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GENEALOGY OF SHU NIEN 



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22. KESHi r £NE (Josette); was born about 1S30, and succeeded his 

 father as chief, though during his minority Osh'kosh acted as 

 regent. The word Keshi'ue, signifying "The-swiffc-flying," orig- 

 inated in the following manner, as related by Shu'nien, his 

 brother: Their father, Josette, was at one time fasting, and in 

 a vision he thought he saw the air filled with eagles and hawks, 

 the representatives of the Thunder phratry, flying swiftly by. 

 This circumstance caused him to give the name "The-swift- 

 flying," to his next male child, born shortly afterward. Kesh- 



Si 



Fig. 4— Portrait of Shu'nien. 



i'Y'ne was twice married, the first wife, Oshe'pe'u ("River") 

 having offspring — 

 I. O'kwemu'qklu (=Jane, married to Joseph Law; no children). 

 Keshi 'One's second wife was Taki'shiku'q ("Broken-clouds"), 

 and her children were — 

 II. Katl's (married Bakome, and has five children). 



III. Ma'ni (=Mary, married to lJaina'(jsika'u v , and has four chil- 



dren). 



IV. Xoma'qkuqki'iV (Female, deceased after marriage to David 

 Wabiis, leaving one female child). 



