NATIVE NAMES OF OSAGE FULL BLOODS (AS FAR AS COULD BE ASCERTAINED), USED BY EACH GENS OF THE TRIBE
Names of the Gentes and Subgentes
The following are the names of the gentes and subgentes of the two great tribal divisions, in their fixed, sequential order, as given by Shoⁿ´-toⁿ-ça-be, Black-dog, to Miss Alice C. Fletcher, in 1896. The name Sho´-ḳa is the title of a subgens from which the principal gens chooses a man or woman to act as official messenger at the performance of a tribal rite. The official messenger also bears the title.
FIXED ORDER OF THE GENTES AND SUBGENTES
Gentes of the HoN´-ga Great Division
WA-ZHA´-ZHE SUBDIVISION
1. Wa-zha´-zhe-çka; White Wa-zha´-zhe. Refers to the life symbol of the gens, the fresh water mussel, with its shell. The Sun also is a life symbol of this gens.
Iⁿ-gthoⁿ´-ga Ni Moⁿ-tse; Puma-in-the-Water. Sho´-ḳa.
2. Ḳe´-ḳ’iⁿ; Carrier-of-the-Turtle.
Ba´-ḳ’a Zho-i-ga-the; Cotton-tree People. Sho´-ḳa.
3. Mi-ḳe´-the-stse-dse; Cat-tail (Typha latifolia).