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 Tunica language, grammatical sketch of-. . 13 

 Turtle Carrier gens. See Ke'-e'I" gens. 



Vigil to send courage 193-194 



Vigils, Songs of the 106-110 



Wa-ca'-ee, a tribal division 83,205 



Wa-^a'-be gens — 



keepers of the Mystic House 218 



mention of 68,77,213 



office belonging to 92 



symbol of.. 50 



wi'-gi-e belonging to 46, 154 



Wa'-do°-be — 



fees given to 181-182 



honors accorded to _ 182 



military honors of 67-68 



office of 67 



songs referring to 147-148 



valorous deeds recounted by 172 



Wailing, as a ceremony 54,244 



Wa-Ke'-the-stse-dse gens, office of 93 



Wa-ko"'-da, the creative power 38 



belief in -. 67 



power of-. - 310 



supplications to . . 41, 42, 58, 107, 109, 111-114, 188 



Walhalla Plateau, reconnaissance in 21-22 



War club, songs of symbols on 230 



War customs 41,58,61,92,98 



War gentes ..- 243 



War organization as typified by symbolic 



man 304 



War party— 



authority to organize 345 



office of leader of 107 



organization of 205,294 



See Do-DC'-HOi-GA. 

 Water— 



a symbol of health 238 



songs for crossing. 312 



Water chinquapin, a sacred food 195 



See Nelumbo lutea. 

 Wa-thu'-ts'a-ga-zhi, the father of Wa-sthi'- 



zhi --- 154 



Wa'-thu-xa-ge, an informant 183,260 



Wa-tse'-mo^-i", an informant 154, 196,213 



Wa-xo'-be— 



name of the Sacred Hawk 89,94 



position of, as an omen 370 



songs connected with 369 



Wa-xthi'-zhi, an informant.-. 46.83,96, 



131, 136, 1.54, 170, 178. 196. 203, 213 

 Wa-zha'-zhe — 



a tribal division 82.83,205 



gentes belonging to 84 



Wa-zha'-zhe seven fireplaces, place of, in 

 ceremony 84 



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Wa-zha'-zhe Wa-no° gens — 



a gens of the Ho»'-ga division 43 



a war gens 243 



symbol of. -. 50 



wi'-gi-e of ._ 154 



Weeping Songs 137-138 



Widows — 



customs concerning 54,238 



wi'-gi-e used at installation of... 238-242 



Wl'-GI-E— 



first smoking 54 



Ki'-no° 71-72 



of slipping ofl moccasins 84-85 



of the Black Bear gens. 154-164 



of the charcoal 214 



of the dreams 138-144 



of the guardians of the penalties 44-46 



of the mussel 252-253 



of the symbolic firewood... 223 



of the symbolic moccasin 63-66, 248-250 



of the symbolic painting 74-76 



of the Wa-zha'-zhe Wa-no" gens 164-170 



penalty, of all gentes 47-49 



penalty, of theNi'-ka Wa-koo-da-gigens. 51-52 



recited by the Puma gens 148-154 



second smoking... 59 



sun-ray- 170-171 



used at installation of widow 238-242 



Willow saplings, use of, in ceremony 148. 276 



Willow thee, a symbol oflife- -- 195 



Winds, four — 



appeals to, for aid 281 



in religious rites -- -- 309 



Wolf — 



mystic traits of 290 



story concerning- 124 



Wolf Songs 124-127,290-294 



Woman— 



appeal by, for aid- 284 



ceremonial duty of 42 



ceremony performed by - - 284, 285 



duty of 288 



instructions to 192-195, 283-284 



part taken by, in ceremony 54,302 



position of, in tribe 302 



religious significance of duties of 288 



Wood, Songs of Gathering 220 



Wristbands, woven, ceremonial use of. . 251, 257 



Xo'-KA — 



ceremony of painting and decorating-- 251-257 



office of --- 43 



painting of the 72-73 



symbolic adornment of 73-74,85-86 



Xu-THA'-WA-'ro"-i", death of 170 



ZuSi, excavations near -. 10 



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