63 The Female Beaver, who had been traveling, came to the confines of the
village (of the Han{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED K~}a utacan{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se?)
(She made?) a small lodge (for herself?).
Good Voice, of the Mink'in gens, knew the history of the Female Beaver,
but he failed to keep his promise to dictate it to the author.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
An Osage said to the author: "We do not believe that our ancestors were
really animals, birds, &c., as told in the traditions. These things are
only wa-wi'-ku-ska'-ye [symbols] of something higher." On saying this he
pointed to the sky.
Apart from such traditions or myths, it is found that even the taboos and
the names of the gentes, subgentes, phratries, and persons are objects of
mysterious reverence among many, if not all, of the Siouan tribes. Such
names are never used in ordinary conversation. This is especially the case
in tribes where the secret society continues in all its power, as among
the Osage, the Ponka, and the Kansa.
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