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camp next to the Haiiga Keepers of the Sacred Pole, as the former are 

 the servants of the Haiiga. The leader of the Qujpi or Singers was 

 himself the only one who acted as quj[a, when called on to serve the 

 Haiiga. jaifi' 1 na u paji's half-brother, Hupe$a, commonly styled x e "da- 

 uAiqaga, used to be the leader. Since the Omahas have abandoned the 

 hunt, to which this office pertained, no one has acted as qujja; but if 

 it were still in existence, the three brothers, Dangerous, Gihajl, and 

 Ma n -dsi'u-ke, are the only ones from whom the qujja could be chosen. 



Qiuja men.— Dried Buffalo Skull. Dangerous. Gihaji. Black bear. 

 Paws the Ground as he Reclines. Young (black bear) Runs. Mandan. 

 Hupe^a. Laugher. Maqpiya-qaga. j,anga-gaxe. Crow's Head. Gray 

 Foot. J. La Fleche said that Hupefa, Laugher, Maqpiya-qaga, and 

 ^aiiga-gaxe were servants of the Elk gens ; but < ja£i n -na u paji, their 

 fellow-gentile, places them among the Qujja. (See § 143.) 



In the tribal circle the Wasabe-hit'aji proper camp next to the 

 Wajifiga-^ataji. These Wasabe-hit'aji are the servants of the Elk peo- 

 ple, whom they assist in the worship of the thunder-god. When this 

 ceremony takes place there are a few of the Qu^a people who accom- 

 pany the Wasabe-hit'aji and act as servants. These are probably the 

 four men referred to above. Though all of the Wasabe hit'aji proper 

 are reckoned as servants of the Weji n cte, only two of them, <ia(fi n - 

 na n paji and Sida-ma^i", take a prominent part in the ceremonies de- 

 scribed in §§ 23, 24. Should these men die or refuse to act, other mem- 

 bers of their Section must take their places. 



Wasabe-hit'aji men. — He who fears not the sight of a Pawnee. White 

 Earth River. Four Eyes (of a black bear). Without Gall. Progress- 

 ing toward maturity. Visible (object ?). Gaxekatifa. 



Quj[a and Wasabe-hit'aji women. — Da n abi. Da n ama. Land Female. 

 Mi n hupeg<j;e. Mi n -;a n i n ge. She who is Coming back in sight. Weta n ne. 

 Wete wi u . 



THE WAJINGA (PATAjI SUBGENS 



§4G. This name means, "They who do not eat (small) birds." They 

 can eat wild turkeys, all birds of the mi n xa or goose genus, including 

 ducks and cranes. When sick, they are allowed to eat prairie chickens. 

 When members of this subgens go on the warpath, the only sacred 

 things which they have are the g^eda n (hawk) and nickucku (martin). 

 (See § 196.) 



Style of wearing the hair. — They leave a little hair in front, over the 

 forehead, for a bill, and some at the back of the head, for the bird's tail, 

 with much over each ear, for the wings. La Fleche and Two Crows do 

 not deny this; but they know nothing about it. 



Curious custom during harvest. — These Wajinga-^ataji call themselves 

 " The Blackbird people." In harvest time, when the birds used to eat 

 the corn, the men of this subgens proceeded thus : They took some 

 corn, which they chewed and spit around over the field. They thought 



