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  TRIBAL 
  ORGANIZATION 
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  We 
  V 
  a 
  Snake. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  We'c'aho»ga 
  We'g'a, 
  snake; 
  honga, 
  leader. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca 
  ) 
  

  

  We 
  ? 
  azhl 
  "& 
  »*V«. 
  «ake; 
  rtt-^, 
  little. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  

  

  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   Wi'ukipae 
  Meaning 
  uncertain 
  

  

  Valor 
  names 
  

  

  KuVthe 
  Rushing 
  forward 
  suddenly. 
  This 
  name 
  was 
  bestowed 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  man 
  because 
  he 
  rushed 
  suddenly 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  

   / 
  P^ty 
  of 
  Sioux, 
  armed 
  only 
  with 
  a 
  hatchet." 
  

  

  Waba 
  ace 
  Wa 
  < 
  waan 
  '> 
  a 
  valorous 
  deed 
  ; 
  a 
  successful 
  war 
  party 
  is 
  also 
  

  

  called 
  waan'; 
  baace, 
  to 
  put 
  to 
  flight, 
  to 
  scare. 
  This 
  name 
  

   was 
  won 
  by 
  a 
  man 
  who, 
  although 
  partially 
  paralyzed, 
  

   killed 
  his 
  adversary 
  in 
  single 
  combat 
  during 
  a 
  fight 
  with 
  

   . 
  / 
  lht 
  ' 
  Dakota. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Wai-'washi 
  Wain, 
  to 
  carry; 
  waski, 
  to 
  ask 
  another 
  to 
  do 
  something 
  for 
  

  

  one. 
  

  

  Wano^hezhi-ga 
  Wano^she, 
  soldier; 
  zhinga, 
  little. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name— 
  one 
  in 
  Nini'baton 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  Dream 
  names 
  

  

  0""po"wahi 
  Ofpo», 
  elk; 
  wahi, 
  bone. 
  

  

  Sho 
  n/ 
  geo"ca 
  Shonge, 
  horse; 
  u^ca, 
  from 
  uneagi, 
  swift. 
  

  

  Wa'shi-mxa 
  The 
  layers 
  of 
  fat 
  about 
  the 
  stomach 
  of 
  an 
  animal— 
  the 
  

  

  buffalo. 
  

  

  Names 
  taken 
  from 
  incidents 
  or 
  historic 
  experiences 
  

  

  ™ 
  d 
  , 
  6 
  f 
  ^ 
  ****** 
  heel; 
  •***■• 
  little 
  - 
  ( 
  In 
  *<***, 
  Ponca 
  ) 
  

  

  Nlbtha 
  ?ka 
  Ni 
  > 
  wa 
  ter; 
  bthacka, 
  flat. 
  The 
  name 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  Omaha 
  

  

  call 
  the 
  Platte 
  river. 
  Nebraska 
  is 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  Nibtha- 
  

   cka. 
  

  

  Tahe 
  '*axe 
  Ta, 
  deer; 
  he, 
  horn; 
  gaxe, 
  branch 
  

  

  To°Wpezhe 
  To»',ro», 
  village; 
  pezhe, 
  bad.. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  nickname 
  given 
  

  

  to 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  had 
  poisoned 
  several 
  persona. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  

  

  also 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  Thunder 
  village, 
  whence 
  

  

  the 
  Thunder 
  issues 
  to 
  kill 
  men 
  

   U1l0°zhi°ga 
  U'hon, 
  cook; 
  zhinga, 
  little. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name-one 
  in 
  

  

  Mm'baton 
  subdivision. 
  Appears 
  in 
  Omaha 
  treaty 
  of 
  

  

  1826. 
  (In 
  Washafbe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   Une'cezhi»ga 
  TJne'ce, 
  fireplace; 
  zhinga, 
  little. 
  

  

  Names 
  borrowed 
  from 
  cognate 
  tribes, 
  modified 
  or 
  unmodified 
  

  

  No°xe'wanida 
  Dakota 
  name 
  

  

  Thi 
  ° 
  a 
  ' 
  ba?ka 
  Th 
  >°"<>'<< 
  lightning; 
  *,, 
  white. 
  Tins 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  Dakota 
  name 
  Wakiyanska, 
  meaning 
  White 
  

   Thunder. 
  

   Waxtha'thuto" 
  Oto 
  name. 
  

  

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