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  of 
  a 
  hill 
  near 
  by 
  while 
  the 
  boy 
  stationed 
  himself 
  halfway 
  up 
  the 
  hill. 
  When 
  all 
  was 
  

   ready, 
  the 
  grandmother 
  started 
  the 
  hoop 
  down 
  the 
  hill. 
  As 
  it 
  began 
  to 
  roll 
  she 
  

   called 
  out: 
  "There 
  goes 
  a 
  young 
  bull 
  with 
  straight 
  horns! 
  " 
  The 
  hoop 
  rolled 
  on 
  and 
  

   when 
  it. 
  reached 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  boy 
  stood 
  it 
  suddenly 
  turned 
  into 
  a 
  buffalo, 
  

   which 
  the 
  boy 
  shot 
  and 
  killed. 
  He 
  butchered 
  the 
  animal 
  and 
  gave 
  the 
  flesh 
  to 
  the 
  

   people 
  to 
  eat. 
  A 
  second 
  time 
  the 
  grandmother 
  took 
  the 
  hoop 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  and 
  

   rolled 
  it 
  down 
  and 
  called 
  out 
  to 
  her 
  grandson 
  what 
  kind 
  of 
  buffalo 
  was 
  coming. 
  He 
  

   was 
  at 
  his 
  station 
  halfway 
  down 
  the 
  hill, 
  and 
  there 
  the 
  hoop 
  turned 
  into 
  a 
  buftalo, 
  

   which 
  he 
  shot 
  and 
  gave 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  for 
  food. 
  A 
  third 
  and 
  a 
  fourth 
  time 
  the 
  grand- 
  

   mother 
  and 
  the 
  orphan 
  played 
  this 
  game, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  fourth 
  time 
  great 
  herds 
  ot 
  

   buffalo 
  came 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  had 
  plenty 
  of 
  food. 
  As 
  a 
  mark 
  of 
  their 
  gratitude 
  they 
  

   made 
  the 
  orphan 
  a 
  Chief. 
  

  

  The 
  office 
  of 
  watho 
  n 
  ', 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  wano 
  n 
  'fe, 
  the 
  surround 
  of 
  the 
  

   herd, 
  was 
  hereditary 
  in 
  a 
  family 
  of 
  this 
  subgens. 
  The 
  custody 
  of 
  

   the 
  songs 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Ile'dewachi 
  ceremony 
  and 
  the 
  singers 
  

   in 
  this 
  tribal 
  ceremony 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  this 
  subgens. 
  The 
  bearers 
  of 
  

   the 
  Sacred 
  Tribal 
  Pipes 
  used 
  on 
  that 
  occasion 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  Nini'bato 
  11 
  

   subgens. 
  

  

  The 
  tabu 
  of 
  the 
  Wathi'gizhe 
  was 
  the 
  tongue 
  and 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  

  

  The 
  Wathi'gizhe 
  cut 
  off 
  all 
  the 
  hair 
  from 
  the 
  

   child's 
  head 
  except 
  a 
  tuft 
  over 
  the 
  forehead, 
  one 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  crown, 
  and 
  a 
  short 
  lock 
  at 
  the 
  

   nape 
  of 
  the 
  neck, 
  to 
  represent 
  respectively 
  the 
  

   head, 
  horns, 
  and 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  (fig. 
  25). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  hu'thuga, 
  the 
  Nini'bato" 
  subgens 
  camped 
  

   next 
  to 
  the 
  We'zhi 
  n 
  shte. 
  The 
  left 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  

   of 
  the 
  Nini'bato 
  15 
  was 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  subdivi- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  the 
  No 
  n 
  xthe'bitube 
  families. 
  On 
  their 
  f>g. 
  25. 
  cut 
  of 
  hair, 
  \va- 
  

   left 
  camped 
  the 
  Wathi'gizhe 
  subgens, 
  and 
  left 
  of 
  thi 
  ' 
  gizhe 
  subgens 
  ' 
  

   these 
  and 
  next 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  the 
  subdivision 
  of 
  I'ekithe 
  pitched 
  their 
  

   tents. 
  

  

  PERSONAL 
  NAMES 
  IN 
  THE 
  I 
  N 
  KE'cABE 
  GENS 
  (2) 
  

  

  Nini'bato 
  n 
  subgens 
  (a) 
  

   Ni'kie 
  names 
  

  

  Athutiagemo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  Athu'hage, 
  last; 
  moHhi 
  n 
  , 
  walking. 
  Refers 
  to 
  buffalo. 
  

  

  Cho 
  n 
  'niniba 
  Cho 
  n 
  , 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  to 
  n 
  thinno 
  n 
  ba 
  and 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  pipe- 
  

   bearer 
  at 
  the 
  He'dewachi 
  ceremony; 
  niniba, 
  pipe. 
  

  

  C-ihi'duba 
  ' 
  Cihi' 
  , 
  feet; 
  duba, 
  four. 
  

  

  Edia'ino 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  Edi, 
  there; 
  ai 
  an 
  act; 
  the 
  name 
  given 
  the 
  last 
  ceremonial 
  

  

  pause 
  when 
  approaching 
  a 
  herd; 
  nonzhin, 
  standing. 
  

  

  Edi'to" 
  From 
  that 
  place; 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  pipes. 
  

  

  Gahi'ge 
  Chief. 
  (In 
  Waca'be, 
  Hi'cada 
  subdivision, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Gahi'gecnede 
  Tall 
  chief. 
  

  

  Gahi'gexti 
  Real 
  chief. 
  

  

  Gahi'gezhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Young 
  chief. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Gaxa'tano 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  Gaza'ta, 
  apart 
  from 
  (the 
  herd); 
  no 
  n 
  zhin 
  t 
  stands. 
  

  

  Gino 
  n/ 
  xthe 
  Gi, 
  again; 
  no^xthe, 
  black, 
  like 
  charcoal. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  

  

  hair 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  after 
  shedding. 
  

  

  Gio 
  n/ 
  cethi 
  n 
  ge 
  Gio 
  n 
  'ce, 
  to 
  teach; 
  thi 
  n 
  ge, 
  none. 
  None 
  to 
  teach 
  him. 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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