. Bulletin. Ethnology. Howard] THE PONCA TRIBE 89 (a)-Dlxida; . . (b) tg4b4i-4nedeweti (/g*?^€J^^nede, puma; lijeif, to dwell in); . . 3. Nikapdsna, A man's skull. Subgeutes (a) T^'dhat^-ilazi {t''a, deer, ha, skin, t^, possess, itdzi, do not touch) . . (b) T'^Mideitazi {the, buffalo, 4]de, tail, itazi, do not touch); ... 4. Pd^kaxll: Real or original Ponca Subgentes: (a) Pdkaxti; (b) Mdkd (mystery or medicine). 5. Wasdbe, a dark object, as seen against the horizon; ... 6. Wazdze, an old term. Subgentes: (a) Wazdze (real Wazdze); name said to refer to the snake after shedding circle, old skin
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Howard] THE PONCA TRIBE 89 (a)-Dlxida; . . (b) tg4b4i-4nedeweti (/g*?^€J^^nede, puma; lijeif, to dwell in); . . 3. Nikapdsna, A man's skull. Subgeutes (a) T^'dhat^-ilazi {t''a, deer, ha, skin, t^, possess, itdzi, do not touch) . . (b) T'^Mideitazi {the, buffalo, 4]de, tail, itazi, do not touch); ... 4. Pd^kaxll: Real or original Ponca Subgentes: (a) Pdkaxti; (b) Mdkd (mystery or medicine). 5. Wasdbe, a dark object, as seen against the horizon; ... 6. Wazdze, an old term. Subgentes: (a) Wazdze (real Wazdze); name said to refer to the snake after shedding circle, old skin and again in full power, (b) Wazdzexude (gray Wazdze); refers to the grayish appearance of the snake's cast off skin; . . , Ice; . . Alanson Skinner (1915 c, p. 799) collected the following list of Ponca clans: 1. ^ixida (Do not touch blood) 2. Wazdze (Osage) 3. Makq, (Medicine) 4. Nuxe (Ice) 5. Nlkapdbia (?) 6. Hisada (Straight legs) 7. Wasdbe (Black Bear) He could learn of no subclans. The list of clans which I secured, together with some of the clan duties and taboos, is as follows: There were seven clans, not counting the Wd-ge-zlga (Sons of White men clan). Starting with the clan at your left, as you entered the camp circle from the east, and proceeding clockwise around the circle, they were as follows: 1. Wazdze (Snake or Osage). This clan guarded the entrance to the huduga. Thej'^ were reputed to be expert trackers. If a party left the village and did not return within a reasonable length of time, trackers from this clan were dispatched to search for them. Touching snakes was taboo to members of this clan. Ac- cording to OYB the clan was divided into two subclans (a) Wazdzextl (real Wazdze) and (b) Wazdzexude (gray Wazdze). W. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Instit
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