124 THE WINNEBAGO TRIBE [bth. ann. 37 



Divisions of Time 



The Winnebago reckoned time from the beginning of each new 

 month (wira). There are slight differences in the names of the 

 months between the Nebraska and the Wisconsin branch of the 

 tribe, as appear below: 



Nebraska — 



1. Himdjwi'ra, month when the bears are born. 



2. Hiindjwiro-a'gEnina, last bear month. 



3. Wak'ek' iru'x^, raccoon-breeding month. 



4. Hoi'dogina^na, fish become visible (because of the ice clearing 

 away) . 



5. Mai° da'wus, month that dries the earth. 



6. Mank'era, dig-the-earth month (when the crops are sowed). 



7. WLxo'tcera, the month that makes them gray (the month when 

 the tassels of corn appear and the fields look gray). 



8. Wida'djox, when the roasted ears of corn burst. 



9. Wiza'zek'e, name of a bird that appears this month. 



10. Pca'mai''na^xora, when the deer paws the earth; or Hu°- 

 wai°jukEra, when the elks shout, or whistle. 



11. Tcaik'i'ruxe, deer-breeding month. 



12. Tca'hewakcu', when the deer shed their horns. 

 WiscoTisin — 



1. Hu'ndjwi tconina, first bear month. 



2. Hu'ndjwiro-a'gEiiina, last bear month. 



3. Wak'e'k'iruxewiVa, raccoon-breeding month. . 



4. Hoi'doginana, fish becoming visible. 



5. Mai^da'wus, drying-of-the-earth month. 



6. Mank'e'ra, digging month. 



7. Mai"na? ^u^na, cultivating month. 



8. WLxo'tcerera, tasseling month. 



9. Hu° waiju'kEra, elk-whistling month. 



10. Tco'mai°na\xora, when the deer paw the earth. 



11. Tcaik'iru'xira, deer-breeding month. 



12. Tcahe'yakcu^na, when the deer shed their horns. 

 According to a member of the Bear clan, the following were the 



activities tliroughout the year. The accounts given of these activi- 

 ties differed in certain details, depending upon the clan connection 

 of the informant, because he naturally associated some months with 

 specific activities of his clan, such as clan feasts. 



1. Members of the Bear clan give their feast. 



2. Month in which the various Winter Feasts are given. 



3. Month in which people hunt. 



4. Month in which people begin to fish. 



