dossky.] THE 1 N KUG(JT AND BUFFALO DANCES. 347 



tftej do for the Wacicka afi". The men wear many plumes iu their 

 hair, and carry fans made of eagles' wings. They have no regular pat- 

 terns for painting themselves; but they use as paint either " wasejide- 

 nika" (Indian red) or " ma n <|-inkaqude " (gray clay). 



The only surviving leaders of this society are j,enuga and Sihi-duba. 

 Among the members are B£a n -ti, xand-una n ha n , Ui<fa n be-'a n sa, Cage-ska, 

 xaqiewafg-jinga, ja-sa 11 , Inigaui, Maja n kide, Si-qude, N&nde-wahi, and 

 some women. According to J. La Fleche, this is one of the dances that 

 are considered "waqube." It is obsolescent. B«^a°-ti, Sihi-duba, and 

 Xand-uua u ha" are the wazeifg or doctors who treat biliousness and fevers . 

 but they do not go together to visit a patient. 



§ 257. The Buffalo dance.— xe-i<fa6<fe-ma, The society of those who hare 

 supernatural communications with the Buffaloes, The Buffalo dancers. 

 Four of the men of this dance are good surgeons. Two Crows' father was 

 a member of the society, aud understood the use of the medicine, which 

 he transmitted to his son. Two Crows says that having inherited the 

 right to the medicine, he understands the duties of the doctors, but not 

 all about the dance, as he has paid no attention to the " je if aefe," which 

 has been the duty of others. 



Until recently, the four doctors of this society were as follows : Ni- 

 facrage, the principal doctor, now dead; Two Crows (now the principal 

 one), ja^-gahige, of the j,a-da, and Zizika-jinga, of the Inkesabe. 

 Two Crows gives portions of the medicine to the other doctors, and 

 they "weztfe," administer it to the patients. A D ba-hebe used to be a 

 doctor. Theother members whose names have been obtained are these : 

 Duba maffii-j x e - u *I aIllia > Icta-qfu'a, xenuga-ja n -f,iuke, I-c'age-wahtye, 

 and Gacka wangle, xahe-jinga, now dead, was a member. 



§ 258. Turns for dancing. — After the recovery of a patient, the mem- 

 bers of this society hold a dance, to which they may invite the members 

 of the Horse dance, but not those of the Wolf dance. 



When they are not called to dance after the recovery of patients, Two 

 Crows says that they may dance when they please, aud invite the mem- 

 bers of the Horse and Wolf dancing societies to join them ; but the lat- 

 ter can never dauce independently of the Buffalo dancers. 



,ja<f i"-na u pajl says (but Two Crows denies) that " when the corn is 

 withering for want of rain the members of the Buffalo society have a 

 dance. They borrow a large vessel, which they fill with water, and put 

 in the center of their circle. They dance four times around it. One of 

 their number drinks some of the water, spurts it up into the air, mak 

 iug a fine spray iu imitation of a fog or misting rain. Then he knocks 

 over the vessel, spilling the water on the ground. The dancers then fall 

 down and drink up the water, getting mud all over their faces. Then 

 they spurt the water up into the air, making fine misting rain, which 

 saves the com." 20 If this is not done by the members of the Buffalo so- 

 ciety, it is probably done by others, and ja«f;i n na n paji has made a mis 



-°In tlie Osage tradition, corn was derived from four tmfl'alo bulls. See §j> 31, 36 

 123, and 163. 



