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  on 
  him. 
  All 
  female 
  names 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  ni'lcie 
  class 
  and 
  were 
  never 
  

  

  dropped 
  or 
  changed, 
  nor 
  did 
  a 
  woman 
  ever 
  have 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  name. 
  

   After 
  the 
  performance 
  of 
  the 
  initiatory 
  rite 
  and 
  

   bestowal 
  of 
  theni'kie 
  name, 
  the 
  father 
  cut 
  his 
  child's 
  

   hair 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  which 
  symbolized 
  the 
  tabu 
  of 
  

   his 
  gens. 
  This 
  cutting 
  of 
  the 
  hair 
  was 
  repeated 
  

   every 
  year 
  until 
  the 
  child 
  was 
  about 
  7 
  years 
  old, 
  

   when 
  it 
  was 
  abandoned, 
  never 
  to 
  be 
  resumed. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  We'zhi 
  n 
  shte 
  gens, 
  the 
  symbolic 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  

   child's 
  hair 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  All 
  the 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  boy's 
  

  

  fig. 
  23. 
  cut 
  of 
  hair, 
  we'- 
  head 
  was 
  cut 
  close 
  or 
  shaved 
  except 
  a 
  bunch 
  or 
  

   tuft 
  at 
  the 
  forehead 
  and 
  a 
  long, 
  thick 
  lock 
  left 
  at 
  

  

  the 
  nape 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  (fig. 
  23). 
  The 
  tuft 
  represented 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  elk; 
  the 
  lock, 
  its 
  tail. 
  

  

  PERSONAL 
  NAMES 
  IN 
  THE 
  WE'zHI 
  N 
  SHTE 
  GENS 
  (1) 
  

  

  Ni'kic 
  names 
  

  

  A 
  n 
  e 
  / 
  go 
  n 
  tha 
  Ane', 
  success; 
  go 
  n 
  'tha, 
  desire. 
  

  

  Bi 
  n 
  ce'tigthe 
  Bi^e', 
  sound 
  of 
  the 
  elk's 
  voice; 
  tigthe, 
  heard 
  at 
  a 
  distance. 
  

  

  Btho 
  n 
  ti' 
  Btho 
  n 
  , 
  smell, 
  scent; 
  ti, 
  comes. 
  Scent 
  borne 
  by 
  wind, 
  dis- 
  

   covering 
  game. 
  (In 
  Nu'xe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  f 
  e'co 
  n 
  cnede 
  Ce'cfln-, 
  from 
  ce'cafa, 
  trot; 
  cnede, 
  long. 
  Refers 
  to 
  elk. 
  

  

  fi 
  n/ 
  dedo 
  n 
  pa 
  Qin'de, 
  tail; 
  donpa, 
  blunt, 
  short. 
  (In 
  Moflkon' 
  subdivision, 
  

  

  Pon'caxti, 
  Ponca.) 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  elk. 
  

  

  He 
  / 
  cithi 
  n 
  ke 
  fle'ci, 
  yellow 
  horn 
  or 
  antler; 
  thi^ke, 
  sitting. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  yellowish 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  velvety 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  growth 
  of 
  

   the 
  antlers 
  of 
  the 
  elk. 
  (In 
  Ni'kapashna, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  He'co 
  n 
  to 
  n 
  He, 
  antler; 
  co", 
  white; 
  ton, 
  standing. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  tower- 
  

   ing 
  antlers 
  of 
  an 
  elk. 
  

  

  He'shabe 
  He, 
  antler; 
  shabe, 
  dark. 
  

  

  He 
  / 
  8hto 
  n 
  ga 
  lie, 
  horn, 
  or 
  antlers; 
  shtffnga, 
  soft. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  antlers 
  of 
  the 
  elk. 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  'gthu 
  n 
  ho 
  n 
  gasha 
  In'gthun, 
  thunder; 
  ho™, 
  night; 
  agasha, 
  to 
  travel. 
  Refers 
  to 
  

  

  Sacred 
  Pipe 
  of 
  War. 
  

  

  I 
  n/ 
  gthu 
  n 
  tha 
  In'gthun, 
  thunder; 
  tha, 
  from 
  the, 
  to 
  go. 
  Refers 
  to 
  Sacred 
  Pipe 
  

  

  of 
  War. 
  

  

  Ki'baxthagthitho 
  11 
  Ki'baxtha, 
  to 
  face; 
  gthi, 
  return; 
  than, 
  suddenly; 
  to 
  turn 
  and 
  

  

  face 
  suddenly 
  (elk). 
  The 
  elk 
  suddenly 
  brought 
  to 
  bay 
  

   by 
  the 
  hunter. 
  

  

  Ku'kuwi 
  n 
  xe 
  Turning 
  round 
  and 
  round. 
  Refers 
  to 
  a 
  bewildered 
  elk 
  when 
  

  

  surprised. 
  

  

  Ku'wi 
  n 
  xaxa 
  Turning 
  round 
  in 
  bewilderment 
  (elk). 
  

  

  Mo""geshabe 
  Mon'ge, 
  breast; 
  shabe, 
  dark. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  dark 
  coloring 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  breast 
  of 
  the 
  animal. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n/ 
  hi 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  (fig. 
  22 
  i. 
  . 
  Mon'hin, 
  stone 
  knife; 
  thinge, 
  none. 
  

  

  No°mo 
  n/ 
  mo 
  n 
  tha 
  Non, 
  action 
  with 
  the 
  feet; 
  monatha, 
  walking 
  with 
  the 
  head 
  

  

  thrown 
  back. 
  The 
  repetition 
  of 
  mon 
  signifies 
  that 
  the 
  

   action 
  is 
  repeated. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  peculiar 
  manner 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  elk 
  holds 
  its 
  head 
  in 
  walking. 
  

  

  Nuga'xti 
  (pi. 
  24) 
  Nuga', 
  male; 
  xti, 
  real, 
  virile. 
  (In 
  Pon'ca.iti, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  C'po 
  11 
  Elk. 
  

  

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