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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TBIBE 
  [eth. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  Iowa, 
  Ma'xude. 
  Ma'xude 
  is 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  Pa'xude, 
  meaning 
  "gray 
  head," 
  the 
  

   name 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  Iowa 
  call 
  themselves. 
  

  

  Oto, 
  Wathu'tada. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  name 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  Oto 
  speak 
  of 
  themselves. 
  

   Missouri, 
  Niu'tacbi. 
  The 
  name 
  means 
  "those 
  who 
  came 
  floating 
  down 
  dead/' 
  

   Winnebago, 
  Hu'tu"ga. 
  . 
  

  

  Mandan, 
  Mawa'dani. 
  

  

  Crows, 
  Ka'xe 
  niashiga 
  (from 
  ha're, 
  "crow;" 
  ni'ashiga, 
  "people"). 
  

   Yankton, 
  Iho 
  n 
  'to 
  n 
  wi"." 
  An 
  Omaha 
  version 
  of 
  the 
  Yanktons' 
  own 
  name. 
  

   Santee, 
  I 
  n 
  go 
  Q 
  'ati. 
  f 
  < 
  The 
  name 
  means 
  "those 
  who 
  dwell 
  on 
  the 
  white 
  rocks." 
  

   Oglala, 
  Ubtha'tha." 
  

  

  Of 
  tribes 
  belonging 
  to 
  other 
  linguistic 
  stocks 
  the 
  Omaha 
  have 
  

   names 
  for 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  Pawnee, 
  Pa'thi". 
  

  

  Arikara, 
  Pa'thi=pica. 
  The 
  name 
  means 
  "sand 
  Pawnee." 
  

  

  Caddo, 
  Pa'thi 
  "wacabe. 
  This 
  name 
  means 
  "black 
  Pawnee." 
  

  

  Wichita 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  Wichita 
  

  

  Cheyenne, 
  Shahi'etha. 
  

  

  Blackfeet, 
  Ci'cube. 
  The 
  Omaha 
  name 
  means 
  "blackfeet." 
  

  

  Sauk, 
  Ca'ge. 
  

  

  Arapaho 
  1 
  

  

  -Maxpi'ato 
  ("blue 
  clouds 
  " 
  ). 
  

   Kiowa 
  I 
  r 
  v 
  

  

  Comanche, 
  Pa'du"ka 
  (Padouca). 
  

  

  Kickapoo, 
  Hi'gabu. 
  

  

  Potawatomie, 
  Wahi'uthaxa. 
  This 
  name 
  is 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  the 
  Oto 
  name 
  for 
  this 
  

   tribe, 
  Woraxa. 
  

  

  Bannock, 
  Ba'niki. 
  The 
  Omaha 
  name 
  is 
  probably 
  a 
  modification 
  of 
  Bannock. 
  

  

  Nez 
  Perces, 
  PegacuMe. 
  This 
  tribe 
  was 
  known 
  through 
  the 
  Ponca. 
  The 
  name 
  

   given 
  them 
  means 
  "braids 
  on 
  the 
  forehead." 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  Omaha 
  have 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Arikara 
  and 
  one 
  which 
  indi- 
  

   cates 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  their 
  relationship 
  to 
  the 
  Pawnee, 
  and 
  yet 
  have 
  

   none 
  for 
  the 
  northern 
  Sionx 
  tribes 
  who 
  belong 
  to 
  their 
  own 
  linguistic 
  

   stock, 
  is 
  an 
  interesting 
  point, 
  particularly 
  when 
  taken 
  in 
  connection 
  

   with 
  the 
  influence 
  exercised 
  on 
  the 
  tribe 
  by 
  the 
  Arikara, 
  mentioned 
  

   on 
  p. 
  75. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Chippewa 
  group, 
  yet 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   improbable 
  that 
  the 
  tribes 
  long 
  ago 
  came 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  into 
  contact. 
  

   The 
  similarity 
  between 
  the 
  " 
  Shell 
  society" 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  and 
  the 
  

   "Grand 
  Medicine" 
  of 
  the 
  Chippewa 
  suggests 
  some 
  communication, 
  

   direct 
  or 
  indirect, 
  though 
  all 
  knowledge 
  of 
  how 
  the 
  Shell 
  society 
  was 
  

   hit 
  induced 
  has 
  been 
  lost. 
  Nor 
  do 
  the 
  Omaha 
  seem 
  to 
  know 
  anything 
  of 
  

   the 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Muskhogean 
  or 
  Iroquoian 
  stock 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  east 
  ; 
  

   nor 
  of 
  those 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Shoshonean 
  anil 
  Athapascan 
  stocks 
  to 
  

   the 
  west 
  and 
  southwest. 
  They 
  knew 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains, 
  which 
  

   they 
  called 
  Pahe'mo 
  n 
  shi, 
  meaning 
  "high 
  hills" 
  or 
  "mountains." 
  Yet 
  

   they 
  seem 
  never 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  into 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  tribes 
  living 
  so 
  far 
  

   to 
  the 
  west. 
  The 
  Black 
  Hills 
  of 
  South 
  Dakota 
  were 
  familiar 
  to 
  them, 
  

   and 
  were 
  known 
  as 
  Pahe'cabe, 
  the 
  word 
  meaning 
  literally 
  "black 
  

   hills." 
  

  

  aThis 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  distinctive 
  names 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  bands 
  of 
  the 
  Dakota 
  are 
  known. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  

   general 
  name 
  for 
  all 
  persons 
  speaking 
  that 
  language, 
  Shau 
  n 
  '— 
  possibly 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  Sioux. 
  

  

  