240 OMAHA SOCIOLOGY. 



The decoration of the tents in this subgens resemble those of the 

 Ifikesabg. 



§ 50. Birth names of boys. — The first was called Dried Eagle. ^a£i n - 

 na n paji said that this really meant " Dried buffalo skull ; " but La Fleche 

 and Two Crows denied this, giving another meaning, "Dried Eagle 

 skin." The second was Pipe. The third, Eaglet. The fourth, Real 

 Bald Eagle. The sixth, Standing Bald Eagle. The seventh, He (an 

 eagle) makes the ground Shake suddenly by Alighting on it. 



§ 51. Sections of the Subgens. — Lion gave the following, which were 

 doubted by La Fleche and Two Crows. I. Keepers of the Pipe, or 

 Workers, under Eaglet. II. Under 27<e-0»%-Hanga are Pidaiga, Wa- 

 djepa, and Ma n ze-guhe. III. Under Real Eagle are his son, Eagle makes 

 a Crackling sound by alighting on a limb of a tree, Wasaapa, Gakie- 

 ma D fi n , and Tcaza-^inge. IV. To the Bald Eagle section belong Yellow 

 Breast and Small Hill. The Omahas reckon three kinds of eagles, the 

 white eagle, the young white eagle, and the spotted eagle. To these 

 they add the bald eagle, which they say is not a real eagle. These 

 probably correspond with the sections of the xe-da-it'aji. 



THE HE-'I", OB TURTLE SUBGENS. 



§ 52. This subgens camps between the j^e-da-ifaji and the gu n ze, in 

 the tribal circle. Its head man in 1879 was said to be j j enuga-ja n ^,iuke. 

 ^je'i n means "to carry a turtle on one's back." The members of this 

 subgens are allowed to touch or carry a turtle, but they cannot eat one. 



Style of wearing the hair. — They cut off all the hair from a boy's head, 

 except six locks ; two are left on each side, one over the forehead, and 

 one hanging down the back, in imitation of the legs, head, and tail of a 

 turtle. La Fleche and Two Crows did not know about this, but they 

 said that it might be true. 



Decoration of the tents. — The figures of turtles were painted on the 

 outside of the tents. (See the Inke-sabe' decorations, §§ 30-32.) 



Curious custom during a fog. — In the time of a fog the men of this 

 subgens drew the figure of a turtle on the ground with its face to the 

 south. On the head, tail, middle of the back, and on each leg were 

 placed small pieces of a (red) breech-cloth with some tobacco. This 

 they imagined would make the fog disappear very soon. 



§ 53. Birth names of boys. — The first son was called He who Passed 

 by here, on his way back to the Water; the second, He who runs very 

 swiftly to get back to the Water; the third, He who floats down the 

 stream; the fourth, Red Breast; the fifth, Big Turtle; the sixth, 

 Youug one who carries a turtle on his back ; the seventh, Turtle that 

 kicks out his legs and paws the ground when a person takes hold of 

 him. 



Sections of the subgens. — Lion gave the following as sections of the 

 5je'i n , though the statement was denied by La Fleche and Two Crows. 

 "The first section is Big Turtle, under ,jahe-^ad'6, in 1878. The sec- 



