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Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1848

"Siouan Sociology"


10. The leading gens on the right side of the circle, and one of the
original seven Osage fireplaces. Pan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H~}'ka wacta'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}e, Ponka peace-maker,
according to a Tsi{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}u man; in two subgentes, _a_, Tse'wace, Pond-lily, and
_b_, Waca'*d*e, Dark-buffalo; but according to Pan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H~}'ka wa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a'yin{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a, a
member of the gens, his people have three subgentes, _a_, Wake'ce, Flags;
_b_, Wa'tsetsi, meaning, perhaps, Has-come hither
(tsi)-after-touching-the-foe (watse); _c_, Quntse', Red cedar.
11. Han'{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a a'hue tun', Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a-having-wings, or Hue'sa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a,
Limbs-stretched-stiff, or Quec i'ni{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H~}k'acin'a, White-eagle people, in two
subgentes, which were two of the original Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a fireplaces: _a_, Hue'sa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a
Wanun', Elder Huesa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a; _b_, Hue'sa{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}a, those wearing four locks of hair
resembling those worn by the second division of the Wasape tun.


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