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.