HOLMES ANNIVERSARY VOLUME 



CEREMONIAL ORDER OF OSAGE GENTES 1 



ho n ga 

 H6 n ga Subdivision 



1. Wacdbeto" (Black Bear). 



Waqdbecka (White Bear), Shdka (Official messenger). 



2. I"gthd n ga (Puma). 



Hi n wdxaga (Porcupine), Shoka (Official messenger). 



3. Opxo" (Elk). 



Ta He Shabe (Dark-horned Deer), Shdka (Official messenger). 



4. MdH^kagaxe (Earth Maker). 



5. H6 n ga Gthezhe (Spotted Eagle). 



6. Xutha (Golden Eagle). 



7. H6 n ga Zhi"ga (Little Hd n ga). 



Ibatse Tadse (The Gathered Winds). 

 C. H6 n ga Utano n dsi (Isolated H6 n ga, the Earth). 



Mo n hi n ci (Arrowpoint), Shoka (Official messenger). 



Wazhdzhe Subdivision 



Wazhdzhe cka (White Wazhdzhe, or Real Wazhdzhe). 



I n gth6 n ga Ni Mo n tse (Puma in the Water), Shoka (Official messenger). 

 Kek'i" (Turtle). 



Bak'a Zhoigatha (Cottonwood Tree People), Shdka (Official messenger). 

 Mikethestsedse (Cat- tail). 



K.dxe Wahuca (Crow), Shdka (Official messenger). 

 Wdtsetsi (The Star that came to the Earth). 



Xuthd Pago" Zhoigatha (Bald Eagle People), Shdka (Official messenger). 

 Ogugaxe (They Who Make the Path Straight). 



Mo n shddsemo n i n (Those Who Walk in a Mist), Shdka (Official messenger). 

 Tathdxi, or Taci"dsecka (Deer People). 



Wadsiita zhi n ga Zhoigatha (Small Animal People), Shdka (Official mes- 

 senger) . 

 7. Ho Inikashiga (Fish People). 



Eno n mi n dse to n (They Who Alone Own the Bow), Shdka (Official mes- 

 senger). 



rsizHU 



1. Tsizhu Wano n (Elder Tsizhu), also Wako n 'da No n pabi (The God Who is 



Feared by All, the Sun). 

 Wabaxi (meaning lost), Shdka (Official messenger). 



2. fi n dse Agthe (The Wearers of the Wolf Tail on the Scalp-lock). 



Shd n ge Zhoigatha (Wolf People), Shdka (Official messenger). 



3. Peto" To"ga Zhoigatha (Great Crane People). 



4. Tseddga I n dse (Buffalo Bull Face People), related to the Tsizhu Wano n . 



Tsedko n (meaning uncertain), Shdka (Official messenger). 



5. Mik'l" Wano n (Elder Sun People). 



6. Ho" Zhoigatha (Night People). 



Tapd Zhoigatha (Deer Head or Pleiades People), Shdka (Official mes- 

 senger). 



7. Tsizhu Uthuhage (Tsizhu Who are the Last in the Order). 



1 This order of the Osage gentes was given by Sh6"to n sabe to Miss Alice C. Fletcher in 1896. 



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