The Osage Tribe, Two Versions of the Child-naming Rite (1928 N 43 / 1925-1926 (Pages 23-164))

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Author

La Flesche, Francis, 1857-1932

Title

The Osage tribe, two versions of the child-naming rite (1928 N 43 / 1925-1926 (pages 23-164))

Credits

Produced by PM for Bureau of American Ethnology and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net, Wayne Hammond (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Osage mythology

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Text

eBook-No.

49326

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49326

Release Date

June 29, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE OSAGE TRIBE TWO VERSIONS OF THE CHILD-NAMING RITE BY FRANCIS LA FLESCHE
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.CHILD-NAMING RITUALS
6. 6.BIRTH NAMES OF THE PUMA GENS — The First Three Sons — The First Three Daughters — Sky Names
7. 7.CHILD-NAMING RITUAL OF THE PUMA GENS ( Wa-xthi´-zhi ) — Ḳi´-no N —Ceremony of Decorating the Xo´-ḳa — Ḳi´-no N Wi´-gi-e (FREE TRANSLATION) — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi and the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge Gentes — Ṭsi Ṭa´-p̣e (Approach to the House) — Footstep Song and Wi´-gi-e — WI´-GI-E — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — The Wa-the´-the Ceremony — Zha´-zhe Ḳi-ṭo N Wi´-gi-e — NAME-TAKING WI´-GI-E (FREE TRANSLATION) 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10 — 11 — 12 — Old-Age Wi´-gi-e FREE TRANSLATION — Wi´-gi-e of the Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi Gens — Wi´-gi-e of the Bow People — Earth Names and Wi´-gi-es — EARTH NAME WI´-GI-ES ( Wa-xthi´-zhi ) — Wi´-gi-e of the Wa´ṭse-gi-ṭsi HE-WHO-CAME-FROM-THE-STARS — MI´-XA-ÇKA, THE WHITE SWAN — WA-XTHI´-ZHI — WA-ṬSE´-MO N -I N — Special Instructions to the Mother — Origin Wi´-gi-e of the Tho´-xe Gens
8. 8.CHILD-NAMING RITUAL OF THE ṬSI´-ZHU WA-SHTA-GE GENS ( Sho N ´-ge-mo N -i N ) — Certain Gentes Called to Take Part in the Ceremony — Wa-zho´-i-ga-the (Life Symbol) Wi´-gi-e — THE TAKING OF LIFE SYMBOLS. FREE TRANSLATION 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — The Xo´-ḳa Ceremonially Conducted to the Child’s House — A Life Symbol Sent to Each of the Officiating Gentes — Members of the Officiating Gentes Recite Their Wi´-gi-es Simultaneously — THE NAME WI´-GI-E FREE TRANSLATION 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — The Child is Passed from Gens to Gens to be Blessed — First Child-naming Wi´-gi-e of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-no N Gens — TAKING OF LIFE SYMBOLS 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10 — The Gentile Hair Cut of Children — THE WI´-GI-E — Hair Cut of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge Gens — Paraphrase of the Wi´-gi-e of the Red Eagle Gens — PEACEFUL DAY IS MY NAME — NO-ANGER IS ALSO MY NAME — Paraphrase of Wi´-gi-e Relating to the Ni´-ḳa Wa-ḳoⁿ-da-gi and the Tho´-xe Gentes — Fondness of Personal Adornment — Ear Perforating
9. 9.ḲI´-NO N WI´-GI-E — 1 — 2 — 3
10. 10.ṬSI TA´-P̣E WA-THO N — WI´-GI-E 1 — 2 — 3 — 4
11. 11.ZHA´-ZHE ḲI-ṬO N WI´-GI-E — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10 — 11 — 12
12. 12.U´-NO N WI´-GI-E — 1
13. 13.WA-ZHO´-I-GA-THE WI´-GI-E — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8
14. 14.ZHA´-ZHE ḲI-ṬO N WI´-GI-E — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5
15. 15.WA-ZHO´-I-GA-THE WI´-GI-E — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — 10
16. 16.NATIVE NAMES OF OSAGE FULL BLOODS (AS FAR AS COULD BE ASCERTAINED), USED BY EACH GENS OF THE TRIBE — Names of the Gentes and Subgentes — FIXED ORDER OF THE GENTES AND SUBGENTES Gentes of the Ho N ´-ga Great Division WA-ZHA´-ZHE SUBDIVISION — HO N ´-GA SUBDIVISION — Gentes of the Ṭsi´-zhu Great Division — The Ṭsi´ Ha-shi (Those-Who-Were-Last-to-Come) — Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi or P̣o 7 ´-ḳa Wa-shta-ge — BOYS — GIRLS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — Ṭa´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga — BOYS — GIRLS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — Ho´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga ( Fish People ) — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — Ho N ´-ga U-ṭa-no N -dsi — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — HO N ´-GA SUBDIVISION — Wa-ça´-be — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — I N -gtho N ´-ga — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — Ho N ´-ga Gthe-zhe — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — Ho N ´-ga U-thu-ha-ge — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — O’-po N (Elk) Gens — MALE — FEMALE — I´-ba-ṭse (Wind) Gens — MALE — FEMALE — ṬSI´-ZHU DIVISION — Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-no N Gens — MALE — FEMALE — Çi N ´-dse-a-gthe (Wearers-of-locks) — MALE — FEMALE — Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — Ṭse-do´-ga I N -dse Gens — MALE — FEMALE — Ṭse Tho N ´-ḳa Gens — Mi-ḳ’i N ´ Gens — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — Ho N ´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga (Night-people) — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — Ni´-ḳa-Wa-ḳo N -da-gi ( Men of Mystery ) — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — Tho´-xe Gens — SONS — DAUGHTERS — OTHER NAMES — Male — Female — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Note:

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