250 THE WINNEBAGO TEIBE [eth. ann. 37 



ORIGIN MYTH 



(told by a member of the CI/AK) 



Earthmaker created all human beings. When he was about to 

 create them, then he thought it would be good to see something 

 moving. So he made a man and he was very good. But Earth- 

 maker thought he ought to have company, so he made a woman. 

 Then he thought to himself, "How should they know one another." 

 So some one came to life through the water and this one was an 

 animal. He made a village in the west for the human beings, and 

 he thought about it and then he thought he would ask the humans 

 what they woidd like to live through (i. e., become reincarnated), 

 and they said the elk, because the elk never conamitted any crime. 

 The humans were not to commit any crime. So the four elks started 

 for the meeting place at Green Bay, Red Banks. They had up to 

 that time supposed that they were the only living things, but Earth- 

 maker let the oldest of the elks know of the existence of the other 

 clans. So there they came and lived as Winnebagos. Thus it is 

 said. This is all that they ever tell. 



CLAN NAMES 



hu^'wa'' hik'ik'aradjer.\ (elk clan) 



Roha''maniwiriga Many walking. 



Rek'uhumaniwiqga She who walks ■with the wind. 



Tcatchiruxewigga She who pursues the wind. 



Snakj5» and Fish Clans 



No information of any consequence was obtained about these two 

 clans. Almost all the informants claimed that they were recent 

 additions to the tribe. Only a very few siu'vivors of either clan are 

 still living. 



CLAN NAMES 



wak'a" hik'ik'aradjera (snake clan) 



Hai)kcimirik'a Lying snake. 



Ilip'ahiga He who has sharp teeth. 



Hirodirjga She who has attained her full growth. 



K'ik'urudiwigga She who crawls. 



K'irixminaqk'a Sits coiled up. 



Gisewek'inaijka Sits quiet in her (home). 



Hokciga High snake. 



HO hik'ikaradjera (fish clan) 



Ho-apcudjewigga Red fish scale woman. 



clan AFFILLATION.S NOT OBTAINED 



Ha''boguwi5ga East woman. 



Hu^kminari k'a Sitting chief. 



