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§ 10. The road along which they passed divided the tribal circle into two equal parts; five gentes camped on the right of it and five pitched their tents on its left. Those on the right were called the Hañgacenu, and the others were known as the Ictasanda. The Hañgacenu gentes are as follows: Wéjiⁿcte, Iñké-sábě, Hañ´ga, ₵átada, and [K]aⁿ´ze. The Ictasanda gentes are as follows: Maⁿ`¢iñka-gáxe, [T]e-sĭn´de, [T]a-[p]á, Iñg¢é-jide, and Ictásanda.

According to Wahaⁿ-¢iñge, the chief of the [T]e-sĭnde gens, there used to be one hundred and thirty-three tents pitched by the Hañgacenu, and one hundred and forty-seven by the Ictasanda. This was probably the case when they went on the hunt the last time, in 1871 or 1872.

Fig. 12.—The Omaha tribal circle.

LEGEND. The Omaha tribal circle.

Hañgacenu gentes.

A. Wejincte, or Elk.

B. Iñke-sabě.

C. Hañga.

D. ₵atada:

a. Wasanbe-hit`ajĭ.

b. Wajiñga-¢atajĭ.

c. [T]e-[p]a-it`ajĭ.

d. [K]e-`in.

E. [K]anze.

Ictasanda gentes.

F. Mañ¢iñka-gaxe.

G. [T]e-sĭnde.

H. [T]a-[p]a.

I. Iñg¢e-jide.

K. Ictasanda.

The sacred tents of the Wejiⁿcte and Hañga gentes are designated by appropriate figures; so also are the seven gentes which keep the sacred pipes. The diameter of the circle represents the road traveled by the tribe, A and K forming the gentes in the van.]