dohsey.1 XA-d"A AND INGOE-JIDE GENTES. 247 



Black Hair on a buck's Abdomen. Two Buffalo bulls. Red Leaf (a 

 Dakota name). Skittish. Black Crow. Weasel. Young Elk. Paw- 

 nee Chief. 



IV. Deer subgens. — (Deer's) Tail shows red, now and then, in the dis- 

 tance. White-horned animal Walking' Near by. White Neck. Tail 

 Shows White Suddenly in the distance. (Deer) Stauds Bed. (Deer) 

 Starts up, beginning to move. Big Deer Walks. (Deer that) Excels 

 others as he stands, or, Stands ahead of others. Small Forked Horns (of 

 a fawn). Four Deer. Back drawn up (as of an enraged deer or buffalo), 

 making the hair stand erect. Four Hoofs. He who Carves an animal. 

 Shows a Turtle. Buns in the Trail (of the female). (Fawn) Despised 

 (by the hunter, who prefers to shoot the full-grown deer). Feared when 

 not seen. White Elk. 



Lion said that White Neck was the only servant in his gens at pres- 

 ent. When the gens assembled in its circle, the servants had to sit by 

 the door, as it was their place to bring in wood and water, and to wait 

 on the guests. La Fleche and Two Crows said that there were no serv- 

 ants of this sort iu any of the gentes. 



Yet, among the Osages and Kansas, there are still two kinds of serv- 

 ants, kettle-tenders and water-briugers. But these can be promoted to 

 the rank of brave men. 



Names of women in the gens. — Eona-maha. Habitual-Hawk Female. 

 Hawk Female. Precious Hawk Female. Horn used for cutting or 

 chopping (?). Ax Female. Moon-Hawk Female. Moon that is Fly- 

 ing. Moon that Is moving On high. Na n zer n ze. White Ponka in the 

 distance. Ponka Female. 



THE INGCfJE-JIDE GENS. 



§ 07. The meaning of this name has been explained in several ways. 

 In Dougherty's Account of the Omahas {Long's Expedition to the Rocky 

 Mountains, I, 327) we read that "This name is said to have originated 

 from the circumstance of this band having formerly quarreled and 

 separated themselves from the nation, until, being neaily starved, they 

 were compelled to eat the fruit of the wild cherry tree, until their ex- 

 crement became red". (They must have eaten buffalo berries, not wild 

 cherries. La Fleche.) A"ba-hebe did not know the exact meaning of 

 the name, but said that it referred to the bloody body of the buffalo 

 seen when the seven old men visited this gens with the sacred pipes. 

 (See § 16). Two Crows said that the Ingifejide men give the following 

 explanation: "^ejinga idai tedi, iilgfe zi-jide ega B ": i. e., "When a 

 buffalo calf is born, its dung is a yellowish red." 



The place of the Ing<fe-jide in the tribal circle is next to that of the 

 xa-da. Their head man is He musnade. 



