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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  -7 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  Pgthe'zhide 
  has 
  given 
  rise 
  to 
  considerable 
  speculation 
  

   by 
  white 
  observers, 
  and 
  stories 
  are 
  told 
  to 
  account 
  for 
  it, 
  a 
  but 
  these 
  

   stories 
  and 
  explanations 
  are 
  not 
  corroborated 
  by 
  the 
  old 
  and 
  trusty 
  

   men 
  of 
  the 
  tribe, 
  nor 
  do 
  they 
  accord 
  with 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  of 
  the 
  

   functions 
  of 
  the 
  gentes 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  and 
  the 
  fundamental 
  ideas 
  of 
  the 
  

   tribal 
  organization. 
  

  

  Tabu: 
  The 
  fetus 
  of 
  an 
  animal 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  touched. 
  As 
  the 
  buffalo 
  

   was 
  most 
  commonly 
  met 
  with, 
  the 
  tabu 
  came 
  to 
  

   be 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  unborn 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  

  

  The 
  symbolic 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  hair 
  consisted 
  in 
  shaving 
  

   the 
  head, 
  all 
  except 
  a 
  small 
  lock 
  in 
  front, 
  one 
  behind, 
  

   and 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  

   head 
  and 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  animal, 
  and 
  the 
  

   knobs 
  where 
  the 
  horns 
  would 
  grow 
  (fig. 
  41). 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  no 
  subgentes 
  and 
  no 
  subdivisions 
  or 
  

   groups, 
  nor 
  was 
  there 
  a 
  representative 
  from 
  this 
  

   gens 
  in 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  Seven 
  Chiefs. 
  

   The 
  Pgthe'zhide 
  camped 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  Xini'bato 
  11 
  subdivision 
  

   of 
  the 
  Tapa'. 
  

  

  PERSONAL 
  NAMES 
  IN 
  THE 
  I 
  N 
  GTHE'ZHIDE 
  GENS 
  (9) 
  

   Ni'kie 
  names 
  

  

  Fig. 
  41. 
  Cut 
  of 
  hair, 
  

   Ingthe'zhide 
  gens. 
  

  

  A 
  / 
  hi 
  n 
  weti 
  n 
  

  

  (^"'decicnu 
  . 
  .. 
  

   £i 
  n/ 
  wano 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  . 
  

  

  fni'titho 
  11 
  

  

  Iho'^ugine. 
  . 
  .. 
  

  

  Kaxe'axube. 
  

  

  Ko 
  n/ 
  cepa 
  

  

  Mika'ezhi 
  n 
  ga. 
  

   Sha'nugahi. 
  .. 
  

   Te'mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  ... 
  

  

  Te'pezhi 
  

  

  Tezhi"'ga 
  

  

  Ti'shimuxa 
  

  

  Uho 
  n/ 
  gemo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  

  

  Uho 
  n/ 
  geno 
  I1 
  zhi 
  n 
  (pl.35) 
  

  

  Uki'pato" 
  

  

  Wa'backaha 
  

  

  A'hi 
  n 
  , 
  wings; 
  wetin, 
  to 
  strike. 
  

  

  < 
  V"</<, 
  tail; 
  <;",'"». 
  to 
  drag. 
  

  

  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Qni, 
  cold; 
  litho 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  come. 
  

  

  Ihon', 
  mother 
  (spoken 
  of); 
  ugine, 
  seeks 
  for 
  his. 
  Refers 
  to 
  buf- 
  

   falo 
  calf 
  after 
  the 
  slaughter 
  of 
  its 
  mother. 
  

  

  Kaxc'a, 
  crow; 
  xube, 
  sacred. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  symbolic 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   bird. 
  

  

  Ko"ce, 
  name 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  gentes; 
  pa, 
  head. 
  Oldname. 
  

  

  Mika'e, 
  star; 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga, 
  little. 
  

  

  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  (In 
  Thi'xida, 
  Ponea.) 
  

  

  Te, 
  buffalo; 
  mo 
  n 
  Lhin, 
  walking, 
  traveling. 
  (In 
  Po 
  n 
  'caxti, 
  Mo^ko^ 
  

   subdivision, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Te, 
  buffalo; 
  pezhi, 
  from 
  piazhi, 
  bad. 
  

  

  Te. 
  buffalo; 
  zhin'ga, 
  little. 
  (In 
  Washa'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Tishi, 
  tent 
  poles; 
  inuxa, 
  to 
  spread 
  out. 
  (In 
  Washa'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Uho 
  n 
  'gc, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  file; 
  mo 
  n 
  lhi 
  n 
  , 
  walking. 
  (In 
  

   Nu'xe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Uhonge, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  file; 
  no 
  n 
  zhin, 
  standing. 
  (In 
  Nu'xe, 
  

   Ponca.) 
  

  

  Rolling 
  himself. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Pon'caxti, 
  Mo 
  n 
  ko 
  n/ 
  

   subdivision, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  a 
  As 
  in 
  Long, 
  Expedition 
  to 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains, 
  I, 
  327, 
  Philadelphia, 
  1823. 
  

  

  