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§ 54. The place of the [K]aⁿze or Kansas gens is between the [K]e-`iⁿ and the Maⁿ¢iñka-gaxe in the tribal circle. The head man of the gens who was recognized as such in 1879 was Zaⁿzi-mande.

Taboo.—The [K]aⁿze people cannot touch verdigris, which they call "wase-ʇu," green clay, or "wase-ʇu-qude," gray-green clay.

Being Wind people, they flap their blankets to start a breeze which will drive off the musquitoes.

Subgentes.—La Flèche and Two Crows recognize but two of these: Keepers of a Pipe and Wind People. They assign to the former Majaⁿha¢iⁿ, Majaⁿ-kide, &c., and to the latter Wajiⁿ-¢icage, Zaⁿzi-mandě, and their near kindred. But Lion said that there were four subgentes, and that Majaⁿha¢iⁿ was the head man of the first, or Niniba t`aⁿ, which has another name, Those who Make the Sacred tent. He gave Wajiⁿ-¢icage as the head man of the Wind people, Zaⁿzi-mandě as the head of the third subgens, and Majaⁿ-kide of the fourth; but he could not give the exact order in which they sat in their gentile circle.

A member of the gens told the writer that Four Peaks, whom Lion assigned to Zaⁿzi-mandě's subgens, was the owner of the sacred tent; but he did not say to what sacred tent he referred.

Some say that Majaⁿha¢iⁿ was the keeper of the sacred pipe of his gens till his death in 1879. Others, including Frank La Flèche, say that Four Peaks was then, and still is, the keeper of the pipe.

According to La Flèche and Two Crows, a member of this gens was chosen as crier when the brave young men were ordered to take part in the sham fight. (See § 152.) "This was Majaⁿha-¢iⁿ" (Frank La Flèche).

§ 55. Names of Kansas men.—Thick Hoofs. Something Wanting. Not worn from long use. He only is great in his own estimation. Boy who talks like a chief. Young one that Flies [?]. He Lay down On the way. Young Beaver. Two Thighs. Brave Boy. Kansas Chief. Young Kansas. Making a Hollow sound. Gray Cottonwood. The one Moving toward the Land. He who shot at the Land. Young Grizzly bear. White Grizzly bear near at hand. He started suddenly to his feet. Heartless. Chief. Four Peaks. Hair on the legs (of a buffalo calf takes) a withered appearance. Swift Wind. Wind pulls to pieces. He Walks In the Wind. Buffalo that has become Lean again. Lies at the end. Young animal Feeding with the herd. He who makes an object Fall to pieces by Punching it. Blood. He who makes them weep. Bow-wood Bow.

Names of Kansas women.—Kansas Female. Moon that Is traveling. Ancestral or Foremost Moon. Moon Moving On high. Last [?] Wind. Wind Female. Coming back Gray.