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Fletcher and La Flesche (1911, pp. 41-42) write as follows: 



There are seven gentes in the Ponca tribe, namely: WaSdbe, -Dixida, Nlkapasna, 

 Pdkaxtl, TVasdbe, Wazdze, and NiXxe. These camped in the order indicated in the 

 diagram . . ., beginnmg on the southern side of the eastern entrance of the tribal 

 circle, to which the Ponca give the name hilSuga, the word used by the Omaha also 

 to designate their tribal circle. 



1. Waddbe, Black Bear. Subgentes: (a) Wa4dbe (b) Hidada (stretched, referring 

 to the stretch of the legs in running) ; ... 2. -Dixida, Meaning lost. Subgentes: 



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