ILLUSTRATIONS
Francis La Flesche
PLATES
Page
1.
Wa-xthi´-zhi (I?-gtho?´-ga (Puma) gens)
30
2.
Sho?´-ge-mo?-i? (?si´-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens)
30
3.
Shell gorget and downy plume (Life symbols)
44
4.
Wa-sho´-she (Ho?´-ga A-hiu-?o? (Eagle) gens)
44
5.
Wa-?se’-mo?-i? (Wa-Ça´-be (Black Bear) gens)
54
6.
a, War standard (Symbolizes the white swan). b, ?se´-wa-the root (Nelumbo lutea) used for food
54
7.
Xu-tha´-wa-?o?-i? (?si´-zhu Wa-no? gens)
84
8.
Straps for tying captives
84
9.
Four Osage children
92
10.
Child’s hair cut of the Tho-xe and Ni´-?a Wa-?o?-da-gi gentes
92
11.
Men, showing hair cut of adult Osages
92
12.
Bone ear perforators and expanders
92
TEXT FIGURES
1.
Diagram showing places of gentes in the lodge
36
2.
Symbolic robe prepared for children
54
3.
Chart of constellation Wa´-ba-ha (Ursa Major)
74
4.
Chart of ?a Tha´-bthi?, Three Deer (in Orion)
74
5.
Totemic cut of the Omaha boys’ hair
87
6.
Symbolic hair cut of the Ho?´-ga gens
89
7.
Symbolic hair cut of the ?si´-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens
89
8.
Hair cut of the ?si´-zhu Wa-no? and the Wa-Ça´-be (Black Bear) gentes
92
THE OSAGE TRIBE: TWO VERSIONS OF THE
CHILD-NAMING RITE
By
Francis La Flesche
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