156 THE OSAGE TRIBE [eth. ann. 36 



Wa-zha'-zhe Wa-no" (Wa-zha'-zlic War gens). Arrow shafts, seven 



in number. 

 Tse'-(lo-ga P-dse (Buffalo face gens). Buffalo skin for ceronioiiial 



moccasins. 

 Wa'-tse-tsi Wa-shta'-ge (Ho^'-ga Peace gens) . E-dsi-u'-gthi°, sit as a 



symbol. 

 Mi-k'i°' (Sun and moon people). E-dsi-u-gthi". 

 Ho°'-ga U-ta-no°-dsi (Isolated Ho"'-ga). E-dsi-u'-gthi". 

 Ho"' I-ni-ka-shi-ga (Night people). E-dsi-u'-gthi". 

 Ho^'-ga U-ga-sho" (Ilo°'-ga Eagle gens). White plume, downy eagle 



feather. 

 Ni'-ka Wa-ko°-da-gi (Men of Mystery). E-dsi-u'-gthi°. 

 Wa-fa'-be (Ho^'-ga Black Bear gens). Mo°'-hi°, Knife. 

 Tho'-xe (Buffalo Bull gens). Wa-to"'-^! wa-mo°-dse, seed com. 

 0'-pxo° (Elk gens). Mo°'-pe-e, iron hoe, and I'-ga-mo", eagle down. 



^ The enumerations given by fse-zhi^'-ga-wa-da-i^-ga (Tho'-xe gens) 

 and by Wa-tse'-mo°-i° (Wa-^a'-be gens) indicate that each gens has 

 its own version of the Wa-the'-the ceremony. In the enumeration 

 given by Tse-zhi°'-ga-wa-da-i''-ga the symbol he sends to the-Tsi'-zhu 

 Wa-no° is aMo^'-hi^-fpe, battle-ax, a modern weapon substituted for 

 the ancient one called I'-tsi", " a club to strike with." (For explana- 

 tion of the substitution and for the story of the I'-tsi", see lines 182 to 

 292 of the Wi'-gi-e To-'-ga of the Tsi'-zhu Wa-no"; also lines 139 to 

 292 of the Wa-sha'-be A-thi° version of the same wi'-gire, to be given 

 in a later volume. Wa-tse'-mo^-i", in his enumeration, sends to the 

 fsi'-zhu Wa-no° a Mo°'-ge tse-ha-wa-gtho", breast shield. (For the 

 story of the symbolic breast-shield, see Ki'-no" Wi'-gi-e, lines 24 to 

 44, and lines 529 to 549 of the Wi'-gi-e To°-ga of the Tsi'-zhu Wa-no°.) 



Nl'-KI Wl'-GI-ES OF THE F-GTHO'*'-GA, Wa-^a'-BE AND THE Ho^'-GA 



A-Hiu-To'' Gentes of the Ho'^'-ga Subdivision 



Tse-zhi'"-ga-wa-da-i°-ga sends to the fa' I-ni-ka-shi-ga, Deer gens, 

 of the Wa-zha'-zhe subdivision seven symbolic arrow shafts. Wa- 

 tse'-mo^-i" sends the arrow shafts to the Wa-zha'-zhe Wa-no" gens, 

 the chief war gens of the Wa-zha'-zhe subdivision. (For story of the 

 seven symbolic arrows, see wi'-gi-e of the Ho°'-ga A-hiu-to°, Eagle 

 gens, given by Wa-tse'-mo°-i°, lines 237 to 527.) 



At the close of the Wa-the'-the ceremony the A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka and 

 the members of each of the gentes to whom fees were sent recite, 

 simultaneously, their wi'-gi-es. The A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka, when the 

 degree is being conferred by the I''-gtho°'-ga gens, usually begins with 

 Une 1199 of his wi'-gi-e, but if he is a personal friend of the candi- 

 date, or if he is pleased with the ciualily of his share of the fees, he 

 will recite from line 1 of the wi'-gi-e and continue to the end, thus 

 giving to the candidate the full story. 



