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that such a procedure would deter the birds from making further inroads 

 upon the crops. 



Wacka n -ina n $i" of this subgens keeps one of the great wa^ixabe, or 

 sacred bags, used when a warrior's word is doubted. (See § 19G.) 



§ 47. Sections and subsections of the subgens. — Waniia-waqfi of the 

 j,a-da gens told me that the following were the divisions of the Wajinga- 

 £atajl; but La Fleche and Two Crows deny it. It may be that tbese 

 minor divisions no longer exist, or that they were not known to the two 

 men. 



I. — Hawk people, under Standing Hawk. 



II. — Mang^iqta, or Blackbird people, under Waji n a-gahige. Sub- 

 sections: (a) White heads. (6) Eed heads, (c) Yellow 

 heads, (d) Eed wings. 

 III. — Mang^iqta-qude, Gray Blackbird (the common starling), or 

 Thunder people, under Wa^idaxe. Subsections: (a) Gray 

 Blackbirds, (b) Meadow larks, (c) Prairie-chickens ; and, 

 judging from the analogy of the Ponka Hisada, (d) Martins. 

 IV. — Three subsections of the Owl and Magpie people are (a) Great 



Owls, (b) Small Owls, (c) Magpies. 

 § 4S. Birth-names of boys. — The first son was called, Mang^iqta, Black- 

 bird. The second, Bed feathers on the base of the wings. The third, 

 White-eyed Blackbird. The fourth, Dried Wing. The fifth, Hawk 

 (denied by La Fleche). The sixth, Gray Hawk. The seventh, White 

 Wings. This last is a Ponka name, according to La Fleche and Two 

 Crows. 



Wajinga-^ataji men. — Red Wings. Chief who Watches over (any 

 thing). Becomes Suddenly Motionless. Poor man. Standing Hawk. 

 He from whom they flee. Bustling Horns. Scabby Horns. The one 

 Moving towards the Dew (t). White or Jack Rabbit. Gray Blackbird. 

 White Blackbird. Four Hands (or Paws). Ni-^actage. Yellow Head 

 (of a blackbird). Fire Chief. Coyote's Foot. Buffalo bull Talks like a 

 chief. Bad temper of a Buffalo bull. White Buffalo in the distance. 

 Hominy (a name of ridicule). He who continues Trying (commonly 

 translated, "Hard Walker"). He who makes the crackling sound 

 "Gh+ !" in thundering. Bird Chief. 



Wajinga-^atajT women. — (Female eagle) Is Moving On high. Moon in 

 motion during the Day. Turning Moon Female. Mi D daca n fi n . Mi n - 

 tena. Visible one that Has returned, and is in a Horizontal attitude. 



THE lE-dl IT'AJI SUBGENS. 



§ 49. These are the Eagle people, and they are not allowed to touch a 

 buffalo head. (See Inke-sabe gens, §§ 30, 32.) The writer was told 

 that their uju or head man in 1879 was Mauge-zi. 



He who is the head of the Niniba t'a n , Keepers of a (Sacred) Pipe, has 

 duties to perform whenever the chiefs assemble in council. (See Sacred 

 Pipes, § 18.) 



