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sas Wind people flap their blankets to and fro, in order to raise a 

 wind that will drive away the mosquitoes. 



When the corn-fields of the Ishtasanda gens are troubled with a 

 species of worm, the men proceed as follows : 



They heat some grains of corn, and then pound up with this 

 some of the worms. 



They make a soup of the mixture, and when that is eaten, they 

 imagine that they will have no more trouble. 



DiAGKAM No, II.— THE DHATADA GENTILE CIRCLE. 



Let me invite your attention to the correspondence of names of. 

 gentes and sub-gentes with those of other tribes in the same family. 

 The Ponkas have an Osage gens ; the Oglala Dakotas have an 

 Osago section ; among the Omahas is a Kansas gens ; some of the 

 Kansas form the Ponka gens ; and I have been told that some of 

 the Wisconsin Winnebagoes call themselves the Omahas. 



