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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

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  »NN. 
  -7 
  

  

  Personal 
  Names" 
  

  

  WACA 
  BE 
  GENS, 
  HI 
  CADA 
  8UBGENS 
  

  

  White 
  Eagle's 
  band 
  

   Male. 
  

  

  (,'i'ha— 
  Soles 
  (0.: 
  Te'pa, 
  Tha'tada.Tapa'). 
  

  

  Cithe'dezhi"ga— 
  Little 
  heel 
  (O., 
  P'shta'- 
  

  

  cu 
  n 
  da). 
  

   De 
  / 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  — 
  Talks 
  walking. 
  

   Gahi'ge 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga— 
  Little 
  chief 
  (<>.: 
  I 
  n 
  ke'- 
  

  

  cabe, 
  Ko 
  n 
  'ce). 
  

   Gaku'wi"xe 
  — 
  Whirled 
  by 
  the 
  wind. 
  

   Gamo 
  n 
  'xpi 
  — 
  Wind 
  strikes 
  the 
  clouds 
  (0.: 
  

  

  Wazhi 
  n 
  'ga, 
  Tha'tada). 
  

   Gashta'gabi 
  — 
  Beaten 
  into 
  submission. 
  

   Ha'nugahi 
  — 
  Nettle 
  weed. 
  

   Ke'to 
  n 
  ga— 
  Big 
  turtle 
  (O.: 
  Wazhi 
  n 
  'ga, 
  

  

  Tha'tada). 
  

   Mi'xazhi 
  n 
  ga 
  — 
  Duck. 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  chu'nita 
  — 
  Grizzly 
  bear's 
  ears. 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  chu 
  / 
  \vathihi 
  — 
  Stampedes 
  the 
  grizzly 
  

  

  bear. 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  chu'zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  — 
  Little 
  grizzly 
  bear. 
  

   Mo^e'gahi 
  — 
  Arrow 
  chief 
  (0., 
  I 
  n 
  ke'oabe). 
  

   Mo 
  n/ 
  sho 
  n 
  zhide 
  — 
  Red 
  feather. 
  

   Mo 
  D 
  'tega 
  — 
  New 
  arrow. 
  

   Ni'ctumo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  — 
  Walking 
  backward 
  (O.: 
  

  

  Xu'ka, 
  Tha'tada). 
  

   Nishu'dezho" 
  — 
  Missouri 
  River 
  timber. 
  

   Niwa'i 
  — 
  Gives 
  water. 
  

   No 
  n 
  'pabi 
  — 
  One 
  who 
  is 
  feared 
  ((.».: 
  Wa- 
  

  

  ca'be, 
  Tha'tada). 
  

   Nudo 
  n 
  'ho 
  u 
  ga 
  — 
  Leader 
  (O., 
  IIo 
  n 
  'ga). 
  

   Nudo 
  n 
  'mo 
  I1 
  thi 
  11 
  — 
  Warrior 
  walking. 
  

   O 
  n/ 
  po 
  n 
  cabe— 
  Black 
  Elk. 
  

   Pe'degahi 
  — 
  Fire 
  chief 
  (O.: 
  Wazhi 
  n 
  'ga, 
  

  

  Tha'tada). 
  

   Sho 
  n 
  to 
  n 
  ga 
  — 
  Gray 
  wolf. 
  

   Shu'degaxe 
  — 
  Smoke 
  maker 
  (pi. 
  6). 
  

   Shui'na 
  — 
  Meaninguncertain(0.:Waca'be, 
  

  

  Tha'tada). 
  

   Shuka'mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  — 
  Walking 
  in 
  groups 
  (O., 
  

  

  Ibi"'ga). 
  

   Teco"'— 
  White 
  buffalo 
  (O.: 
  Wazhi^ga, 
  

  

  Tha'tada). 
  

   Tenu'gacabe 
  — 
  Black 
  bull. 
  

   ThiVbagigthe 
  — 
  Lightning 
  passing 
  (O., 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  shta'cu 
  n 
  da). 
  

   ThiVbatigthe— 
  -Sudden 
  lightning 
  (0., 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  shta'cu 
  n 
  da). 
  

   Tide'gigthe 
  — 
  Passes 
  by 
  with 
  a 
  roar. 
  

