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  TRIBAL 
  ORGANIZATION 
  153 
  

  

  Mi'gthito"i" 
  (pi. 
  26) 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Moon 
  returning. 
  

  

  Mi'huca 
  Loud 
  voice 
  moon. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Mi'mite 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Mi'ino"shihathi" 
  Moon 
  moving 
  on 
  high. 
  

  

  Mi'texi 
  Sacred 
  moon. 
  

  

  Te'mitexi 
  Te'mi, 
  buffalo 
  cow; 
  texi, 
  sacred. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  To 
  n/ 
  i 
  n 
  gthihe 
  Sudden 
  apparition 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  moon. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhc; 
  also 
  in 
  

  

  Wage/be, 
  Hi'eada 
  subgens, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   We'to 
  n 
  na 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  (In 
  Nu'xe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  I 
  '(lithe 
  subdivision 
  

   Ni'kie 
  names 
  

  

  (,'ik<i"'xega 
  fWo"', 
  ankles; 
  xega, 
  brown. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  

  

  Ni'kapashna, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  (,'i 
  n 
  'deniuxa 
  ( 
  V"Vc, 
  tail; 
  mw.ro, 
  cluster. 
  

  

  Gthadi 
  n 
  'gthitho 
  n 
  GtharJi' 
  1 
  ', 
  cross; 
  gthi, 
  return; 
  thon, 
  suddenly. 
  A 
  wounded 
  

  

  buffalo 
  turns 
  sideways 
  on 
  his 
  hunter. 
  Child's 
  name. 
  Re- 
  

   fers 
  to 
  a 
  hungry 
  calf 
  crossing 
  its 
  mother's 
  path 
  to 
  nurse. 
  

  

  Heba'zhu 
  He, 
  horns; 
  bazhu, 
  a 
  little 
  lump 
  or 
  knob. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  (Also 
  in 
  Nini'baton 
  subgens.) 
  

  

  Hi 
  n 
  to 
  n/ 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Hi 
  n 
  , 
  hair; 
  ton, 
  possess; 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga, 
  little. 
  

  

  Pshta'pede 
  I^shta, 
  eyes; 
  pede, 
  fire. 
  (Also 
  in 
  Nini'bato 
  71 
  subgens.) 
  

  

  To 
  n/ 
  wa 
  D 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  To«'xoa 
  n 
  , 
  village; 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga, 
  small. 
  

  

  Wa'baku 
  n 
  ga 
  Wa, 
  action; 
  ba, 
  push; 
  ku 
  n 
  ga, 
  jostling. 
  Buffaloes 
  crowding 
  

  

  and 
  pushing 
  each 
  other. 
  

  

  Wazhi"'ho 
  I1 
  ga 
  First 
  of 
  birds. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  eagle 
  down 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  

  

  IIo 
  n 
  'ga 
  in 
  Wa'wan 
  ceremony. 
  

  

  Xitha'pahi 
  Xitha', 
  eagle; 
  pahi, 
  neck. 
  

  

  Dream 
  names 
  

  

  Xu'ga 
  Badger. 
  

  

  Nicknames 
  

   Ta'thacapa 
  Wood 
  tick. 
  

  

  Female 
  names 
  

  

  Ace'xube 
  Are, 
  paint; 
  xube, 
  sacred. 
  

  

  Mi'gasho 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  Travelingormovingmoon. 
  (In 
  Waea'beaud 
  Thi'xida, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mi'gina 
  Moon 
  returning. 
  

  

  M^gthito"! 
  11 
  Return 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  moon. 
  

  

  MKo^athi 
  11 
  The 
  moon 
  that 
  travels 
  by 
  day. 
  

  

  Te'mitexi 
  Te'mi, 
  buffalo 
  cow; 
  texi, 
  sacred. 
  

  

  Ho 
  n/ 
  ga 
  Gens 
  (3) 
  

  

  The 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  gens 
  camped 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  Pke'cabe 
  on 
  the 
  left. 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  

   means 
  "leader," 
  or 
  "first," 
  and 
  implies 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  ancient, 
  or 
  first, 
  

   people; 
  those 
  who 
  led. 
  The 
  probability 
  of 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  being 
  the 
  ancient 
  

   designation 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  has 
  been 
  discussed. 
  (See 
  p. 
  40.) 
  This 
  

   probability 
  suggests 
  a 
  possible 
  reason 
  for 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  this 
  gens 
  and 
  

   the 
  duties 
  devolving 
  upon 
  it. 
  The 
  gens 
  occupied 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  

   southern 
  half 
  (Ho 
  n 
  'gashenu 
  division) 
  of 
  the 
  hu'thuga. 
  The 
  place 
  of 
  

   the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  corresponded 
  to 
  that 
  set 
  apart 
  for 
  the 
  father 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  

   within 
  the 
  tent 
  and 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  filled 
  a 
  directive 
  position 
  toward 
  the 
  

   gentes 
  within 
  the 
  hu'thuga, 
  or 
  dwelling 
  of 
  the 
  tribe, 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  

   to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  father 
  toward 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  under 
  his 
  care. 
  

  

  