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1. Wa-xthi´-zhi (Iⁿ-gthoⁿ´-ga (Puma) gens) 30

2. Shoⁿ´-ge-moⁿ-iⁿ (Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens) 30

3. Shell gorget and downy plume (Life symbols) 44

4. Wa-sho´-she (Hoⁿ´-ga A-hiu-ṭoⁿ (Eagle) gens) 44

5. Wa-ṭse’-moⁿ-iⁿ (Wa-ça´-be (Black Bear) gens) 54

6. a, War standard (Symbolizes the white swan). b, Ṭse´-wa-the root (Nelumbo lutea) used for food 54

7. Xu-tha´-wa-ṭoⁿ-iⁿ (Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-noⁿ gens) 84

8. Straps for tying captives 84

9. Four Osage children 92

10. Child’s hair cut of the Tho-xe and Ni´-ḳa Wa-ḳoⁿ-da-gi gentes 92

11. Men, showing hair cut of adult Osages 92

12. Bone ear perforators and expanders 92

TEXT FIGURES

1. Diagram showing places of gentes in the lodge 36

2. Symbolic robe prepared for children 54

3. Chart of constellation Wa´-ba-ha (Ursa Major) 74

4. Chart of Ṭa Tha´-bthiⁿ, Three Deer (in Orion) 74

5. Totemic cut of the Omaha boys’ hair 87

6. Symbolic hair cut of the Hoⁿ´-ga gens 89

7. Symbolic hair cut of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens 89

8. Hair cut of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-noⁿ and the Wa-ça´-be (Black Bear) gentes 92

THE OSAGE TRIBE: TWO VERSIONS OF THE CHILD-NAMING RITE By Francis La Flesche