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THE OSAGE TRIBE 



[BTH. ANN. 36 



over his shoulder and in the same manner passed the word to the 

 Tsi'-zhu. 



Overhearing the words cautiously spoken by the Wa-zha'-zhe 

 leader and his followers, the people of the village sent a messenger 

 to inquire who those strangers were and what was their mission. On 

 the invitation of the messenger the Wa-zha'-zhe alone entered the 

 village, for the Ho°'-ga and the Tsi'-zhu declined to follow because 

 they had noticed with revulsion that the bones of animals and of 



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Fig. 2. — Movements of tribal divisions and gentes. Tliis chart is from a rough sketch drawn by Wa- 

 xthi'-zhi to illustrate the allegorical story of the organization ot the Osage tribal government. 



No. 1 in the diagram indicates the place occupied by the Hon'-ga U-fa-noo-dsi where they were found by 

 the group called Wa-zha'-zhe who possess Seven Fireplaces. 



No. 2 indicates the place to which the Ho»'-ga U-ta-no»-dsi moved at the request of the Wa-zha'-zhe who 

 possess Seven Fireplaces; at this place came the people called Ilc'-ga who possess Seven Fireplaces. 

 Later came the people called fsi'-zhu, including the Tho'-xe and the Ni'-ka Wa-ko"-da-gi. These six 

 groups here formed a council that established the military branch of the government and the great 

 warpath. 



No. 3 indicates the place to which all the people moved and at which the war rites were reorganized and 

 the small warpath established. 



Nos. 4 and 5 Indicate another place to which all the people moved and where the civil branch of the 

 government was organized. Here were formed two new gentes from which two hereditary chiefs 

 were to be chosen, one for the Tsi'-zhu and the other for the Ho°'-ga Great Division. Rules and rites 

 were also formulated for the maintenance of peace and order within the tribe. 



men lay scattered and bleaching around the village. It was the 

 • village of death to which they had come, when they had been seeking 

 for life. 



The Wa-zha'-zhe leader was conducted to the house of the leader 

 of the strange people and there the two men exchanged words in 

 friendly terms. The Wa-zha'-zhe presented a ceremonial pipe to 

 the leader of this strange village, who in turn gave a pipe to the 

 Wa-zha'-zhe, and then the two leadei^s conversed freely about the 

 life and customs of their peopl&s. In the course of their conversa- 

 tion the Wa^zha'-zhe said that he belonged to a people who called 

 themselves Ho°'-ga, whereupon the stranger said: "I also am a 



