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  ENVIRONMENT; 
  RESULTANT 
  INFLUENCES 
  111 
  

  

  Bitter, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  Taste 
  of 
  nuts, 
  I 
  

   Taste 
  of 
  fat, 
  J 
  

   Salt, 
  the 
  article, 
  Nicki'the 
  (sweet 
  water). 
  

  

  COLORS 
  

  

  White, 
  Oka. 
  

  

  Pale, 
  Qo 
  n 
  . 
  

  

  Black, 
  Ca'be. 
  

  

  Green, 
  Tu. 
  

  

  Blue, 
  Tu 
  ca'be. 
  

  

  Yellow, 
  Ci. 
  

  

  Red, 
  Zhi'de. 
  

  

  Gray 
  or 
  Brown, 
  Xu'de. 
  

  

  POINTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMPASS 
  

  

  North, 
  t'cni'atathisho 
  11 
  (ngni, 
  cold; 
  ata, 
  there; 
  thixlio", 
  toward) 
  — 
  toward 
  the 
  cold. 
  

  

  East, 
  Miuia'tathisho" 
  (mi, 
  sun: 
  ui, 
  it 
  comes; 
  ata, 
  there; 
  thishon, 
  toward) 
  — 
  toward 
  

   the 
  coming 
  of 
  the 
  sun. 
  

  

  South, 
  Mo 
  n 
  shtea'tathisho 
  n 
  (mo^skte, 
  heat; 
  ata, 
  there; 
  ihisho", 
  toward)— 
  toward 
  

   the 
  heat. 
  

  

  West, 
  Mfitheatathisho" 
  1 
  (mi, 
  sun; 
  ilhe, 
  gone; 
  ata, 
  there; 
  thishcfl 
  1 
  , 
  toward) 
  — 
  toward 
  

   where 
  the 
  sun 
  has 
  gone. 
  

  

  Lip 
  (as 
  when 
  the 
  pipes 
  are 
  pointed 
  upward), 
  Mo 
  n/ 
  xata 
  (mo^xa, 
  sky; 
  la, 
  ata, 
  there 
  I. 
  

  

  Down 
  (as 
  when 
  the 
  pipes 
  are 
  pointed 
  downward), 
  To 
  n/ 
  deata 
  (io 
  n 
  de, 
  earth; 
  ata, 
  

   there). 
  

  

  DIVISIONS 
  OF 
  TIME 
  

  

  January, 
  Ho^ga 
  umubthi 
  ike: 
  When 
  the 
  snow 
  drifts 
  into 
  the 
  tents 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n/ 
  ga. 
  

  

  February, 
  Mi'xa 
  agthi 
  ike: 
  The 
  moon 
  when 
  geese 
  come 
  home 
  (come 
  back). 
  

  

  March, 
  Pe'nishka 
  mieta 
  ike: 
  The 
  little 
  frog 
  moon. 
  

  

  April, 
  Miu'o 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  ke: 
  The 
  moon 
  in 
  which 
  nothing 
  happens. 
  

  

  May, 
  Mi 
  waa' 
  ike: 
  The. 
  moon 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  (the 
  tribe) 
  plant. 
  

  

  June, 
  Tenu'gamigauna 
  ike: 
  The 
  buffalo 
  bulls 
  hunt 
  the 
  cows. 
  

  

  July, 
  Tehu'ta" 
  ike: 
  When 
  the 
  buffalo 
  bellow. 
  

  

  August, 
  U 
  a 
  'po"huta 
  n 
  ike: 
  When 
  the 
  elk 
  bellow. 
  

  

  September, 
  Ta'xte 
  ma"no 
  n 
  xa 
  ike: 
  When 
  the 
  deer 
  paw 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  October, 
  Ta'xti 
  kithixa 
  ike: 
  When 
  the 
  deer 
  rut. 
  

  

  November, 
  Ta'xte 
  hebaxo 
  n/ 
  ike: 
  When 
  the 
  deer 
  shed 
  the 
  antlers. 
  

  

  December, 
  Waca'be 
  zhi"ga 
  i'da 
  ike: 
  When 
  the 
  little 
  black 
  bears 
  are 
  born. 
  

  

  The 
  Oto 
  and 
  Iowa 
  tribes 
  use 
  the 
  same 
  names 
  for 
  the 
  months 
  except 
  for 
  January, 
  

   which 
  is 
  called 
  "the 
  raccoon 
  month." 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  name 
  for 
  month 
  was 
  " 
  a 
  moon." 
  

  

  The 
  night, 
  or 
  sleeping 
  time, 
  marked 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  days, 
  so 
  a 
  journey 
  might 
  be 
  

   spoken 
  of 
  as 
  having 
  taken 
  so 
  many 
  " 
  sleeps." 
  In 
  like 
  manner 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  spoken 
  

   of 
  as 
  "a 
  winter." 
  The 
  sun 
  indicated 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  day: 
  Sunrise, 
  mi'etho 
  ll 
  be 
  (mi, 
  sun; 
  

   eiliu 
  n 
  be, 
  to 
  come 
  out); 
  sunset, 
  mi'ethe 
  .(mi, 
  sun; 
  ithe, 
  gone). 
  A 
  motion 
  toward 
  the 
  

   zenith 
  meant 
  noon 
  (mi'tho" 
  nio"shi 
  — 
  mi, 
  sun; 
  llm", 
  round; 
  mo 
  n 
  shi, 
  on 
  high); 
  mid- 
  

   way 
  between 
  the 
  zenith 
  and 
  the 
  west, 
  afternoon; 
  and 
  midway 
  toward 
  the 
  east, 
  

   forenoon. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  smaller 
  divisions 
  of 
  time 
  among 
  the 
  Omaha. 
  

  

  