23. Jee-hé-o-hó-shah, He who cannot be thrown down; a warrior.
24. Wá-hón-ga-shee, No Fool; a very great fop.
Used half the day in painting his face, preparing to sit for his picture.
25. Meach-o-shín-gaw, Little White Bear; a spirited and distinguished brave, with a scalping-knife grasped in his hand.
26. O-rón-gás-see, the Bear-catcher; a celebrated warrior.
27. Chésh-oo-hong-ha, the Man of Good Sense; a handsome young warrior; style of his head-dress like the Grecian helmet.
28. Hón-je-a-pút-o, a woman; wife of O-rón-gás-see.
O-SÁGE, OR WA-SÁW-SEE.
A tribe in their primitive state, inhabiting the head-waters of the Arkansas and Neosho or Grand Rivers, 700 miles west of the Mississippi. Present number of the tribe, 5200; residing in three villages; wigwams built of barks and flags, or reeds. The Osages are the tallest men on the continent, the most of them being over six feet in stature, and many of them seven. This tribe shave the head, leaving a small tuft on the top, called the “scalp-lock.”