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  PERSONAL 
  NAMES 
  IN 
  THE 
  MO 
  N/ 
  THI 
  N 
  KAGAXE 
  GENS 
  (6) 
  

  

  Xu'be 
  subdivision 
  (a) 
  

  

  Ni'kie 
  names 
  

  

  A'xabazhi 
  A'xa, 
  to 
  cry 
  for; 
  6a, 
  they 
  ; 
  zhi, 
  not. 
  One 
  who 
  is 
  not 
  cried 
  for. 
  

  

  Gachi'zhitho" 
  Gachi'zhi, 
  to 
  fall 
  with 
  a 
  crash; 
  tho 
  n 
  , 
  contraction 
  of 
  ithon, 
  

  

  suddenly. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  noise 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  eagle 
  when 
  

  

  alighting. 
  

  

  I'gasho 
  11 
  Wanderers; 
  refers 
  to 
  wolf. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  'gthitho 
  T 
  ' 
  Standing 
  up 
  suddenly. 
  Refers 
  to 
  a 
  little 
  animal 
  that 
  

  

  suddenly 
  rises 
  to 
  an 
  upright 
  position. 
  

   No 
  I 
  "gemo"thi" 
  Non'ge, 
  to 
  run; 
  monthi", 
  walks 
  or 
  travels. 
  Travels 
  running. 
  

  

  (In 
  Wara'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  No"zhi 
  n/ 
  mo"thi" 
  Nonzhin', 
  rain; 
  monthin, 
  travels. 
  (In 
  Washa'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Sho 
  n/ 
  gecka 
  (pi. 
  32).... 
  Shon'ge, 
  horse 
  (old 
  name 
  for 
  wolf); 
  flea, 
  white. 
  Appears 
  

  

  in 
  treaties 
  of 
  1826, 
  1830, 
  1836, 
  1854. 
  (See 
  Sho-ge'cabe, 
  

  

  Tapa' 
  gens.) 
  (In 
  Nu'xe, 
  Ponca 
  and 
  Osage.) 
  

  

  Uga 
  / 
  sho 
  D 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Uga'shon, 
  traveler; 
  zhfoga, 
  little. 
  (In 
  Washa'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Waba'hiei 
  Waba'hi, 
  to 
  graze; 
  gi, 
  yellow. 
  Yellow 
  object 
  grazing; 
  refers 
  

  

  to 
  yellow 
  wolf. 
  (In 
  Pon'caxti, 
  Mo^ko"' 
  subdivision, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

   Wahu'thabi 
  One 
  of 
  whom 
  permission 
  is 
  asked. 
  Appears 
  in 
  treaty 
  of 
  1815. 
  

  

  Dream 
  name* 
  

  

  (,'igthe 
  / 
  no"palii 
  figthe, 
  footprints; 
  nonpabi, 
  to 
  fear. 
  One 
  whose 
  footprints, 
  

  

  even, 
  are 
  feared. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Waca 
  / 
  beto 
  n 
  ga 
  Waca'be, 
  black 
  bear; 
  tonga, 
  big. 
  (In 
  Thi'xida, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Wa'dupa 
  Old 
  dream 
  name. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Wane/Tie 
  Easy 
  to 
  break, 
  tender 
  to 
  the 
  touch. 
  

  

  Wako 
  n 
  'da 
  Power. 
  Refers 
  to 
  sacred 
  stones. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Wako^daukie 
  Talks 
  to 
  Wako^da. 
  

  

  Washi'shka 
  Shell. 
  (In 
  Thi'xida, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Borrowed 
  names 
  

  

  IIcxa'gano 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  Eexa'ga, 
  elk 
  (Dakota); 
  nonzhi", 
  to 
  stand 
  (In 
  Washa'be, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

   Ko"'ceho 
  n 
  ga 
  Kon'ge, 
  name 
  of 
  gens 
  and 
  tribe, 
  Kansa; 
  ho^ga, 
  leader. 
  (In 
  

  

  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mixa'cka 
  White 
  swan. 
  

  

  Wazhi 
  n/ 
  gacabe 
  Wazhin'ga, 
  bird; 
  gabe, 
  black. 
  (In 
  Waca'br, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Fanciful 
  names 
  

  

  To 
  n/ 
  wo 
  n 
  gaxe 
  To 
  n 
  'wo 
  n 
  , 
  village; 
  gaxe, 
  maker. 
  

  

  To 
  n/ 
  wo 
  n 
  gaxezhi 
  n 
  ga 
  (pi. 
  Zhi"ga, 
  little. 
  Little 
  village 
  maker. 
  

   33.) 
  

  

  We'thishku 
  We, 
  to 
  do 
  something 
  for 
  another; 
  thishku, 
  from 
  thishlcuda, 
  to 
  

  

  dig 
  with 
  the 
  fingers. 
  

  

  Valor 
  names 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  ga'azhi 
  Mo", 
  arrow; 
  ga'azhi, 
  not 
  afraid. 
  (In 
  Waca'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Wace'athi" 
  Wage', 
  paint; 
  athi 
  n 
  , 
  have. 
  Refers 
  to 
  war 
  parties. 
  

  

  Washi 
  / 
  bino 
  n 
  hi 
  n 
  Washi'bi, 
  to 
  ask 
  one 
  to 
  work; 
  uo"hi" 
  from 
  itto»hi", 
  willing. 
  

  

  Willing 
  to 
  serve. 
  

  

  