A Study of Siouan Cults Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544

CHAPTER II.--Definitions 365

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Alleged belief in a Great Spirit 365 Phenomena divided into human and superhuman 365 Terms for “mysterious,” “lightning,” etc. 366 Other Omaha and Ponka terms 367 Significance of personal names and kinship terms 368 Myth and legend distinguished from the superhuman 368