EOBaBir.j THE INKE-SABE GENS. 229 



(who died in 18S2), and Duba-ina"<j;i n , who "sat on opposite sides of 

 the gentile fireplace." Gahige's predecessor was Gahige-jinga or Icka- 

 dabi. 



Creation myth, told by Gahige. — The first men created were seven 

 in number. They were all made at one time. Afterwards seven women 

 were made for them. At that time there were no gentes ; all the people 

 were as one gens. (Joseph La Fleche and Two Crows never heard 

 this, and the following was new to them:) 



Mythical origin of the Ifike-sab6, as related by Gahige. — The Inke- 

 sab6 were buffaloes, and dwelt under the surface of the water. When 

 they came to the surface they jumped about in the water, making it 

 muddy; hence the birth-name for the first son, Ni-gaqude. Having 

 reached the land they snuffed at the four winds and prayed to them. 

 The north and west winds were good, but the south and east winds were 

 bad. 



§ 29. Ceremony at the death of a member of the gens. — In former days, 

 when any member of the gens was near death, he was wrapped in a 

 buffalo robe, with the hair out, aud his face was painted with the privi- 

 leged decoration. Then the dying person was addressed thus : "You are 

 going to the animals (the buffaloes). You are going to rejoin your ances- 

 tors. (Ani;a dubaha hne\ Wackan'-ga, i.e.) You are going, or, Your 

 four souls are going, to the four winds. Be strong ! " All the members 

 of this gens, whether male or female, were thus attired and spoken to 

 when they were dying. (La Fleche aud Two Crows say that nothing is 

 said about four souls, and that " Wackan-ga" is not said; but all the 

 rest may be true. See § 35 for a similar custom.) The " hanga-:5U'a n ze," 

 or privileged decoration, referred to above and elsewhere in this mono- 

 graph, is made among the Oinahas by painting two parallel lines across 

 the forehead, two on each cheek and two under the nose, one being 

 above the upper lip aud the other between the lower lip and the 

 chin. 



§ 30. When the tribe went on the buffalo hunt and could get skins 

 for tents it was customary to decorate the outside of the principal Inke- 

 sabg tent, as follows, according to je-da-uifiqaga : Three circles were 

 painted, one on each side of the entrance to the tent, and one at the 

 back, opposite the entrance. Inside each of these was painted a buffalo- 

 head. Above each circle was a pipe, ornamented with eagle feathers. 



Frank La Flecke's sketch is of the regular peace pipe ; but his father 

 drew the calumet pipe, from which the duck's head had been taken and 

 the pipe-bowl substituted, as during the dancing of the Hedewatci. (See 

 §§ 49 aud 153.) 



A model of the principal ^e-da-it'aji tent, decorated by a native artist, 

 was exhibited by Miss Alice C. Fletcher, at the session of the American 

 Association at Montreal in 1882. It is now at the Peabody Museum. 



Inke-sabis style of wearing the hair. — The smaller bovs have their hair 

 cut in this style. A A, the horns of the buffalo, being two locks of 



