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Hicdjasgaga White-faced. 



Hicdjadjopga Four-eyed. 



Hi^p'iwioga Good-haired. 



Hi^tcoga Blue-1'urred. . 



Hominaqk'a She who sits howling. 



Manidjopga Four walking. 



Manaijk^oga Throws up the earth (with his hind legs). 



Ma^ok'acutcaminagk'a He who sits on the tree banks, 



Niedjahuga Coming from the water. 



Niedjawanikiriga He who brings them back from the water. 



P'etcoga Green forehead. 



P'e-osgaga He who has a white forehead 



P'(l°zakega Big sand person. 



Xe-acaraminagk'a He who sits on a bare hill. 



Xe-omik'a He who dwells in a hill. 



Xe-oratcega He who travels to the hill . 



Sintcega Bushy tail. 



Tcarawiga He who holds a deer in his mouth. 



Tcasirawiga He who carries deer-feet in his mouth. 



Tconaqkehugga Chief wolf. 



Tconaqketcowigga First wolf. 



Tconiminagk'a Sits as a leader. 



Wanuniniga He from whom nothing is hidden . 



Warawaicinega He who carries something in his mouth, 



Warawaiguga Comes back with something in his mouth. 



Waruxewigga She who chases, 



Wirap'ega He who lies in wait for them. 



The Water-Spirtt Clan 



introduction 



A rather poor version of the Water-spbit clan was obtained. It 

 is, however, one of the few clan origLii myths that contams the definite 

 statement that the clan ancestors changed mto human bemgs when 

 they gathered at Green Bay. 



The functions of the Water-spirit clan were, in former times, 

 exceedingly important. Almost all the mformants were agreed that a 

 chief was selected from that clan, but the exact nature of this chieftabi- 

 ship is not clear. One mformant, himself a member of the Bear 

 clan, said that the Water-spirit clan was the chief of the lower 

 phratry; that the clans were arranged in three groups, one over 

 which the Thmiderbird clan ruled; another over which the Water- 

 spirit clan ruled; ajid a thhd over which the Bear clan ruled. He 

 uisisted, however, that just as the Thmiderbird clan rules over the 

 whole tribe in a general way, so the Water-spirit clan ruled over the 

 clans of the lower phratry. Other uiformants clauned that the 

 Water-spirit clan originally ruled over the entire tribe and that its 

 place was subsequently usurped by the Thunderbird clan. It might 

 be best to regard the fmiction of the Water-spirit clan as akin but 

 subsidiary to that of the Thmiderbird clan. 



