LAFLBSCHE] CHILD-NAMING RITE 39 



of value to each head of the gentes taking part in the child-naming 

 ceremony. It is understood by these ceremonial acts that the mem- 

 bers of the gens to whose head is sent a fee are requested to recite the 

 wi'-gi-e relating to the Life Symbol of their gens. Each article is 

 received from the hands of the A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka by the Sho'-ka who 

 delivers it to the head of the gens for whom it is sent. 



Wa-xthi'-zhi, who gives this child-naming ritual of his gens, the 

 Puma, when acting as A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka, sends the fees in the following 

 order : 



Tsi'-zhu Wa-shta-ge: Fee, with a red downy eagle feather, sym- 

 bolizing the sun. The members of the gens will recite their wi'-gi-e 

 relating to the life-giving power of the sun. (See 36th Ann. Kept. 

 Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 124, lines 1 to 177.) 



Wa-^a'-be: Fee; will recite the Zha'-zhe Ki-to° Wi'-gi-e, Name 

 Wi'-gi-e of the gens. (See 36th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 228, 

 lines 238 to 304.) The Wa-ga'-be and the P-gtho-'-ga gentes are 

 closely related and one acts as Sho'-ka for the other in their cere- 

 monies of initiation into the mysteries of the tribal rites. 



fsi'-zhu Wa-no°: Fee; will recite their wi'-gi-e relating to the life- 

 giving power of the sun, their life symbol. (See 36th Ann. Rept. 

 Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 118, lines 1 to 36.) 



Ho°'-ga A-hiu-to°: Fee; will recite wi'-gi-e relating to the mottled 

 eagle, the "stainless" bird that led the people down* from the sky 

 to the earth. (See 36th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 162, lines 

 177 to 311.) 



Mi-k'i°' Wa-no°: Fee; the members of this gens will recite their 

 wi'-gi-e relating to the moon and all the stars and to their power to 

 aid the "little ones" to reach old age. (See 36th Ann. Rept. Bur. 

 Amer. Ethn., p. 122, lines 1 to 44.) 



O'-po": Fee; the members of the gens will recite the Wa-dsu-ta 

 I-hi-tho''-be Wi'-gi-e which tells of the various places of the earth 

 where the little ones may find the animals on which to live. (See 

 36th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 112, lines 1 to 109.) 



Tho'-xe: Fee; some grains of maize are also sent. The members 

 of this gens will recite the wi'-gi-e relating to the bringing of the 

 maize to the people by a buffalo bull, and to his offer to aid the 

 little ones to reach old age. (See 36th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., 

 p. 2S0, lines 83 to 110; also p. 134, lines 1 to 162.) 



Wa'-tse-tsi Wa-shta-ge: Fee, with cedar fronds. Members of 

 this gens will recite their wi'-gi-e relating to the red cedar, an ever- 

 green tree which has power to resist death, and to its offer to aid the 

 little ones to reach old age. (See 36th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., 

 p. 95, lines 1 to 34.) 



Ho' I-ni-ka-shi-ga : Fee, with a kettle of water. The members 

 of this gens will recite their wi'-gi-e relating to the everflowing water 



