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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [bth. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  Fanali 
  names 
  

  

  Qici'kawate 
  Qiqi'ka, 
  turkey, 
  wate, 
  victory. 
  

  

  Hu'to 
  n 
  wi 
  n 
  Hu'to", 
  noise; 
  ici 
  n 
  , 
  feminine 
  termination. 
  Refers 
  to 
  

  

  thunder. 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  shta 
  / 
  co 
  n 
  wi° 
  I"shta', 
  eye; 
  go 
  n 
  , 
  white 
  orpale; 
  wi 
  n 
  , 
  feminine 
  termination 
  

  

  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Mi 
  'asheto" 
  Aft, 
  moon; 
  asheto 
  11 
  , 
  the 
  end. 
  The 
  waning 
  moon. 
  

  

  Mi 
  / 
  gtfaito 
  & 
  i 
  a 
  Aft, 
  moon; 
  gthi, 
  to 
  return; 
  toM 
  n 
  , 
  new. 
  The 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  new 
  moon. 
  Four 
  of 
  this 
  name 
  — 
  one 
  in 
  Nini'bato" 
  sub- 
  

   division. 
  (In 
  Wusha'be 
  and 
  Thi'xida, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mi'huca 
  Mi, 
  moon; 
  huqa, 
  loud 
  voice. 
  

  

  Mi'mo^shihathi" 
  Mi, 
  moon; 
  nWshiha, 
  above; 
  thin, 
  moving. 
  Five 
  of 
  this 
  

  

  name 
  — 
  one 
  in 
  Nini'bato 
  n 
  subdivision. 
  

  

  Mi'o 
  n 
  bathi 
  n 
  Mi, 
  moon; 
  o"ba, 
  day; 
  thin, 
  moving. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  (In 
  Thi'xida, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mo 
  n/ 
  shadithi 
  n 
  One 
  moving 
  on 
  high. 
  Refers 
  to 
  thunder. 
  Six 
  of 
  this 
  

  

  name 
  — 
  one 
  in 
  Nini'bato 
  n 
  subdivision. 
  (In 
  Washa'b< 
  and 
  

   Ni'kapashna, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Ni'dawi" 
  Ni'da, 
  a 
  mythical 
  being; 
  in'", 
  feminine. 
  Six 
  of 
  this 
  

  

  name." 
  

  

  Ni'kano 
  n 
  zhiha 
  Ni'ha, 
  person; 
  no 
  n 
  zhihu, 
  human 
  hair. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name- 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  'xtigewi 
  " 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  O 
  n 
  'bathagthi 
  n 
  0"'ba, 
  day; 
  thagthi", 
  fine. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  To 
  u 
  'i 
  n 
  gina 
  To»'i", 
  new; 
  gi, 
  conning: 
  na, 
  who 
  does. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  moon 
  symbolically. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Ni'ka- 
  

   pashna, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  To 
  n/ 
  i 
  n 
  gthihe 
  To 
  n 
  'i 
  n 
  , 
  new; 
  gthihe, 
  to 
  return 
  suddenly. 
  The 
  sudden 
  ap- 
  

   parition 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  moon. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  To 
  u/ 
  i 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  Ton'in, 
  new; 
  thi", 
  moving. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  moon 
  

  

  moving 
  in 
  the 
  heavens. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  preceding 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha 
  gentes 
  it 
  may 
  

   be 
  of 
  service 
  to 
  the 
  reader 
  to 
  recapitulate 
  briefly 
  the 
  salient 
  features 
  

   of 
  the 
  tribal 
  organization. 
  

  

  Five 
  gentes 
  composed 
  the 
  southern 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  hu'thuga 
  or 
  tribal 
  

   circle. 
  These 
  had 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  physical 
  welfare 
  of 
  the 
  people. 
  The 
  

   We'zhi 
  n 
  shte 
  gens 
  had 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Tent 
  of 
  War 
  and 
  its 
  

   duties, 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  rites 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  thunder 
  of 
  the 
  spring. 
  

   These 
  rites, 
  which 
  were 
  fragmentary, 
  probably 
  once 
  formed 
  part 
  of 
  

   ancient 
  ceremonies 
  connected 
  with 
  surviving 
  articles 
  no 
  longer 
  cere- 
  

   monially 
  used 
  — 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Shell 
  and 
  the 
  Cedar 
  Pole. 
  The 
  elk 
  was 
  

   tabu 
  to 
  the 
  We'zhi"shte 
  gens, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  elk 
  rites 
  

   were 
  associated 
  with 
  war 
  in 
  the 
  Osage 
  tribe. 
  (See 
  Ceremony 
  of 
  

   Adoption, 
  p. 
  61.) 
  The 
  other 
  four 
  gentes 
  were 
  charged 
  with 
  duties 
  

   and 
  rites 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  food 
  supply 
  and 
  were 
  under 
  the 
  direc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  gens. 
  This 
  gens 
  was 
  leader, 
  as 
  its 
  name 
  implies, 
  

   and 
  had 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  Sacred 
  Tents; 
  one 
  contained 
  the 
  White 
  

  

  aThe 
  Nida 
  was 
  a 
  mythical 
  creature, 
  in 
  one 
  conception 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  eif 
  that 
  crept 
  in 
  and 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  

   The 
  word 
  was 
  applied 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  bones 
  of 
  large 
  extinct 
  animals, 
  as 
  ' 
  he 
  mastodon. 
  When 
  the 
  i-lephant 
  

   was 
  first 
  seen 
  it 
  was 
  called 
  Nida, 
  and 
  that 
  name 
  is 
  still 
  applied 
  to 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  Omaha. 
  Ponca. 
  am] 
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  >sage. 
  

  

  