  

  Ti'uthio 
  n 
  ba 
  — 
  Lightning 
  flashes 
  in 
  the 
  tent 
  

  

  (0.,I 
  n 
  shtaVu 
  n 
  da). 
  

   Wahu'to 
  n 
  the— 
  Gun. 
  

   Wai 
  n 
  'gabtha 
  — 
  Spreads 
  robe. 
  

   Wazhi'dathi" 
  — 
  Has 
  red 
  medicine. 
  

   Xitha'cka— 
  White 
  eagle 
  (0., 
  Tapa'). 
  

  

  Female 
  

  

  Mi'gasho"thi 
  11 
  — 
  Traveling 
  sun 
  (O., 
  

  

  Pke'eabe). 
  

   Mi'texi 
  — 
  Sacred 
  moon 
  (0., 
  Mo"'thi 
  n 
  ka- 
  

  

  gaxe). 
  

  

  Big 
  Soldier's 
  band 
  

  

  Mule 
  

  

  Agi'chidato 
  D 
  ga 
  — 
  Big 
  soldier. 
  

  

  A'hi 
  n 
  eka— 
  White 
  wings 
  (0.: 
  Te'pa, 
  Tha'- 
  

   tada). 
  

  

  A'shkano 
  n 
  ge 
  — 
  Short 
  runner. 
  

  

  A'xewo" 
  — 
  Covered 
  with 
  frost. 
  

  

  Gahi'ge— 
  Chief 
  (0.: 
  I 
  n 
  ke'cabe, 
  Te'pa, 
  

   Tha'tada), 
  plate 
  7. 
  

  

  Ile'xude 
  — 
  Gray 
  horns 
  (O., 
  Te?i 
  n 
  'de). 
  

  

  I'kuhabi 
  — 
  He 
  who 
  causes 
  fear 
  

  

  L'shta'duba 
  — 
  Four 
  eyes 
  (O.: 
  Waca'be, 
  

   Tha'tada). 
  

  

  Ki'shlawagu 
  — 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  Pawnee 
  name 
  

   (0., 
  Mo 
  n/ 
  thi 
  n 
  kagaxe). 
  

  

  Mo 
  u 
  'hi 
  n 
  gahi 
  — 
  Knife 
  chief. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  'thumo 
  n 
  ce 
  — 
  Metal 
  or 
  iron 
  chief. 
  

  

  Nini'ba— 
  Pipe 
  (O., 
  Te'pa, 
  Tha'tada). 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  ba'mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  — 
  Two 
  walking 
  (0.: 
  Wa- 
  

   zhin'ga, 
  Tha'tada). 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  'gemo 
  n 
  thi 
  11 
  — 
  Travels 
  running 
  (0.,Mo 
  n/ 
  - 
  

   thi 
  n 
  kagaxe). 
  

  

  Xii(lu"'axa 
  — 
  Cries 
  for 
  war. 
  

  

  Paho 
  n/ 
  gamo 
  n 
  tbi 
  n 
  — 
  Walking 
  first 
  (O., 
  P'ke'- 
  

   cabe). 
  

  

  Shage'duba 
  — 
  Four 
  hoofs 
  (O., 
  Tapa'). 
  

  

  Shu'kabi 
  — 
  Bunch 
  of 
  clouds. 
  

  

  Tato 
  n 
  'gapa— 
  Bull 
  head. 
  

  

  Tenu'gacka 
  — 
  White 
  bull. 
  

  

  Te'thiti— 
  Buffalo 
  rib 
  (0.: 
  Waca'be, 
  

   Tha'tada). 
  

  

  Thi'tiaxa 
  — 
  Cries 
  for 
  rib. 
  

  

  TJ'ho 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga— 
  Little 
  cook 
  (O., 
  I"shta'- 
  

   cu 
  n 
  da). 
  

  

  Uzho 
  n 
  'ge— 
  Road. 
  

  

  \Ya(/a'bezhi 
  n 
  ga 
  — 
  Little 
  black 
  bear 
  (O.: 
  

   Waca'be, 
  Tha'tada). 
  

  

  aThis 
  list 
  is 
  necessarily 
  incomplete. 
  Names 
  found 
  in 
  tribes 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  Ponca 
  are 
  followed 
  by 
  

   the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  respective 
  tribes, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  gentes 
  where 
  known, 
  in 
  parentheses. 
  

   (0.= 
  Omaha.) 
  

  

  