﻿FLETCHER-LA 
  FLESCHEl 
  

  

  TRIBAL 
  ORGANIZATION 
  177 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  o 
  n 
  'bi 
  No 
  n 
  o 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  hear; 
  bi, 
  who 
  is. 
  One 
  who 
  is 
  heard. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Pe'zhexuta 
  Wild 
  sage 
  (artemisia). 
  

  

  Shu'degina 
  Shu'de, 
  smoke; 
  gina, 
  coming. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  smoke-like 
  

  

  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  cloud 
  of 
  dust 
  raised 
  by 
  the 
  herds 
  of 
  buffalo 
  

  

  as 
  they 
  approach. 
  

  

  Ta 
  / 
  mo 
  n 
  ha 
  Ta, 
  deer; 
  mo 
  n 
  , 
  mo 
  n 
  gc, 
  breast 
  ; 
  ha, 
  skin. 
  

  

  Tato 
  n/ 
  gashkade 
  Tato 
  n 
  'ga, 
  tata"ka, 
  Dakota 
  for 
  buffalo; 
  shkade, 
  to 
  play 
  — 
  Dakota, 
  

  

  ska'ta. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Tenu 
  / 
  gazhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Tenu'ga, 
  buffalo 
  bull; 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga, 
  little. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Texe 
  / 
  uno"zhi 
  n 
  Texe, 
  marsh; 
  u, 
  in; 
  no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  stand. 
  Standing 
  in 
  buffalo 
  

  

  wallow. 
  

   Thixa'bazhi 
  Thixa' 
  , 
  to 
  chase; 
  ba, 
  they; 
  zhi, 
  not. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  Refers 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  calf 
  that 
  no 
  one 
  chases. 
  

   Uzhna'gaxe 
  Uzhna', 
  clear 
  space; 
  gahe, 
  to 
  make. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  wallow. 
  (In 
  

  

  Nu'xe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   Waba'xe 
  The 
  many 
  layers. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  fat 
  about 
  the 
  stomach 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  buffalo. 
  Two 
  pf 
  this 
  name. 
  

   Zhu'gthethi 
  n 
  ge 
  Zhugthe, 
  companion; 
  thi 
  n 
  ge, 
  none. 
  

  

  Female 
  names 
  

  

  Mi'cebe, 
  Mi, 
  moon; 
  <;ebe, 
  dark 
  or 
  shadowy. 
  May 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  shadowy 
  

  

  part 
  of 
  the 
  moon 
  seen 
  when 
  the 
  moon 
  is 
  new. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  

  

  name. 
  

   Mi'gthito"i 
  n 
  Mi, 
  moon; 
  gthi, 
  return; 
  to 
  n 
  i 
  n 
  , 
  new, 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  moon. 
  

  

  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  'cepewi" 
  Ax; 
  wi", 
  feminine 
  termination. 
  

  

  Te50 
  n/ 
  wi 
  n 
  ... 
  White 
  buffalo, 
  vn 
  n 
  , 
  feminine 
  termination. 
  (In 
  Ingthe'zhide.) 
  

  

  Six 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   Uthe 
  / 
  amo"thi 
  n 
  Uthe, 
  a 
  route 
  usually 
  taken; 
  a, 
  over; 
  m,o 
  n 
  thin, 
  walking. 
  May 
  

  

  refer 
  to 
  the 
  migrations 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  Six 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Unclassified 
  names 
  

  

  Heba'chage 
  Be, 
  horns; 
  ba'chage, 
  crumpled. 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  he 
  / 
  gazhi 
  Running 
  hard. 
  

  

  No 
  n/ 
  kapai 
  \~o»'l;n, 
  back; 
  pat, 
  sharp. 
  

  

  Shu'kagthi" 
  Shu'ka, 
  a 
  group; 
  gfhi", 
  agthin, 
  to 
  sit. 
  

  

  Nicknames 
  

  

  Wau'xtawathe 
  Admirer 
  of 
  women. 
  

  

  Fanci) 
  </ 
  names 
  

  

  M()"'ccpcl() 
  n 
  ga_ 
  Mo'i'ecpe, 
  ax; 
  /<>";/«, 
  big. 
  

  

  Tai'a' 
  <iK\s 
  (8) 
  

  

  Tapa', 
  "head 
  of 
  the 
  deer," 
  i> 
  the 
  name 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  Pleiades. 
  

   The 
  rites 
  formerly 
  in 
  charge 
  "f 
  this 
  gens 
  are 
  lost, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  tradi- 
  

   tions 
  that 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  strong 
  probability 
  that 
  the}' 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  

   stars 
  and 
  the 
  night 
  skies. 
  These 
  rites 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  connected 
  

   with 
  myths 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  Creation. 
  In 
  them 
  the 
  wild-cat 
  skin 
  and 
  

   the 
  fawn 
  skin 
  were 
  used, 
  their 
  spotted 
  appearance 
  having 
  a 
  symbolic 
  

   reference 
  to 
  the 
  heavens 
  at 
  night. 
  The 
  thunder 
  and 
  zigzag 
  lightning 
  

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