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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [bth. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  Ni'ctumo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  Ni'c.tu, 
  backwards; 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  , 
  walking. 
  (In 
  Wuea'be, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Pahe'tape 
  Seeking 
  the 
  hills. 
  

  

  Sha'gecka 
  Sha'ge, 
  claws; 
  e.ka, 
  white. 
  

  

  Watha'wajigthe 
  Watha'via, 
  count; 
  ji, 
  then; 
  gthe, 
  sits. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  office 
  

  

  of 
  prompter, 
  holding 
  the 
  counting 
  sticks 
  of 
  I 
  he 
  songs. 
  

  

  Dream 
  names 
  

  

  Tenu'ga 
  zho 
  n 
  thi 
  n/ 
  ke 
  Sleeping 
  buffalo 
  bull. 
  

  

  Female 
  names 
  

  

  Mi 
  / 
  gthito 
  n 
  i 
  11 
  Return 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  moon. 
  

  

  Mi'hupagthi" 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Mi'to 
  n 
  i 
  n 
  ge 
  Returning 
  new 
  moon. 
  

  

  Tha'tadawi" 
  Tha'tada, 
  name 
  of 
  gens; 
  vi", 
  feminine 
  termination. 
  

  

  To 
  n/ 
  i 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  New 
  moon 
  moving. 
  

  

  WazhWga 
  itazhi 
  subgens 
  (b) 
  

   Ni'kie 
  names 
  

  

  A'bthuzhide 
  A'bthu, 
  wing, 
  an 
  old 
  word; 
  zhide, 
  red. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  red- 
  

   winged 
  blackbird. 
  

  

  A'hi"xega 
  A'to/fa, 
  wings; 
  xega, 
  brown. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  A'hi 
  n 
  zhide 
  A'hi 
  n 
  , 
  wings; 
  zhide, 
  red 
  — 
  red-winged 
  blackbird. 
  

  

  Axi'abaha 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  C 
  i'mikaci 
  Qi, 
  feet; 
  mikaei, 
  wolf, 
  coyote. 
  

  

  Ci'xude 
  vi, 
  feet 
  : 
  .rude, 
  gray. 
  

  

  Gamo"'xpi 
  Ga, 
  to 
  strike; 
  mo 
  n 
  'r 
  pi, 
  clouds. 
  The 
  wind 
  strikes 
  the 
  

  

  clouds 
  until 
  it 
  rains. 
  (In 
  Waga'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Gio 
  n/ 
  habi 
  Gi, 
  from 
  him; 
  o"'ha, 
  to 
  flee; 
  bi, 
  who 
  is. 
  One 
  who 
  is 
  fled 
  

  

  from. 
  

  

  Gthedo 
  n 
  'no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  Gthedo 
  71 
  , 
  hawk; 
  no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  , 
  standing. 
  (In 
  Ni'kapashna, 
  Pon- 
  

   ca.) 
  In 
  Omaha 
  treaty, 
  1854, 
  1365. 
  

  

  Gthedo 
  n 
  'xude 
  Gthedo", 
  hawk; 
  rude, 
  gray. 
  (In 
  Ni'kapashna, 
  Ponca. 
  i 
  

  

  Gthedo 
  n/ 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Little 
  hawk. 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  shta'cka 
  I 
  n 
  shtei' 
  , 
  eyes; 
  eka, 
  white. 
  Refers 
  to 
  blackbirds. 
  

  

  Ke'to 
  n 
  ga 
  AV, 
  turtle; 
  to"ga, 
  big. 
  (In 
  Xu'ka: 
  also 
  in 
  )V<ica'be, 
  

  

  Hi'eada 
  subdivision, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Ma'azhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Ma' 
  a, 
  cotfonwood; 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga, 
  little, 
  young. 
  (In 
  Xu'ka; 
  also 
  

  

  in 
  Thi'xida, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mi 
  n 
  ke'shage 
  Mfrke 
  may 
  be 
  mika, 
  raccoon; 
  shage, 
  claw. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  shti 
  n 
  'cka 
  Rabbit; 
  eka, 
  white. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Ni'kuthibtho" 
  Smelling 
  human 
  being. 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  ba 
  / 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  iVb»6a 
  / 
  , 
  two; 
  moMhi*, 
  walking. 
  (In 
  Waea'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  In 
  

  

  Omaha 
  treaty, 
  1830. 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  be'duba 
  JVb"6e, 
  hands; 
  duba, 
  four. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  bear 
  (?). 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  'no 
  n 
  de 
  No 
  n 
  , 
  mature; 
  no 
  n 
  de, 
  heart. 
  

  

  No 
  n/ 
  pewathe 
  One 
  who 
  is 
  feared. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  No"zhi 
  n/ 
  mo 
  I1 
  thi 
  , 
  > 
  Xn"zhi", 
  rain; 
  ma/HM*, 
  walking. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  sand 
  

  

  martins 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  retreat 
  before 
  the 
  rain. 
  

  

  Pi'daega 
  Meaning 
  unknown. 
  Old 
  name. 
  

  

  Shu'zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Little 
  prairie 
  chicken. 
  

  

  