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  This 
  is 
  evidenced 
  in 
  the 
  personal 
  names 
  where 
  the 
  stellar 
  significance 
  

   has 
  been 
  largely 
  lost 
  sight 
  of. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  hu'thuga 
  the 
  group 
  under 
  fi 
  n 
  'dexo 
  n 
  xo 
  n 
  (a), 
  or 
  Mike'nitha, 
  

   camped 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  Teci 
  n 
  'de 
  people; 
  next 
  was 
  the 
  group 
  under 
  

   Pa'thi 
  n 
  gahige 
  (6); 
  on 
  their 
  left 
  the 
  group 
  under 
  Zhi 
  n 
  ga'gahige 
  (c); 
  

   and 
  at 
  the 
  left 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Tapa' 
  was 
  the 
  Xini'bato 
  11 
  subdivision 
  (rf). 
  

  

  PERSONAL 
  NAMES 
  IN 
  THE 
  TAPA' 
  GENS 
  (8) 
  

  

  Group 
  under 
  r/«Vc.io".™« 
  i 
  Mike'nitha) 
  (a) 
  

   Xi'hie 
  names 
  

  

  Baehi'zhithe... 
  Bachizhi, 
  to 
  rush 
  in 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  obstacles; 
  flic, 
  togo 
  — 
  as 
  the 
  deer 
  

  

  rushing 
  into 
  the 
  bushes. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  rigthu'no 
  n 
  ge 
  Qigthu, 
  trail 
  in; 
  no"ge, 
  running. 
  

  

  Qi 
  n/ 
  decka 
  Ci"de, 
  tail; 
  cka, 
  white. 
  (In 
  Pon'caxli, 
  Mo»ho"' 
  subdivision-, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

   ri" 
  / 
  <iec;o"tigthe 
  i,'i 
  n 
  'de, 
  tail; 
  eo", 
  pale; 
  tigthe, 
  sudden. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  sudden 
  

  

  flash 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  deer 
  as 
  the 
  animal 
  leaps 
  into 
  

  

  the 
  cover. 
  Four 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

   Oi 
  n/ 
  degabizhe 
  ...... 
  Vi 
  n 
  'de, 
  tail; 
  gabizhe, 
  wagging. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  (,'i 
  , 
  "dexo 
  I, 
  xo"(fig. 
  39)_ 
  ft»'<fc, 
  tail; 
  zonzo", 
  glittering. 
  

  

  Hethi'axe 
  He, 
  horn; 
  thiaxe, 
  rattling. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  rattling 
  sound 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  antlers 
  against 
  the 
  bushes 
  as 
  the 
  deer 
  plunges 
  into 
  a 
  thicket. 
  

  

  Hexa'gazhi 
  n 
  ga 
  He, 
  horn; 
  xa'ga, 
  rough; 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga, 
  little. 
  

  

  Hezha'ta 
  He, 
  horn; 
  zhata, 
  forked. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (lu 
  Thi'xida, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

  

  I'i 
  n 
  gabi 
  I'inga, 
  rejected; 
  bi, 
  who 
  is. 
  

  

  Keba'ha 
  Ke, 
  turtle; 
  baha, 
  to 
  show 
  — 
  turtle 
  showing 
  himself. 
  (In 
  ThV- 
  

  

  xida, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   Mika'xage 
  Mika, 
  raccoon; 
  xage, 
  to 
  cry 
  — 
  crying 
  raccoon. 
  (In 
  Pon'caxli, 
  

  

  Mn'iko"' 
  subdivision, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mike'nitha 
  Old 
  name; 
  meaning 
  uncertain. 
  Four 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  no"'xaxa 
  Mo", 
  earth; 
  no", 
  action 
  by 
  the 
  feet; 
  xaxa, 
  to 
  scrape, 
  to 
  tear 
  up. 
  

  

  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  rutting 
  of 
  the 
  deer. 
  

   No 
  n 
  Vo"da/.hi 
  No 
  n/ 
  ro"da, 
  to 
  dodge; 
  zhi, 
  from 
  o"'kazhi, 
  not. 
  (In 
  Waska'be, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

  

  No 
  I 
  "kahega 
  Xo"I;u, 
  back; 
  hega, 
  brown. 
  (In 
  Wazhafzht 
  , 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  O 
  u/ 
  hazhi 
  O 
  n 
  'hu, 
  to 
  flee; 
  zhi, 
  from 
  o"'I;azhi, 
  not. 
  Makes 
  no 
  attempt 
  to 
  

  

  escape. 
  

  

  Pahj'cka 
  Pa, 
  head; 
  hi, 
  hair; 
  cha, 
  white. 
  

  

  Shage'duba 
  Shage', 
  hoofs; 
  duba, 
  four. 
  (In 
  Wara'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Sha'gezhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Sha'ge, 
  hoofs; 
  zhinga, 
  little. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Shko"'shko"tithe. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  ShJeo 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  move; 
  shko»shko", 
  continually 
  moving; 
  lithe, 
  sud- 
  

   denly. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

   Tato 
  n/ 
  gamo 
  n 
  thi 
  11 
  Ta, 
  deer; 
  to 
  n 
  ga, 
  big; 
  uio"tlii", 
  walking. 
  (In 
  Ni'kapashna, 
  

  

  Ponca. 
  i 
  

  

  Ta'xtiduba 
  Tafxti, 
  original 
  deer; 
  i/nlm. 
  four. 
  

  

  Te/hego" 
  Te, 
  buffalo; 
  hr, 
  horn; 
  go 
  n 
  , 
  like. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  stage 
  of 
  growth 
  

  

  when 
  the 
  antler 
  resembles 
  the 
  born 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  Two 
  of 
  

  

  this 
  name. 
  

   Thiti'bitho" 
  Bounding 
  up. 
  

  

  