Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPENDIX A THE IOWA CAMPING CIRCLE The camping circle among the Iowa was usually divided into two half circles, each occupied by two phratries of four gentes each. These regulated the hunt and numerous other tribal affairs during the four seasons, the first phratry taking the lead during Autumn and Winter; the second during Spring and Summer. The list which follows was prepared in part by Rev. William Hamilton about 1880 and before his death communicated to the late J. 0. Dorsey, who added a considerable number of gentes and subgentes, some further assistance being obtained through the aid of a delegation of Iowa while on a visit to Washington. FIRST PHRATRY GENTES SUBGENTES 1. Tu'-nan-p'in, Black Bear. Tohin and 5"lre wonane were chiefs of this gens in 1880. Tohin kept the sacred pipe. 1. Ta'-po-cka, a large black bear, with a white spot on the chest. 2. Pun'-xa cka, a black bear with a red nose; literally, Nose White. 3. Mun-tci'-nye, Young black bear, a short black bear. 4. Ki'-re-ko6'-qo-toe, a small reddish black bear, motherless; it has little hair and runs swiftly. 2. Mi-tci'-ra-tce, Wolf Ma'-hln was a chief this gens. 3. Tce'-xi-ta, Eagle and Thunder— being gens. 4. Qo'-ta-tci, Elk; now extinct. The Elk gens furnished the soldiers or policemen. 5. Pa'-qya, Beaver. Probably the archaic name, as beaver is now ra-we. The survivors of this gens have joined the Pa-ca or Beaver gens of the Oto tribe. 1. Cun'-tan cka, White-wolf. 2. Cun'-tan ce-we, Black-wolf. 3. Gun'-tan qo'-jpe, Gray-Wolf. 4. Ma-nyi'-ka-qci', Coyote. 1. Na'tci-tce', i. e., Qra'-qtci, Real or Golden eagle. 2. Qra'hun'-e, Ancestral or Grey eagle. 3. Qra'3[re'-ye, Spotted-eagle. 4. Qra pa can, Bald-eagle. 1. TJn'-pe-xa qa...