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CHILD-NAMING RITE 135 



Mi'-ho"-!". Daughter of Wa-tse'-mo''-i° and Mi'-go''-ho''-i°. 

 Mi'-tse-xi. Mi'-na-the-favorite. Daughter of Mo^'-zhi-^ka-k'i^-ga- 



xthi and Mi'-ga-sho"-!". 

 No°'-mi-tse-xi, Mi'-na-the-favorite. Daughter of Ni'-ka-wa-da-i°- 



ga- 

 Wa-ga'-be-wa-k'o, Black-bear-woinan. Daughter of I''-gtho°'-ga- 

 zhi°-ga. 



I^'-GTHO^'-GA 



Names of the first tliree sons and first three daughters. 



SONS 



1. I''-gtho°'. Mi'-\va-ga-xe, Child-of-the-sun. 



2. Ksho^'-ga. I'-e-^ka-wa-the, Giver-of-speech. 



3. Ka'-zhi°-ga. Mo""-ga-xe, Arrow-maker. 



DAUGHTERS 



1. Mi'-no°. Mo°'-gi-tse-xi, Sacred-arrow-shaft. 



2. Wi'-he. Mo^'-zho^-op-she-wi", Woman -who -travels -over- the- 



earth. 



3. C'-'-ge. No "'-mi-tse-xi, Beloved-child-of-the-sun. 



OTHER NAMES 

 Male 



I°-shta'-sha-be, Dark-eyes. In the Tse-gi^'-dse gens of the Omaha 

 tribe. 



Mi-wa'-ga-xe, Child-of-the-sun. Also, Hi°-wa'-xa-ga, Rough-hair. 

 Husband of Mi-'tse-xi of the Ho°'-ga gens. 



Mo°'-ga-xe, Arrow-maker. Husband of Wa-toM'-ga-e of the Po"'-ka 

 Wa-shta-ge gens. (Also Pa'-xe-ga, Brown-nose. Refers to the 

 brown nose of the black bear.) 



Mo^'-ga-xe. Son of Wa-xthi'-zhi and Xu-tha'-da-wi°. 



Mo'"-hi''-wa-ko°-da, Ah'sterious-knife. Son of Wa-thu'-ts'a-ga-zhi 

 and Mi'-tse-xi. 



No"-be'-wa-ko"-da, Mysterious hand. M3-thical name, refers to the 

 use of the index finger for killing animals before weapons were 

 known. Also refers to the ceremony performed by a member of 

 the Wa-ga'-be gens when blessing a newborn child with the rays 

 of the sun. Son of Wa-thu'-ts'a-ga-zhi and Mi'-tse-.xi. 



To'"-dse-a-shi° (meaning obscure). 



Wa-thu'-ts'a-ga-zhi, Never-fails (war name). The grandfather of 

 the man who last bore this name never failed in his war exploits 

 so the people gave him the name. Husband of Mi'-tse-xi of the 

 Ho'"-ga gens. 



