Francis La Flesche

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

CHILD-NAMING RITUALS

BIRTH NAMES OF THE PUMA GENS

CHILD-NAMING RITUAL OF THE PUMA GENS ( Wa-xthi'-zhi )

CHILD-NAMING RITUAL OF THE ?SI'-ZHU WA-SHTA-GE GENS ( Sho N '-ge-mo N #NAME? N )

I'-NO N WI'-GI-E 1 1. He'-dsi xtsi a', a bi da, si ga, 2.

SI TA'-PE WA-THO N

ZHA'-ZHE ?I-?O N WI'-GI-E 1 1. He'-dsi xtsi a', a bi? da, ?si

U'-NO N WI'-GI-E 1 1. He'-dsi xtsi a', a bi? da, ?si ga, 2.

WA-ZHO'-I-GA-THE WI'-GI-E 1 1. Zhi?'-ga zhu-i-ga-the thi?-ge

ZHA'-ZHE ?I-?O N WI'-GI-E 1

WA-ZHO'-I-GA-THE WI'-GI-E 1 1. He'-dsi xtsi a', a bi? da, ?si

NATIVE NAMES OF OSAGE FULL BLOODS (AS FAR AS COULD BE

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THE OSAGE TRIBE
TWO VERSIONS OF THE CHILD-NAMING RITE

BY
FRANCIS LA FLESCHE

Forty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1926, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928, pages 23-164.