A Study of Siouan Cults: Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544Dorsey, James Owen
Religion
A Study of Siouan Cults: Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544
Dorsey, James Owen
Siouan Indians -- Religion
“Iȼádi amá daⁿ´ctĕ égaⁿ gáxai tĕ´di, ijiñ´ge amá
His father the pl. sub. perhaps so did when his son the pl.
sub.
íȼa‘éȼa-bájĭ ctĕwaⁿ´ égaⁿ gáxe-naⁿ´-biamá, ádaⁿ égaⁿ
they did not have even so usually did, they therefore so
visions of it say
gáxai.” That is, “When the fathers decorate their tents in consequence
he did
of their respective visions, their sons (who succeed them) usually
imitate them (or dwell in the decorated tents), even when they
themselves have not had visions of the objects. Therefore he (i.e.,
Standing Hawk) did so.”
George Miller told the following about Ԁede-gahi or Fire Chief, another
son of ┴e-saⁿ:
Cĭ égaⁿ Ԁéde-gáhi aká ugȼiⁿ´i waʇaⁿ´be. Wataⁿ´zihi íʇi
Again so Fire Chief the he sat in I saw Corn-stalk painted
sub it on the
tent
waʇaⁿ´be ȼaⁿ´ja, áwatégaⁿ iȼápahaⁿ-májĭ ȼaⁿ´ja, níkagáhi égaⁿ
I saw though of what sort I knew not though chief like
égaⁿ ugȼiⁿ´i tĕ. Wataⁿzi ȼiⁿ´ ctĭ waqu´be gáxai. Kĭ
so he sat in the Corn the col. too mysterious he made and
(past ob. it
act)
cĭ´ Ԁéde-gáhi aká taⁿ´waⁿgȼaⁿ eʇá amá Wajiñ´ga-ȼatájĭ amá
again Fire Chief the gens his the pl. Bird eat not the pl.
sub. sub. sub.
wahába pahañ´ga ju´t‘aⁿ tĕ´di ȼatá-bajĭ wahába
ear of corn first matures when they do not ear of corn
eat
ȼiⁿ´, níkaciⁿga amá naⁿ´wape ȼaté tai tĕ´. Ȼataí ʞĭ,
the col. people the pl. fear them they will the They if
ob. sub. eat (act) eat
wahába ȼiⁿ´, wajiñ´ga ȼasniⁿ´ weʞubaí. Iñké-sabĕ
ear of corn the col. bird devour they fear Shoulder black
ob. them
ákadí ctĭ égaⁿ gáxe-naⁿ-biamá ʇí ugá. Hañ´ga
among too so make usually they say tent painting. Foremost
the the
ákadí ctĭ égaⁿ gáxe-naⁿ´-biamá ʇí ugá.
among too so make usually they say tent painting.
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A Study of Siouan Cults: Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544 — John Shaqi
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