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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [etii. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  Ma''axude 
  Ma" 
  a, 
  cottonwood: 
  xude, 
  gray. 
  

  

  Mu'xano 
  D 
  zhi" 
  ( 
  pi. 
  30 
  1. 
  .. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  clouds. 
  

   Ni'kagahi 
  Chief. 
  

  

  X.i"xtha'demo 
  n 
  thi". 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  creeping 
  sensation 
  of 
  a 
  bug 
  crawling. 
  

  

  Taci'ha 
  Old 
  name, 
  meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Tade'umo 
  n 
  thi" 
  Tade', 
  wind; 
  u, 
  in; 
  iiio 
  n 
  thi" 
  : 
  walking. 
  (See 
  ritual 
  of 
  hair 
  

  

  cutting.) 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe 
  and 
  Ni'kapashna, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   Thixthi'gazhi 
  Thixthiga, 
  old: 
  zhi, 
  not 
  (abbreviated) 
  never 
  old. 
  Two 
  of 
  

  

  this 
  name. 
  

   \VaViri"de 
  Flapping 
  with 
  a 
  quivering 
  motion, 
  as 
  when 
  the 
  wind 
  blows 
  

  

  the 
  tent 
  flaps. 
  

  

  Borrowed 
  names 
  

  

  Cho 
  n 
  'cho 
  n 
  xepa 
  Dakota. 
  

  

  Mi'chaxpe 
  < 
  Imaha 
  . 
  

  

  Dream 
  no 
  mi 
  s 
  

  

  Waba 
  / 
  hizhi 
  I1 
  ga 
  Wabafhi, 
  to 
  graze; 
  zhi",,,,. 
  little 
  — 
  little 
  nibbler. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  

  

  Ponca. 
  ) 
  

   Zho"ci'mo 
  n 
  de 
  Zho", 
  wood; 
  pi, 
  yellow; 
  monde, 
  bow. 
  

  

  Femiilt 
  names 
  

  

  A 
  i 
  ;e'to 
  n 
  ga 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  (In 
  Pon'eaxti, 
  Mnnl- 
  n 
  n' 
  subdivision 
  , 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mi'ako 
  n 
  da 
  Mi, 
  moon; 
  ako 
  n 
  da, 
  power. 
  

  

  Mi'mo 
  n 
  shihathi 
  n 
  Moon 
  moving 
  on 
  high. 
  

  

  Mi'texi 
  Sacred 
  moon. 
  

  

  Mi'to"i 
  n 
  ge 
  New 
  moon 
  returning. 
  

  

  Mi'xube 
  Mi, 
  moon; 
  xube, 
  sacred. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  'shathi"ke 
  Mon'sha, 
  on 
  high; 
  thfake, 
  sitting 
  (moon). 
  

  

  Tade'wi" 
  Tade, 
  wind; 
  ci'i, 
  feminine 
  term. 
  

  

  To 
  n 
  'i 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  New 
  moon 
  moving. 
  

  

  Xu'degi 
  Xu'de, 
  gray; 
  ;/t, 
  returning 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  mist 
  blown 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  wind. 
  

  

  Nini'bato 
  n 
  subdii 
  ision 
  b 
  l 
  

   Ni 
  kit 
  names 
  

  

  Ezhno"'githabi 
  Ezhnon', 
  only; 
  githabi, 
  who 
  is 
  favored 
  — 
  gi, 
  possessive 
  sign; 
  

  

  tha, 
  favored; 
  hi, 
  who 
  is. 
  The 
  favored 
  son 
  i 
  ? 
  

  

  Gahi'zhi"ga 
  (pi. 
  31 
  1 
  Gahi', 
  gahi'ge, 
  chief; 
  zhinga, 
  little. 
  (In 
  Ni'kapashna, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mieha'xpezhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Little 
  star 
  — 
  old 
  name. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  'shewakude 
  Meaning 
  uncertain; 
  probably, 
  old 
  man 
  who 
  shoots 
  an 
  arrow. 
  

  

  Mo"zho 
  n 
  'hathi" 
  Monzhon', 
  the 
  earth; 
  ha, 
  over: 
  thin, 
  from 
  nwnthi", 
  to 
  walk 
  or 
  

  

  travel. 
  Travels 
  over 
  the 
  earth. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  wind. 
  The 
  

  

  bearer 
  of 
  this 
  name 
  was 
  a 
  herald. 
  

   Mo 
  n/ 
  zho 
  n 
  kide 
  Watches 
  over 
  the 
  land 
  Refer- 
  to 
  wind. 
  (In 
  Osage.) 
  

  

  Appears 
  in 
  treaties 
  of 
  1815 
  and 
  182G. 
  

  

  Paci'duba 
  Four 
  buffaloes. 
  (In 
  Washa'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  YVami"' 
  Blood. 
  (In 
  Thi'xida. 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Zha'bezhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Zha'be, 
  beaver; 
  thfaga, 
  little. 
  

  

  Ft 
  itiuh 
  na 
  n 
  < 
  

  

  Ko"ce\vi" 
  A'o"ct.' 
  win, 
  feminine 
  termination. 
  Five 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  