CHAPTER XI. 

 REGULATIVE INDUSTRIES. 



THE GOVERNMENT. 



§ 280. Regulative industries are such as pertain to the government ot 

 the tribe, embracing all organizations which are "wewaspeapufica"," i.e., 

 such as are designed to make the people behave themselves. 



Everything that can be thus used is a " wewaspe." Among tbe former 

 are tbe gentile system (Cbap. Ill), religion, and government, with the 

 last of which is associated the law. With the latter may be classed the 

 sacred tents, sacred pipes, chiefs, etc. A term of broader significance 

 is " Wakandamfica 11 ," Pertaining to or derived from Wakan&a, the Deity 

 or Superior Being. Most of the things which are wewaspeapnjiiea 11 are 

 also Wakaudajafiea", but there are things which are Wakandapufica" 

 that are not directly connected with the government of the state, c. g. r 

 the law of catamenial seclusion. 



§ 2S1. Governmental instrumentalities. — The following wewaspe or 

 government instrumentalities are regarded as Wakauda}a<juca u : The 

 sacred pipes, including the war pipe, the calumet pipes, the sacred pole, 

 the sacred p3-sa n -ka, or hide of a white buffalo ; the clam shell, the chiefs, 

 the keepers of the three sacred tents, the seven keepers of the sacred 

 pipes, the gentes, subgentes, and taboos. The following are considered 

 of human origin: The policemen and the feasting societies. "The wa.v 

 to a man's heart is through his stomach" is a familiar saying. So feast- 

 ing societies tend to promote the peace of the community, as those who 

 eat together, or give food to one another, are bound together as friends. 

 (See § 246.) 



§ 282. Government functions. — Government functions are of three 

 classes: legislative, executive, and judicial; but these are not fully dif- 

 ferentiated in the Omaha state. There is a still further functional 

 division running through the legislative, executive, and judicial depart- 

 ments, civiug civil, military, and religious government. Among the 

 Omahas civil and religious government are scarcely differentiated; 

 but military government is almost entirely so. (See War Customs, 

 Chapter IX.) 



§ 283. There does not seem to be a distinct order of priests who per- 

 form all religious functions. Some of these functions are performed by 

 the regular chiefs, others by the keepers of the sacred pipes, others by 

 the four wa<fa n during the buffalo hunt, and others by the leaders of the 

 dances. Conjurors also pretend to perforin mysterious or sacred rites. 

 At the same time, the functions thus performed by the chiefs, keepers 



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