[312] Om. Soc., in 3d An. Rept. Bur. Ethn., p. 229.

[313] Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci. Proc., Vol. 31, p. 583. See, too, An. Rept. Peabody Museum, Vol. III, p. 262, lines 15-18.

[314] Compare An. Rept. Peabody Museum, Vol. 3, p. 289, note 1.

[315] Osage War Customs, in Amer. Naturalist, Feb. 1884, p. 133.

[316] Om. Soc., in 3d. An. Rept. Bur. Ethn., pp. 229, 233.

[317] Symbolizing the fire.

[318] This seems to point to a subaquatic origin. See Om. Soc., p. 231.

[319] Contr. N. A. Ethn., Vol. VI, pp. 142, 146.

[320] Jour. Am. Folk-lore, Vol. III, No. VIII, pp. 49, 50.

[321] Om. Soc., in 3d An. Rept. Bur. Ethn., pp. 222, 223.