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[ETH. ANN. 43 



Little To"-wo'"-i-hi also stated that there was another style of 

 symbolic hair cut called gi°'-dse-a-gthe, tails worn on the head, 

 which belongs to the Tsi'-zhu Wa-no°, the principal war gens of the 

 Tsi'-zhu great tribal division, which he described as: All of the 

 hah- of the head cut close but leaving uncut a row of three locks, 

 equidistant apart, beginning at the crown of the head and ending 

 near the edge of the hau- at the back of the head. (Fig. 8.) This 

 style of hair cut symbolizes all animals of the dog family, including 

 the gray wolf, the coyote, and the domestic dog. It also symbolizes 

 a star called Sho°'-ge a-ga-k'e e-go°, Dog that lies suspended in the 

 sky (Sirius). 



The Dog Star is mentioned in the Child-naming Wi'-gi-e of the 

 Tsi'-zhu Wa-no° gens, bearing the title Wa-zho'-i-ga-the Wi'-gi-e, 

 Taking of Life Symbols, given by Xu-tha'-wa-to°-in. (See p. 82, sec. 

 10 of the wi'-gi-e.) 



Little To^-wo^'-i-hi said that the Wa-Qa-be-to°, Black Bear gens 

 of the Ho^'-ga great division, had a similar style of hair cut as that 

 of the Tsi'-zhu Wa-no" gens. Wa-xthi'-zhi said 

 that the Puma gens also had the same style of hair 

 cut. 



The symbolic hair cut of the Ni'-ka Wa-ko°-da-gi 

 gens, Men of Mystery, is: hair of the head all cut 

 close excepting a lock left uncut on the crown of the 

 head (pi. 10, a) and a lock at the back of the head 

 near the edge, which does not show in the picture. 

 The life symbol of this gens is the hawk and the 

 , ^ hair cut represents this raptorial bird which was 



Fig. 8.— Hair cut 01 the iini-i 



Tsi'-zhu wa-no- and adopted by all 01 the gentes oi both the Ho" -ga 

 the wa-sa'-be (Black ^j^^ j_j^g Tsi'-zhu great tribal divisions as an emblem 



of courage for their warriors. 

 The name of the boy whose picture shows the hair cut of his gens is 

 Gthe-do^'-gka, White-hawk (Gthe-do°, hawk; gka, white). It is the 

 name that belongs to the second son in a famdy of this gens. His 

 father's name is No°'-ka-to-ho, Blue-back (No°'-ka, back; to-ho, 

 blue), a name referring to the blue-backed hawk. White-hawk's 

 mother is Xi-tha'-do°-wi°, Good-eagle-woman, daughter of Sho^'-ge- 

 mo^-i" of the Tsi'-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens. 



The style of symbolic hair cut adopted by the Tho'-xe gens is of 

 the Qi°'-dse A-gthe class and is described as, hair on entu'e head cut 

 close excepting a little tuft left imcut just over the middle of the 

 forehead, and a fringe running across the crown of the head from one 

 ear to the other as shown in the picture (pi. 10, 6); two tufts, one on 

 either side of the head back of the fringe, and a tuft just above the 

 nape of the neck, which do not show in the picture. This style of cut 

 represents the buffalo bull, the principal life symbol of the gens. 



