The Ieki¢ĕ or Criers.
The Naq¢eit`a-bajĭ, Those-who-touch-no-charcoal.
The three subgentes here named sat on the same side of fireplace.
The Hañga formerly had four subgeutes, but two of them, the Wa¢iitan or Workers, and the Ha-ʇu-it`ajĭ, Touches-no-green(-corn)-husks, are extinct, the few survivors having joined the other subgentes. The remaining subgentes are each called by several names: 1, ʇcsanha-ʇa¢ican, pertaining to the sacred skin of an albino buffalo cow, or Wacabe, Dark buffalo; or Hañga-qti, real Hañga; or ʇe-¢eze-¢atajĭ, Do-not-eat-buffalo-tongues. 2, Janha-ʇa¢ican, pertaining to the sacred (cottonwood) bark; or Waq¢exe-a¢in, Keeps-the-"spotted-object" (the sacred pole); or Jan-waqube-a¢in, Keeps-the-sacred-or-mysterious-wood (pole); or ʇa-waqube-¢atajĭ, Does-not-eat-the-sacred (mysterious)-buffalo-sides; or Minxa-san-¢atajĭ-kĭ Petan-¢atajĭ, Eat-no-geese-or-swans-or-cranes.
FIG. 35.—Iñke-sabĕ gentile assembly. A, The Wa¢igije, Maze or Whorl, or Wagnbe-gaxe-aka, He-who-acts-mysteriously. B, The Watanzi-jide-¢atajĭ, Those-who-eat-no-red-corn.
In the tribal circle the Wacabe camped next to the Iñke-sabĕ, and the Waqe¢xe-acin were next to the Wasabe-hit`ajĭ subgens of the ¢atada; but in the Hañga gentile assembly the positions were reversed, the Wacabe sitting on the right side of the fire and the Waq¢exe-a¢in on the left.
The Wasabe-hit`ajĭ subgens of the ¢atada was divided into four sections: Black-bear, Raccoon, Grizzly-bear, and Porcupine. The only survivors are the Black-bear and Raccoon (Singers).
The Wajiñga ¢atajĭ subgens was divided into four sections: 1, Hawk people, under the chief Standing Hawk (now dead). 2, Blackbird people, under the chief Wajina-gahiga. B, Starling or Thunder people. 4, Owl and Magpie people.
The ʞanze gens was divided into at least two subgentes, the Keepers of the pipe and the Wind people. Lion, of the Deer-head gens, said that there were four subgentes, but this was denied in 1882 by Two Crows of the Hañga gens.