CHAPTER XII.--THE LAW 364

Personal law 364 Property law 366 Corporation law 367 Government law 367 International law 368 Military law 368 Religious law 368

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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PLATE XXX.--Map showing the migrations of the Omahas and cognate tribes 212 XXXI.--Tent of Agaha-wacuce 237 XXXII.--Omaha system of consanguinities 253 XXXIII.--Omaha system of affinities 255

FIG. 12.--The Omaha tribal circle 220 13.--Places of the chiefs, &c., in the tribal assembly 224 14.--Iñke-sabe tent 230 15.--Iñke-sabe style of wearing the hair 230 16.--Iñke-sabe Gentile assembly 231 17.--The sacred pole 234 18.--Wasabe-hit`ajĭ style of wearing the hair 237 19.--[T]e-sinde style of wearing the hair 244 20.--The weawa^n or calumet pipe 277 21.--Rattles used in the pipe dance 278 22.--The Dakota style of tobacco pouch used by the Omahas in the pipe dance 278 23.--The position of the pipes, the ear of corn, &c. 279 24.--Decoration of child's face 280 25.--Showing positions of the long tent, the pole, and rows of "ʇa" within the tribal circle 295 26.--Figures of pumpkins 306 27.--The Webajabe 310 28.--The Weubaja^n 311 29.--Front view of the iron 311 30.--Old Ponka fort 314 31.--Diagram showing places of the guests, messengers, etc. 315 32.--The banañge 336 33.--The sticks 336 34.--Na^na^n au hă 336 35.--₵ab¢i^n au hă 337 36.--Diagram of the play-ground 337 37.--The stick used in playing [P]a¢i^n-jahe 338 38.--The wa¢igije 338 39.--The stick used in playing I^nti^n-buʇa 341 40.--The waq¢eq¢e `a^nsa 352 41.--The Ponka style of hañga-ʞi`a^nze 359 42.--The Omaha style of hañga-ʞi`a^nze 361

OMAHA SOCIOLOGY.

BY J. OWEN DORSEY.