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  Shage'dubazhi"ga... 
  . 
  Shage', 
  hoofs; 
  duba, 
  four; 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga, 
  little. 
  (It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  :hi"</<i 
  

   has 
  been 
  recently 
  added 
  to 
  distinguish 
  this 
  name.) 
  

  

  Sho 
  n 
  'gecabe 
  (see 
  fig. 
  Sho 
  n 
  ge, 
  horse; 
  cabe, 
  black. 
  (It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  this 
  name 
  was 
  

   40 
  1. 
  originally 
  Shagecabe 
  ("black 
  hoofs") 
  and 
  thai 
  h 
  has 
  been 
  

  

  changed 
  since 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  horses.) 
  (In 
  Waga'be, 
  

   Ponca. 
  i 
  

  

  Tato"'ga 
  Great 
  Male 
  Deer; 
  old 
  name. 
  (In 
  Thi'xida, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  \Yazhi"'kid<- 
  Wazhi 
  n 
  , 
  will 
  power, 
  anger; 
  tide, 
  to 
  shout. 
  Refers 
  to 
  a 
  chal- 
  

   lenging 
  male 
  animal. 
  

  

  XuliLiVka 
  Xitha', 
  eagle; 
  gka, 
  white. 
  (In 
  Thi'xida, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Xitha'gahige 
  Xitha', 
  eagle; 
  gahige, 
  chief. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  I'mi'm 
  rii 
  

  

  Mo"l,-(>n' 
  subdivision, 
  Ponca. 
  I 
  

  

  Xitha'gaxe 
  Xitha', 
  eagle; 
  gaxe, 
  maker. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Pon'caxti, 
  

  

  .I/o'U'o"' 
  subdivision, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Borrowed 
  namt 
  s 
  

  

  Xitha'giu 
  1 
  Xitha', 
  eagle; 
  ;//»". 
  to 
  fly. 
  Flying 
  eagle. 
  Dakota 
  name. 
  

  

  Ft 
  malt 
  names 
  

  

  Gthedo"'wi"texi 
  Gthedo 
  n 
  , 
  hawk; 
  u 
  ■/«, 
  feminine 
  termination; 
  text, 
  sacred. 
  Five 
  

  

  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Wage/be 
  and 
  in 
  I'o 
  n 
  'm>li, 
  Mo^kon' 
  sub- 
  

   division, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mo 
  'eepewi' 
  Mo' 
  n 
  cepe, 
  axe; 
  wi 
  n 
  , 
  feminine 
  term. 
  Seven 
  of 
  this 
  name 
  

  

  1'iivjri." 
  in», 
  pale. 
  Pale 
  or 
  white 
  Ponca. 
  Twelve 
  of 
  this 
  name 
  

  

  \\Vto"beci" 
  (In 
  Iton'ga 
  gens.) 
  Six 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Fancy 
  no 
  m< 
  

  

  Wani'tawaxa 
  Lion. 
  ( 
  This 
  name 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  a 
  government 
  official 
  in 
  

  

  Washington 
  City 
  when 
  the 
  bearer 
  and 
  other 
  Indians 
  were 
  on 
  

  

  a 
  visit 
  . 
  i 
  

  

  L'-nclassified 
  namet 
  

  

  Gthedo 
  n/ 
  thihi 
  Gthedon', 
  hawk; 
  thihi, 
  to 
  scare 
  by 
  approaching, 
  the 
  bird. 
  

  

  llexa'gaoka 
  Hexaga, 
  h 
  taha, 
  Dakota 
  for 
  elk; 
  qka, 
  white. 
  

  

  Hezho 
  Il/ 
  kato 
  ,1 
  ga 
  He, 
  horns; 
  zho 
  n 
  ka, 
  forked; 
  to 
  n 
  ga, 
  big. 
  

  

  I'kuhabi 
  /.is; 
  huhe, 
  fear 
  of 
  the 
  unknown; 
  bi, 
  who 
  is. 
  One 
  who 
  is 
  feared. 
  

  

  Ki'dabazhi 
  Ki'da, 
  to 
  shoot; 
  bazhi, 
  they 
  not. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  shoot 
  him. 
  

  

  Mo"'cebaha 
  Mo 
  n 
  'qe, 
  metal; 
  b(dw, 
  to 
  show. 
  

  

  Mo"'gecka 
  Mo»'ge, 
  breast; 
  rln, 
  white. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  deer. 
  

  

  Xo 
  ; 
  /.hi 
  1 
  'tithe 
  Xij":hi'i, 
  to 
  rise; 
  tithe, 
  suddenly. 
  

  

  Pa'thi"\vaca 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Tano"'zhi" 
  Ta, 
  deer; 
  no"-'zhin 
  y 
  to 
  stand. 
  

  

  Wa'bagthazhi 
  Wa'bagtha, 
  bashful, 
  timid; 
  thi, 
  not, 
  from 
  o^kazhi, 
  

  

  Wadu'kishke 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Wathi'hi 
  To 
  startle 
  game. 
  

  

  Xu'liego"tha 
  Xit'bc. 
  holy, 
  sacred; 
  go 
  n 
  tha, 
  want, 
  desire. 
  

  

  Dream 
  names 
  

  

  Tachu'gecka 
  Taghu'ge, 
  antelope; 
  clca, 
  white. 
  

  

  Ta'.xtidathi" 
  Ta'xti, 
  deer; 
  dathin, 
  crazy. 
  

  

  I^othe'zhide 
  Gens 
  (9 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  gens 
  refers 
  to 
  t 
  ho 
  reddish 
  excrement 
  of 
  the 
  newly 
  

   born 
  calf. 
  The 
  rites 
  committed 
  to 
  the 
  keeping 
  of 
  the 
  gens 
  have 
  been 
  

   lost. 
  Traditions 
  speak 
  of 
  these 
  having 
  been 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   procreation 
  of 
  the 
  race 
  to 
  insure 
  its 
  continuance 
  through 
  the 
  medium 
  

   of 
  the 
  sky 
  powers. 
  

  

  