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THE OSAGE TRIBE
TWO VERSIONS OF THE CHILD-NAMING RITE
BY
FRANCIS LA FLESCHE

Forty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1926, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928, pages 23-164.

CONTENTS

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[Introduction][29]
[Child-naming Rituals][31]
[Birth Names of the Puma Gens][31]
[The First Three Sons][31]
[The First Three Daughters][32]
[Sky Names][32]
[Child-naming Ritual of the Puma Gens][33]
[Ḳi´-noⁿ—Ceremony of Decorating the Xo´-ḳa][33]
[Ḳi´-noⁿ Wi´-gi-e][34]
[Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi and the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge Gentes][35]
[Ṭsi Ṭa´-p̣e (Approach to the House)][36]
[The Wa-the´-the Ceremony][38]
[Zha´-zhe Ḳi-ṭoⁿ Wi´-gi-e][40]
[Old-age Wi´-gi-e][45]
[Wi´-gi-e of the Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi Gens][47]
[Wi´-gi-e of the Bow People][47]
[Earth Names and Wi´-gi-es][48]
[Wi´-gi-e of the Wa´-ṭse-gi-ṭsi][51]
[Special Instructions to the Mother][54]
[Origin Wi´-gi-e of the Tho´-xe Gens][56]
[Child-naming Ritual of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge Gens][59]
[Certain Gentes Called to Take Part in the Ceremony][59]
[Wa-zho´-i-ga-the (Life Symbol) Wi´-gi-e][60]
[The Xo´-ḳa Ceremonially Conducted to the Child’s House][67]
[A Life Symbol Sent to Each of the Officiating Gentes][68]
[Gentes Recite Their Wi´-gi-es Simultaneously][68]
[The Child Is Passed from Gens to Gens to Be Blessed][71]
[First child-naming wi´-gi-e of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-noⁿ gens][75]
[The Gentile Hair Cut of Children][87]
[Hair Cut of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge Gens][89]
[Paraphrase of the wi´-gi-e of the Red Eagle gens][90]
[Wi´-gi-e of the Ni´-ḳa Wa-ḳoⁿ-da-gi and the Tho´-xe gentes][93]
[Fondness of Personal Adornment][95]
[Ear Perforating][95]
[Ḳi´-noⁿ Wi´-gi-e][96]
[Ṭsi Ṭa´-p̣e Wa-thoⁿ and Wi´-gi-e][97]
[Zha´-zhe Ḳi-toⁿ Wi´-gi-e][97]
[U´-noⁿ Wi-gi-e][101]
[Wa-zho´-i-ga-the Wi´-gi-e][103]
[Zha´-zhe Ḳi-ṭoⁿ Wi´-gi-e][110]
[Wa-zho´-i-ga-the Wi´-gi-e][113]
[Native Names of Osage Full Bloods][122]
[Names of the Gentes and Subgentes][122]
[Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi or P̣oⁿ´-ḳa Wa-shta-ge][124]
[Ṭa´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga][128]
[Ho´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga][130]
[Hoⁿ´-ga U-ṭa-noⁿ-dsi][132]
[Wa-ça´-be][133]
[Hoⁿ´-ga Gthe-zhe][136]
[Hoⁿ´-ga U-thu-ha-ge][139]
[O´-poⁿ][141]
[I´-ba-ṭse][142]
[Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-noⁿ][144]
[Çiⁿ´-dse-a-gthe][146]
[Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge][146]
[Ṭse-do´-ga Iⁿ-dse][152]
[Ṭse Thoⁿ´-ḳa][153]
[Mi-ḳ’iⁿ´][153]
[Hoⁿ´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga][155]
[Ni´-ḳa Wa-ḳoⁿ-da-gi][157]
[Tho´-xe][160]

ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES
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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]