buffalo bull 97 



9. a, Golden eagle; 6, Hawk 104 



10. Black bear 105 



11. a, Puma; 6, Male elk 108 



12. a, Sagittaria latifolia; b, Nelumbo lutea; c, Glycine apios; tf, Falcata comosa. 109 



13. a. Crawfish; 6, Pileated woodpecker; c, Buffalo bull face 116 



14. Ratibida columnaris 117 



15. Photograph of Wa-xthi'-zhi 152 



16. Photograph of Wa-thu'-ts'-a-ga-zhi 153 



17. a, Pipe; b, War club 196 



18. Photograph of Wa-tse'-mo"-i" 197 



19. Photograph of Xu-tha'-wa-tC-i" 238 



20. Heart-sack pouch and captive strap 239 



21. The Poppy Mallow and the Blazing Star 280 



22. Photograph of iIo"-zho°-a'-ki-da 284 



23. Photograph of Wa'-thu-xa-ge 285 



TEXT FIGURES 



1. Map of Osage County, Oklahoma, showing locations of villages 46 



2. Movements of tribal divisions and gentes 60 



3. Camps of the two great divisions of the tribe 69 



4. Pelican 85 



5. Snapping turtle 92 



6. Cat-tail 93 



7. Bow and two arrows 99 



8. Conventional Osage design of the spider 102 



9. Rising sun, showing sj-mbolic rays 119 



10. Burden-strap 153 



11. The water beetle 222 



12. The water spider 223 



13. The water strider 223 



14. The leech 224 



15. White swan 230 



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