66 THE OSAGE TRIBE Ieth. ann. 36 



the earth. During this ])crio(i the tribe was in a continual state of 

 confusion from external and internal disturbances. In order to pre- 

 serve the tribal existence, a movem(>nt toward n^organizatioii became 

 necessary, aiid in time such a movement was initiated by the Wa-zha'- 

 zhe, a subdivi-ion of the great Ho"'-ga division. 



In this reorganization certain offices were established and distrib- 

 uted as follows: To the Ho^'-ga lT-ta-no"-(lsi was given thc^ j)riestly 

 office of keeping the house wherein the children of all the people were 

 initiated into the tribal life and given their gentile personal name-. 

 To tlie Ho"'-ga, a subdivision of the great Ho°'-ga division, was given 

 the office of keeping the house wherein the ceremonies pertaining to 

 war were to be conducted. This house was placed in the direct keep- 

 ing of the Wa-(?a'-be gens and the I"-gtho"'-ga gens, both of which 

 were related gentes. The authority for the initiation of all war move- 

 ments was conferred upon these four tribal divisions: Wa-fa'-be, 

 Wa-zha'-zhe, Tsi'-zhu, Ho°'-ga U-ta-no°-dsi, each having an eagle 

 for its war symbol. The authority with which they were vested in- 

 cluded the management of the tribal hunting expeditions. Such 

 was the first stage of the development of the military branch of the 

 tribal government. 



The reorganized government proved effective in the maintenance 

 of peace and order within the tribe and in upholding the dignity of 

 the people as an organized body, but it was burdened with ceremonial 

 forms which did not admit of the prompt action often necessary for 

 moving against aggressive and troublesome enemies. 



The No°'-ho''-zhi"-ga, becoming conscious of this defect, again made 

 a "move to a new country" to bring their organization to final com- 

 pletion. In this second move the various gentes of the tribe were 

 empowered to organize war parties in three classes, as follows: 



1. A war party composed of the warriors from the gentes of one of 

 the two great divisions. 



2. A war party made up of two or more of the gentes of one of the 

 two great divisions. 



3. A war party organized by one gens. 



War parties of the first two classes were called Tsi'-ga-xa Do-do°; 

 Tsi'-ga-xa probably meaning Outside of the House of Myster\^; 

 Do-do", War Party — i. e., war part)' organized outside of the House 

 of Mystery. War parties of the third class were called Wa-xo'-be 

 U-ko"-dsi; Wa-xo-be, the Sacred Hawk; U-ko°-dsi, Isolated; An Iso- 

 lateil Wa-xo'-be. War parties of these three classes were not recpiired 

 to observe the tedious ceremonial forms prescribed for the war parties 

 organized under the rule of the four divisions. Under this new move- 

 ment ea<h gens of the tribe was given a hawk wa-xo'-be for cere- 

 monial purposes. This was the second stage in the development of 

 the military branch of the tribal government. (See chart, fig. 2.) 



