Their Creator was Wah-Kon-Dah, the "Great Mysterious Spirit".
http://www.watersheds.org History The Osage The Ozarks were the hunting grounds of the Osage tribe of Native Americans when white explorers first came into the area. The Osage were a powerful tribe that claimed all of southwest Missouri. They had villages to the north and west and sent hunting parties into the Ozarks. Delaware and Shawnee , displaced from their Eastern homes, were also in the area. Osage life was lived in harmony with the seasons for hundreds of years before the first white settlers. The Osage lived in villages along the Osage and Missouri Rivers, north of the Bryant Creek watershed. They cultivated crops and gathered food near the villages. They made long hunting trips deep into the Ozarks each year. The Osage called themselves "Children of the Middle Waters". They believed they fell from the sky to live on the earth. Their Creator was Wah-Kon-Dah, the "Great Mysterious Spirit". They called the Earth "Sacred One". Every morning they p...