﻿FLETCHER-LA 
  FLESCHE] 
  TRIBAL 
  ORGANIZATION 
  159 
  

  

  PahiVka 
  Pa, 
  head; 
  hi, 
  hair; 
  r,ka, 
  white. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  appearance 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  shoulder 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  when 
  the 
  hair 
  is 
  shed. 
  

  

  Tenu/gacka 
  Ten 
  u'ga, 
  buffalo 
  bull 
  ; 
  gha, 
  white. 
  

  

  \Ye'no 
  n 
  xitha 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Borrowed 
  names 
  

  

  Tonu 
  / 
  gagthi 
  ,, 
  thi 
  n 
  ke 
  Sitting 
  buffalo 
  bull. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  Dakota 
  na-ne. 
  

  

  \Yako 
  n 
  nio"thi 
  n 
  Mysterious 
  walking. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  Dakota 
  name. 
  

  

  Female 
  names 
  

  

  A'o 
  n 
  wi 
  n 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  (In 
  Waqn'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  .Mi 
  'mite 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  Four 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  M 
  i 
  'tena 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  and 
  Po^caxti, 
  Hi'qada 
  

  

  subdivision, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   Teco^dabe 
  White 
  buffalo. 
  (In 
  Waga'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  Sacred 
  

  

  White 
  Buffalo 
  Hide. 
  

   Teco"'wi 
  n 
  Te, 
  buffalo; 
  qo 
  n 
  , 
  white; 
  wi 
  n 
  , 
  feminine 
  term. 
  Two 
  of 
  thia 
  

  

  name. 
  (In 
  Waga'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  Sacred 
  White 
  

  

  Buffalo 
  Hide. 
  

   Wihe'zhi 
  °ga 
  Wihe', 
  younger 
  sister; 
  zhinga, 
  little. 
  

  

  Honga'xti 
  subdivision 
  

  

  Ho 
  n 
  ga'xti 
  Original 
  IIo 
  n/ 
  ga. 
  

  

  Mo"xe'\vathe 
  (fig. 
  29) 
  .. 
  Victorious. 
  

  

  Tha'tada 
  Gens 
  (4) 
  

  

  The 
  Tha'tada 
  presents 
  points 
  of 
  difference 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  gentes 
  in 
  

   the 
  tribe. 
  It 
  has 
  no 
  common 
  rite 
  or 
  symbol. 
  The 
  rites 
  of 
  three 
  of 
  

   its 
  subgentes 
  were 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  growth 
  and 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  maize; 
  

   the 
  Waca'be 
  shared 
  in 
  rites 
  observed 
  at 
  the 
  awakening 
  of 
  spring; 
  the 
  

   Wazhi 
  n/ 
  ga 
  assisted 
  in 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  crops 
  from 
  devastation 
  by 
  

   birds; 
  the 
  Ke'i 
  n 
  rites 
  were 
  connected 
  with 
  rain. 
  While 
  there 
  was 
  

   this 
  general 
  association 
  in 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  respective 
  rites 
  of 
  

   these 
  subgentes, 
  their 
  symbols 
  or 
  tabus 
  and 
  their 
  ni'Teie 
  names 
  were 
  

   different. 
  The 
  Te'pa 
  was 
  the 
  Nini'bato" 
  subgens 
  of 
  the 
  Tha'tada; 
  

   this 
  subgens 
  seems 
  to 
  indicate 
  the 
  change 
  that 
  had 
  taken 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  

   principal 
  food 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  tribe, 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  to 
  

   that 
  noted 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  Washa'beto 
  11 
  subgens 
  of 
  the 
  Ho"'ga, 
  but 
  

   reversed. 
  The 
  tabu 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Te'pa 
  subgens 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  

   head 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo, 
  but 
  the 
  symbolic 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  hair 
  and 
  the 
  ni'Teie 
  

   names 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  eagle, 
  which 
  was 
  probably 
  prominent 
  in 
  rites 
  

   that 
  were 
  superseded 
  by 
  the 
  buffalo 
  when 
  the 
  people 
  became 
  estab- 
  

   lished 
  in 
  the 
  buffalo 
  country. 
  The 
  choice 
  of 
  this 
  subgens 
  for 
  the 
  

   Nini'bato" 
  division 
  and 
  the 
  duty 
  assigned 
  it 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   ceremonial 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Tribal 
  Pipes 
  seem 
  to 
  indicate 
  that 
  this 
  

   subgens 
  held 
  an 
  important 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  tribe 
  and 
  its 
  ceremonies 
  

   prior 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  arrangement 
  of 
  gentes, 
  and 
  that 
  this 
  impor- 
  

   tance 
  was 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  "two 
  old 
  men" 
  of 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Legend. 
  

  

  