NO. 3 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I915 IO9 



the rites belonging- to his gens was secured. This material, together 

 with a paraphrase of one of the wi'-gi-e obtained from Pa-thi''-wa- 

 we-xta in 191 2, makes possible a fair presentation of the rite. 



Fig. 131.— Portrait of Xu-tha Wa-to"-i", an Osage. 



ETHNOLOGICAL WORK AMONG THE NATCHEZ. CREEK. AND 

 CHICKASAW INDIANS 



Dr. John R. Swanton was in the field for about two months during 

 1915, from toward the end of September until well after the middle 

 of November. The first two weeks and the last week were devoted 

 to work among the few remaining Natchez Indians and the recording 



