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28, under Boy Chief. 3, Thunder-people, under Pawnee Chief. 4, Deer-people, under Sinde-xaⁿxaⁿ (Deer's-)tail-shows-red-at-intervals (-as-it-bounds-away).

The Ictasanda gens also was in four parts: 1, Nimba-t'aⁿ, Keepers-of-the-pipe. 2, Real Ictasanda people, (Numbers 1 and 2 were consolidated prior to 1880.) 3, Wacetaⁿ or Reptile people, sometimes called Keepers-of-the-claws-of-a-wildcat. 4, Real Thunder people, or Those-who-do-not-touch-a-clam-shell, or Keepers-of-the-clam-shell-and-the-tooth-of-a-black-bear.

The social organization of the Omaha has been treated at length by the author in his paper on Omaha Sociology.

THE PONKA

The Ponka tribal circle was divided equally bet ween the Tciⁿju and Wajaje half-tribes. To the former belonged two phratries of two gentes each, i. e., numbers 1 to 4, inclusive, and to the latter two similar phratries, including gentes 5 to 8.

Tciⁿju half-tribe—Thunder or Fire phratry: Gens 1, Hisada, Legs-stretched-out-stiff (refers to a dead quadruped); Thunder people. Gens 2, Touch-not-the-skin-of-a-black-bear. Wind-makers or War phratry: Gens 3, ¢ixida. Wildcat (in two subgentes: 1, Sinde-ag¢ĕ, Wears-tails, i. e., locks of hair; Naq¢e-it'ajĭ, Does-not-touch-charcoal; and Wascʇu-it'ajĭ, Does-not-touch-verdigris. 2, Wami-it'ajĭ, Does-not-touch-blood). Gens 4, Nika-da-ɔna, "Bald human-head;" Elk people (in at least three subgentes: 1, ʇe-sinde-it'ajĭ, Does-not-touch-a-buffalo-tail; 2, ʇe ¢eze ¢atajĭ,