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Taboo. — They do uoteat a buffalocalf. (See je slude gens.) It appears 

 that the two Ictasanda buffalo gentes are butfalo calf gentes, and that 

 the two Ilangaccnu buffalo gentes are connected with the grown buffalo. 



Decoration of skin tents. — This consists of a circle painted on each side 

 of the entrance, within which is sketched the body of a buffalo calf, 

 visible from the flanks up. A similar sketch is made on the back of the 

 tent. 



§ 08. Birth names of boys. — These are as follows, but their exact order 

 has not been gained : Buffalo calf. Seeks its Mother. Stands at the 

 End. Horn Erect with the sharp end toward the spectator. Buffalo 

 (calf ?) Rolls over. Made dark by heat very suddenly. Ma n zeda n , mean- 

 ing unknown. 



Subgentes. — Thelng^e-jidearenotdividedfor marriage purposes. Lion, 

 however, gave four subgentes; but he could not give the names and ta- 

 boos. He said that Horn Erect was the head of the first. The present 

 head of the second is Little Star. Rolls over is the head of the third; 

 and Singer of the fourth. 



Names of men. — Walking Buffalo. Buffalo Walks a little. (Buffaloes) 

 Continue Approaching. Tent-poles stuck Obliquely in the ground. 

 Becomes Cold suddenly. Hawk Temper. Bad Buffalo. (Buffalo calf) 

 Seeks its Mother. (Buffalo bull) Bolls over. Stands at the End. 

 Singer. Crow Skin. Small Bank. Kausas Head. Bapid (as a river). 

 Sacred Crow that speaks in Visions. White Feather. Walks at the 

 End. 



Names of women. — Moon-Hawk Female. Moon Horn Female. (Buf- 

 faloes) Make the ground Striped as they run. Walks, seeking her own. 



THE ICTASANDA GENS. 



§ 09. The meaning of " Ictasanda" is uncertain; though Say was told 

 by Dougherty that it siguifies "gray eyes." It probably has some ref- 

 erence to the effect of lightning on the eyes. The place of the Ictasanda 

 is at the end of the tribal circle, after the Ing^e-jide, and opposite to the 

 Weji n cte. The head of the gens is Ibaha n bi, sou of Wanujiige, and 

 grandson of Wacka u hi. 



Taboo. — The Ictasauda people do not touch worms, snakes, toads, 

 frogs, or any other kinds of reptiles. Hence they are sometimes called 

 the " Wag<j:icka nikaci n 'ga," or Beptile people. But there are occasions 

 when they seem to violate this custom. If worms trouble the corn af- 

 ter it has been planted, these people catch some of them. They pound 

 them up with a small quantity of grains of corn that have been heated. 

 They make a soup of the mixture and eat it, thinking that the corn will 

 not be troubled again— at least for the remainder of that season. 



§ 70. Birth names of boys. — lbaha n bi said that the first son was called 



