18 GLOSSARY OF UTE WORDS 
CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGERS 
The oldest se among the White River and Uinta bands are 
Little Jim (No. 1), a perce under Red Cap, leader of the White 
River band; res Star (No. 18) and Tim Johnson (No. 16), both of 
whom are old warriors; Jim Pant (No. 22), whose early hunting was 
done with bow and arrows; Arkansaw (No. 23), a Paiute who has 
been among the Utes since his boyhood and is totally blind; Fanny 
Provo (No. 13), and Weeyutchee (No. 24). Six of the singers are 
members of the Uncompahgre band and live at Ouray. The oldest 
among these are Areey (No. 8), a man of strong character, who is 
leader among those opposing the introduction of mescal among the 
Utes in that locality. Allied with him in this position are Nikoree 
(No. 2), Jim Kolorow (No. 21), and Paul Pegaroos (No. 17). The 
younger members of the Uncompahgre band recording songs are 
Chigoop (No. 15) and Sidney Blueotter (No. 14). Among the singers 
of the White River and Uinta bands the following may be said to 
be in middle life: Mrs. Washington (No. 25), who treats the sick by 
material means; Teddy Pageets (No. 11), who treats the sick with- 
out the use of material means; Clark Tonner (No. 5); Isaacs (No. 4); 
Quinance (No. 7); and Dave Weetch (No. 19). Charlie Saritch is 
about the same age and was employed by the Government as police- 
man at the Whiterocks Boarding School in 1916, when the present 
work was concluded. To the younger generation belong Joshua 
Washington (No. 6), Andrew Frank (No. 12), and Eugene Perank 
(No. 10), whose surname is a mispronunciation of the English word 
“rank.” 
Fred Mart (No. 3), who acted as the writer’s interpreter ihecuphemt 
this research, was a student at the United States Indian Solin at 
Carlisle, Pa., 1903 to 1908. Charles Mack (No. 20) has been promi- 
nently identified with tribal affairs as an interpreter and has twice 
visited Washington with delegations. 
GLOSSARY OF UTE WORDS 
TripaL NamMEsS 
The word ‘‘Ute”’ is of debated origin. . The general term used by 
these Indians in referring to themselves or to others is Nénts, plural, 
Nontsi. 
The three divisions of the tribe considered in the present work are: 
(1) White River. This is a geographical term, the Ute name for 
this band being Ya’mpatika (yamper eaters).3 
8 The yampa Cer m gairdneri) ‘‘is a plant whose roots are much used for food by the Indians of the 
Oregon region, the Klamath, Umatilla, Ute, and others; from ya’mpd, the name of this plant in the Ute 
dialect of Shoshonean.’”? Handbook of American Indians, Bull. 30, Bur. Amer. Ethn., pt. 2, p. 987, 
Washington, 1910. 
