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317. Pa'pa-gi ga-tse a', a bi° da, tsi ga, 



318. Wa'-thi"-e-5ka she-mo" mo"-zhi i° da', a bi° da, tsi ga, 



319. Wa'-ko°-da i-ga-dsi-ge pa-xe i° da', a bi" da, tsi ga, 



320. Wa'-ko°-da u-tsi-the thi°-ge a-wa-kshi-the no" i" da', a bi° 



da, tsi ga, 



321. Zhi"'-ga sho-i-ga o"-tha bi do" a', a bi" da, tsi ga, 



322. Wa'-ko°-da i-ba-gi a-thi" ino"-thi"' ta i tsi" da, e' tsi-the a', 



a bi" da, tsi ga. 



323. Ta'-xpi lii° ga-ga-dse ga thi°-kshe a', a bi" da, tsi ga, 



324. Wa'-thi"-e-5ka she-ino° mo°-zhi" i" da', a bi° da, tsi ga, 



325. 0'-no° pa-.xe i" da', a bi° da, tsi ga, 



326. Zhi"'-ga zho-i-ga o°-tha bi do" a', a bi" da, tsi ga, 



327. Ni'-ka no" hi do" a', a bi" da, tsi ga, 



328. Pa'gka u-gtho" e-go" e' no" bi no" a', a bi" da, tsi ga, 



329. I'-the ki-tlie mo"-thi" ta i tsi" da,' a bi" da, tsi ga. 



330. Wo"'shki do" a', a bi" da, tsi ga, 



331. Ho"'-ba tha-gthi" wi" shki o"-hi no" i" da', a bi" da, tsi ga, 



332. Zhi"'-ga ho"-ba tha-gthi" wi" shki i-the ki-the mo°-thi" ta i 

 ■ tsi" da, e tsi-the a, a bi" da, tsi ga. 



NATIVE NAMES OF OSAGE FULL BLOODS (AS FAR AS 

 COULD BE ASCERTAINED), USED BY EACH GENS OF 

 THE TRIBE 



Names of the Gentes and Subgextes 



The following are the names of the gentes and subgentes of the 

 two great tribal divisions, in their fixed, sequential order, as given 

 by Sho"'-to°-?a-be, Black-dog, to Miss Alice C. Fletcher, in 1890. 

 The name Sho'-ka is the title of a subgens from which the principal 

 gens chooses a man or woman to act as official messenger at the 

 performance of a tribal rite. The official messenger also bears the 

 title. 



fixed order of the gentes and sttrgentes 



Gentes of the Hof^'-GA Great Division 



wa-zha'-zhe subdivision 



1. Wa-zha'-zhe-gka; White Wa-zha'-zhe. Refers to the life symbol 



of the gens, the fresh water mussel, with its shell. The Sun also 

 is a life symbol of this gens. 



I"-gtho"'-ga Ni Mo"-tse; Puma-in-the-Water. Sho'-ka. 



2. Ke'-k'i"; Carrier-of-the-Turtle. 



Ba'-k'a Zho-i-ga-the; Cotton-tree People. Sho'-ka. 



3. Mi-ke'-the-stse-dse; Cat-tail (Typha latifolia). 



Ka'-xe-wa-hu-ga; Youngest brother. Sho'-ka. 



