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  Wa 
  / 
  ino 
  n 
  zhi 
  11 
  Wa'i, 
  over 
  them 
  : 
  n-i'iji 
  i", 
  standing. 
  Probably 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  

  

  halt 
  of 
  the 
  hunters 
  as 
  they 
  ceremonially 
  approach 
  the 
  herd 
  of 
  

   buffalo. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Washa'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  \Vakn 
  n/ 
  ha 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  \Vani>"'pazhi 
  Wano 
  n 
  'pa, 
  fear; 
  zhi, 
  from 
  onkazhi, 
  not. 
  Having 
  no 
  fear. 
  Two 
  

  

  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Ni'kapashna, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Wati'thakuge 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Wazhi 
  n/ 
  gthedo 
  n 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Wazhin' 
  , 
  will 
  power; 
  gthedon, 
  hawk. 
  Sometimes 
  translated 
  as 
  

   Angry 
  Hawk. 
  

  

  Dream 
  names 
  

  

  Mo"a 
  / 
  zhi 
  ,1 
  ga 
  Mo"a', 
  bank; 
  zhi"ga, 
  little. 
  (In 
  Thi'xida, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mo"Vedn" 
  Mo"ce, 
  metal; 
  do 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  possess. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Washa'be, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mo 
  n/ 
  sho 
  n 
  cka 
  Mo"'sho 
  n 
  , 
  feather; 
  fia, 
  white. 
  (In 
  Ni'kapashna, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Xo"'kalu 
  No 
  n 
  'ka, 
  back; 
  tu, 
  blue. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  sparrow 
  hawk. 
  (In 
  Ni'- 
  

   kapashna, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   Waa"' 
  H 
  ~aa 
  n 
  ', 
  to 
  sing. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Ft 
  male 
  names 
  

  

  Oi'ilo 
  n 
  abe 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Mi 
  / 
  gthedo 
  n 
  wi 
  n 
  Mi, 
  moon; 
  gthedo", 
  hawk; 
  win, 
  feminine. 
  Six 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Mi'gthito 
  n 
  i 
  n 
  J/i,moon; 
  gthi, 
  to 
  return; 
  to»i», 
  new. 
  Return 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  moon, 
  

  

  or 
  the 
  moon 
  returns 
  new. 
  

  

  Mi'hewi" 
  Mi, 
  moon; 
  hewi", 
  the 
  new 
  moon 
  lies 
  horizontal, 
  like 
  a 
  canoe. 
  

  

  Mi'hezhi"ga 
  Little 
  moon. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Mi 
  •"'shihathi 
  11 
  Moving 
  on 
  high. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  eagle. 
  

  

  No 
  n/ 
  gthei;e 
  No", 
  action 
  by 
  the 
  foot; 
  gthcrc, 
  impressions 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  

  

  lines. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  tracks 
  of 
  buffalo 
  calves. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  

  

  name. 
  

   Teco 
  n/ 
  wi 
  n 
  Te, 
  buffalo; 
  qo 
  1 
  ^, 
  pale 
  or 
  white; 
  wi™, 
  feminine. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  Sacred 
  White 
  Buffalo 
  Hide. 
  

   Ugi 
  / 
  nemo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  Ugi'iu, 
  seeks 
  for 
  his; 
  mo 
  n 
  thi", 
  walking. 
  Wanders 
  seeking 
  for 
  

  

  his 
  mother. 
  The 
  feminine 
  counterpart 
  of 
  Iho 
  n 
  'ugine. 
  

  

  I 
  x 
  shta'cu 
  n 
  d,. 
  Gens 
  (10) 
  

  

  The 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  gens 
  is 
  an 
  ancient 
  term 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  translated 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  i 
  n 
  shta', 
  "eyes;" 
  pu 
  n 
  da, 
  "flashing." 
  The 
  word 
  refers 
  to 
  

   the 
  lightning, 
  and 
  the 
  rites 
  committed 
  to 
  this 
  gens 
  were 
  connected 
  

   with 
  the 
  thunder 
  and 
  lightning 
  as 
  manifestations 
  of 
  the 
  sky 
  forces 
  

   which 
  represented 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  Wako 
  n 
  'da 
  in 
  controlling 
  man's 
  

   life 
  and 
  death. 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  gens 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  

   hu'lhuga 
  — 
  the 
  half 
  that 
  represented 
  the 
  Sky 
  people 
  who, 
  in 
  union 
  

   with 
  the 
  Earth 
  people, 
  gave 
  birth 
  to 
  the 
  human 
  race. 
  (See 
  p. 
  135.) 
  

  

  At 
  present 
  there 
  are 
  in 
  this 
  gens 
  but 
  one 
  subgens 
  and 
  the 
  Nini'bato 
  11 
  

   subdivision. 
  Formerly 
  there 
  was 
  another 
  subgens, 
  but 
  the 
  cere- 
  

   monies 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  had 
  charge 
  have 
  long 
  since 
  been 
  lost 
  and 
  the 
  

   subgens 
  disintegrated. 
  An 
  example 
  of 
  how 
  such 
  disintegration 
  can 
  

   come 
  about 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  to-day 
  in 
  the 
  Nini'bato 
  11 
  subdivision. 
  During 
  

   the 
  last 
  century 
  the 
  Nini'bato 
  11 
  became 
  reduced 
  to 
  one 
  family; 
  of 
  this 
  

  

  