Chapter 3

Ladles of the Omaha 277 La Fleche, Joseph, on Omaha armor 287 arrowshafts 286 mats 275 saddles 280 war-clubs 283 La Flesche, Francis, on grass-stalk drills 279 Lances of the Omaha 285 Lariats of the Omaha 280 Lodges of earth, Use of 271 , Omaha, how constructed 269 Long, S. H., on Kansa lodge 269 Omaha bow-wood 285 indian horsemanship 280

Mason, O. T., Acknowledgements to 269 Mats, cane, the Omaha and Winnebago 275 , Omaha lodges of, 269, 271 Mortars of the Omaha 276 Musical instruments of the Omaha 281

Omaha dwellings, furniture and implements 263-288 Osage indians, Bent spear used by 285 , Lodges of, described 271 Oto, Arrows of the 287

Pawnee, Armor of the 288 , Arrows of the 287 , Bent spear used by the 285 [P]ejqude, Tent of 273, 274 Pestles of the Omaha 176 Pillows of the Omaha 275 Pipes of the Omaha 279 Ponka, Armor not used by the 287 , Arrows of the 287 dwellings, furniture and implements 269 , Ropes of the 281 Pottery, formerly made by the Omaha 276, 277 Provision sacks of the Omaha 278

Quivers of the Omaha 287

Rattles of the Omaha 281 Riding, Omaha method of 280

Sacks of the Omaha 278 Saddles of the Omaha 280 Sanssouci, Village of 271 Sauk, Bark lodges of the 271 Say, T., on Kansa lodge 269 Sewing among the Siouan tribes 274 Shields of the Omaha 287 Skin lodge of the Omaha 269, 271 Smoke holes of Omaha lodge 273 Smoking paraphernalia, Omaha 279 Snow-shoes, Omaha and Ponka 281 Spears of the Omaha 284 Spoons of the Omaha 277 Standards, War, of the Omaha 273 Standing Hawk Village of 270 Stone arrowheads of the Omaha 287 axes of the Omaha 278 knives of the Omaha 278 Sweat-houses of the Omaha 274 Swings of Omaha children 276

Tobacco pouches of the Omaha 284 Tomahawks of the Omaha 284 Tongs of the Omaha 279 Totem posts, Absence of, among the Omaha 274 Traveling gear, Omaha and Ponka 281

Utensils of the Omaha 277

Water vessels of the Omaha 277 Weapons of the Omaha 283 Whips of the Omaha 280 Whistles of the Omaha 282 Wickiup, Origin of term 275 Winjage, an Omaha village 270 Winnebago grass mats 275 lodges described 271 Women, Omaha lodges made by 269 Wood, Spoons of, of the Omaha 277 Wristguards used by the Omaha 287

Yellow Smoke, Earth lodge of 270