244 OMAHA SOCIOLOGY. 



THE XE-SlNDE GENS. 



§ 59. The je-smde, or Buffalo-tail gens, camps between the Ma n $ifika- 

 gaxe and the ja-da gentes in the tribal circle. Its present chief is 

 YYalia"-<Hfige, sou of Takunakiifabi. 



Taboos. — The members of this gens cannot eat a calf while it is red, 

 but they can do so when it becomes black. This applies to the calf of 

 the domestic cow, as well as to that of the buffalo. They cannot touch 

 a buffalo head.— Frank La Fteche. (See §§ 31, 37, and 49.) They can- 

 not cat the moat on the lowest rib, -jefii-ueagife, because the 1 ead of the 

 calf before birth touches the mother near that rib. 



Style of wearing the hair. — It is called "^aiki"-muxa-gaxai," Mane 

 made muxa, i. e., to stand up and hang over a 

 little on each side. La Fleche and Two Crows do 

 not know this style. 



§ 60. Birth names of boys. — ja<j-i"-i>a"pajl was un- 

 certain about them. He thought that six of them 

 were as follows: Gray Horns (of a buffalo). Uma- 

 abi, refers to cutting up a buffalo. (A buffalo that 

 is almost grown) Raises his Tail in the air. Dark 

 Eyes) A buffalo calf when it sheds its reddish- 

 yellow hair, has a coat of black, which commences 

 at the eyes). (Buffalo Calf ) Unable to Run. Little 

 no. 19.— xe-sinde atyie one (buffalo calf ) with reddish-yellow hair, 

 of wearing the bai.-. ^ gl g u ^ genteSm _Y T marriage purposes, the gens 



is undivided, according to La Fleche and Two Crows; but they ad- 

 mitted that there were at present two parts of the gens, one of which 

 was The Keepers of the Pipe. Lion said that he knew of but two 

 subgentes, which were The Keepers of the Pipe, or, Those who do not 

 Eat the Lowest buffalo rib, under Wild sage; and Those who Touch no 

 Calves, or, Keepers of the Sweet Medicine, under Orphan. J. La Fleche 

 said that all of the xe-sinde had the sweet medicine, and that none were 

 allowed to eat calves. 



§ 62. Names of men. — Wild Sage. Stands in a High and marshy place. 

 Smoke Coming back Regularly. Big ax. (Buffalo) Bristling with Ar- 

 rows. Ancestral Feather. Orphan, or, (Buffalo bull) Raises a Dust by 

 Pawing the Ground. Unable to run. (Body of a buffalo) Divided 

 with a knife. Playful (I) or Skittish Buffalo. Little one with reddish- 

 yellow hair. Dark Eyes. Lies Bottom-upwards. Stands on a Level. 

 Young Buffalo bull. Raises his Tail in the air. Lover. Crow Neck 

 lace. Big Mane. Buffalo Head. He who is to be blamed for evil. 



Nomes of women. — Mi n -akanda. Sacred Moon. White Buffalo-Fe- 

 male in the distance. Walks in order to Seek (for something). 



