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cast a reddish li.ulit 111)011 the darkened sky ami ii|)()n the people theni- 

 sehes. This reddish lii^ht they adopted for their syiiiholie color and 

 for the color of the symholic shields which they wear on their hreasts 

 when they s^o to war. They also made it to represent tlie sun which 

 was their gentile syniliol of life. 



J-Jesides these wi'-i^i-es Xu-tha Wa-fo"-i" gave the ritual of the 

 Ni'A'i-e des^ree of his gens, which has four wi'-gi-e and five songs. 



In the month of September, n;i5, at Mr. 1 .al'lesche's invitation, 

 Xu-tha \V'a-/o"-i" visited him on the Omaha Reservation, at which 

 time he gave the wi'-gi-e and songs recited and sung by the 7\se-dcS-ga 

 l"-(lse gens at the Wa-sha-he A-thi". war ceremonies, together with 

 a detailed descri])tion of the ceremonial forms. A description of 

 the W'a-sha-he .\-thi" was secured from Wa-xthi'-zhi of the I"- 

 gtho"'-ga gens, hut ceremonial eticpiette restrained him from giving 

 the parts that belonged to the Y'se-do-ga l"-dse gens. The wi'-gi-e 

 given by Xu-tha \\'a-/o"-i" are as follow : 



I. Wi'-gi-e of the Sacred hire, ~~ lines. 



J. Wi'-gi-e relating to certain symbolic articles made by the gens, 

 4tX) lines. 



3. \\'i'-gi-e of the .Sun and the Moon, 17 lines. 



4. W'i'-gi-e of the Sacred War-club and the HulTalo Bull, 26 lines. 



5. Wi'-gi-e of the l-'.lk. Puma, r.ee. T.lack Ant, etc.. 58 lines. 



6. Wi'-gi-e relating to the (."leaning of the Sacred Tipe, 47 lines. 

 b\)llowing" are the songs given by Xu-tha Wa-/o"-i" : 



1. Hi"'-no"-.\pc (.a-xe Wa-tho", Song 1, four stanzas ; Song 2, four 

 stanzas: Song 3. t)ne stanza; Song 4, three stanzas; Song 5, four 

 stanzas ; Song 6. six stanzas. 



2. Wa-/s'e-the Wa-tho", Song 1, eight stanzas. 



3. \\a-/se Wa-tho" 7o"-ga. Song 1, five stanzas; Song 2. four 

 stanzas. 



4. Tsi-u-thu-gi-/'e Wa-tho". Song 1. twelve stanzas. 



The wi'-gi-e and songs that have been recently secured from 

 Xu-tha Wa-^o"-i", with exi)lanatory notes, have not yet been put 

 together and ty])ewritten. ( )n account of other work in process, per- 

 taining to the ( >sage rites, it will be some time before these can be 

 taken up. 



While i^resenting this rept)rt, word has been received that Xu-tha 

 Wa-/o"-i" died in December. ii>i5. (See portrait, fig. 131.) A mem- 

 ber of the Tse-do-ga T'-dse gens informed Mr. La blosche that 

 the portion of the tribal rites committed to his gens had died wath 

 Xu-tha Wa-/o"-i". This would have been true but for the for- 

 tunate circumstance that last September all that the old man knew of 



