At first the Hañʞa uta¢antse gens had seven pipes, and the Waɔaɔe had as
many. The Waɔaɔe gave their seventh pipe to the Tsiɔu, with the right to
make seven pipes from it, so now the Waɔaɔe people have but six pipes,
though they retain the ceremonies pertaining to the seventh.
[Illustration: FIG. 38.—Osage camping circle.]
FIG. 38.—Osage camping circle.
When there is sickness among the children on the Waɔaɔe or right (war)
side of the circle, their parents apply to the Tsiɔu (Tsiɔu wactaʞe?) for
food for them. In like manner, when the children on the left or Tsiɔu side
are ill, their parents apply to the Panhka (wactaqe?), on the other side,
in order to get food for them.
The Seven Tsiɔu fireplaces occupy the left or peace side of the circle.
Their names are:
1. Tsiɔu Sĭntsaʞ¢e, Tsiɔu-wearing-a-tail (of hair)-on-the-head; also
called Tsiɔu Wanŭn’, Elder Tsiɔu; in two subgentes, Sintsaʞ¢ĕ, Sun and
Comet people, and Cŭñʞe i’nik‘ăcin’a, Wolf people.
2. Tse ʇṵ’ʞa intse’, Buffalo-bull face; in two subgentes, of which the
second is Tse’ ¢añka’ or Min’paha’, Hide-with-the-hair-on. The policemen
or soldiers on the left side belong to these two gentes.
3. Min k’in’, Sun carriers, i.e., Carry-the-snn (or Buffalo
hides)-on-their-backs. These have two subgentes, _a_, Mini’niɥk‘acin’a,
Sun people; _b_, Minxa’ ska i’niɥk‘ăcin’a, Swan people,
4. Tsi’ɔu wacta’ʞe, Tsiɔu peacemaker, or Tan’wanʞa’xe, Village-maker, or,
Ni’wa¢ĕ, Giver of life. These have two subgentes, _a_, Wapin it‘a’ɔi,
Touches-no-blood, or Qü¢a’ ɔü’tse, Red-eagle (really a hawk); _b_, Qü¢a’
pa san’, Bald-eagle, or Ɔansan’u’niɥk‘ăcin’a, Sycamore people, the leading
gens on the left side of the circle.
5. Han i’niɥk‘ăcin’a, Night people, or Tsi’ɔu we’haʞi¢e, the
Tsiɔu-at-the-end, or Tse’¢añka’. Their two subgentes are: _a_, Night
people proper; _b_, Wasa’*d*e, Black-bear people.
6. Tse ʇṵ’ʞa, Buffalo bull. In two subgentes, _a_, Tse ʇṵ’ʞa, Buffalo
bull; _b_, ¢u’qe, Reddish-yellow buffalo (corresponding to the Nuqe of the
Ponka, Tuqe of the Quapaw, and Yuqe of the Kansa).
7. ʞ¢ŭn, Thunder-being, or Tsi’hacin, Camp-last, or Ma’xe, Upper-world
people, or Niɥ’ka wakan’ʇaʞi, Mysterious-male-being. Subgentes not
recorded.
On the right (Hañʞa or Waɔaɔe) side of the circle are the following:
8. Waɔa’ɔe Wanŭn’, Elder Osage, composed of six of the seven Osage
fireplaces, as follows: _a_, Waɔa’ɔe ska’, White Osage; _b_, Ke k’in’,
Turtle-carriers; _c_, Wake’¢e ste’tse, Tall-flags(?), Ehnan’ min’tse tŭn’,
They-alone-have-bows, or Minke’¢e ste’tse, Tall-flags; _d_, Ta ¢a’xü,
Deer-lights, or Ta i’niɥk’ăcin’a, Deer people; _e_, Hu i’niqk‘ăcin’a, Fish
people; _f_, Nan’panta, a deer gens, called by some Ke ʞa’tsü,
Turtle-with-a-serrated-crest-along-the-shell (probably a water monster, as
there is no such species of turtle).
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