CHAPTER VIJ. 

 INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS. 



§ 127. Industrial occupations among the (pegiba may be treated of in 

 three grand divisions: I. Tbose relating to the Sustenance of Life; 

 II. Tbose concerning the Protection of Life; III. Those which have to 

 do with the Regulation of Life. The first and second of these divisions 

 are not fully differentiated. 



To the first division may be assigned those industries pertaining to 

 Food, Clothing, and Shelter. Food is obtained by hunting, trapping, 

 fishing, and cultivation of the ground. In order to obtain it one is 

 obliged to resort to weapons, traps, farming implements, &c. ; and to 

 prepare it for a meal, there are several processes recpiired, as well as 

 implements or utensils used in those processes. This gives rise to 

 another kind of industry, the manufacture of those weapons, traps, 

 implements, and utensils. 



Among the industries pertaining to the Protection of Life are War 

 Customs (especially defensive warfare) and the Practice of Medicine. 

 (See Chapters IX and X.) 



The following are connected with the Regulation of Life : The Govern- 

 ment and the Law. (See Chapters XI and XII.) 



The following relate to the Sustenance of Life. 



HUNTING CUSTOMS. 



§ 128. Kinds of hunting. — There are two kinds of hunting known 

 among the (pegiha. One is called " abae," answering to the 1 j v o' were 

 '•lcinanjjra," and the "wotihni" of the Dakotas. This refers to the 

 hunting of the larger animals by a few men, or even by one person, the 

 family of each hunter having been left at home or in the tribal camp. 

 The other kind is the " %e une," when all the people go in a body, with 

 their families, moving from place to place as they seek for herds of 

 buffaloes. This latter is often called " gaqfa'" " by the Omahas and 

 Poukas, and " ^iqra 1 "" by the j^oiwere tribes. 



§ 129. Hunting seasons. — The summer hunt was not undertaken till 

 the corn and pumpkins had been planted, the weeds cut, and the beans 

 gathered. The time for the return was when the wind blew open the 

 "jaqcazi," the sunflowers and the flowers of other species of the "ja," 

 which was about the first of September. It was only during the sum 



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