140 THE OSAGE TRIBE 



[ETH. ANN. 43 



Mo'"-9e, Metal. Wa-no°-she-zhi''-ga could not explain the meaning 



of this name. 

 Mo°'-da-i-he. (Meaning obscure.) 

 Mo°-i°'-zhi, Does-not-walk. Refers to the eagle. 

 Mo'"-shi-ha-mo°-i°, One-who-moves-above. Refers to the eagle. 



(In the I°-shta'-9o°-da gens of the Omaha tribe.) 

 Mo°-shi'-ta-mo°-i°, Moves-on-high. Refers to the eagle. 

 Mo°'-sho°-ho°-ga, Sacred-plume. Refers to the eagle plumes worn 



by priests. 

 No°-be'-?i, Yellow-hands. Refers to the yellow feet of the eagle. 

 Pa-hiu'-ga-zho", Hairy-head. Name given by the Tho'-xe gens to 



the Ho°'-ga U-thu-ha-ge gens. 

 Sha'-ge-(?ka, White-talons. (In the Tha'-ta-da gens of the Omaha 



tribe.) 

 Sha'-ge-pa-hi, Sharp-talons. Refers to the sharp talons of the eagle. 

 Sho^'-to-'fa-be, Black-dog. Thu-ts'a'-ga-bi. 



Thu-ts'a'-ga-bi, Hard-to-catch. Refers to the wariness of the eagle. 

 Tsi-do'-ba, Four-lodges. A valor name. A war party attacked four 



lodges and killed all the inhabitants. The commander was given 



the name by the people. 

 U-ga'-^ji^-dse, Breeze. Refers to the wind stirred by the eagle when 



flying. 

 U-ga'-sho°, The wanderer. Refers to the ofSce of messenger of this 



gens. 

 U-thi°'-ge-no°-zhi°, Stands-holding. Refers to the hold of the eagle 



on its prey. 

 U-thi'-sho°-mo"-i'', Moves-in-a-circle. Refers to the soaring of the 



eagle. (In the P-ke'-ga-be gens of the Omaha tribe.) 

 Wa-ko'"-tha-to''-ga, Great-attacker. Refers to the attack of the 



eagle on its prey. 

 Wa-sho'-she, Brave. (In the I"-ke'-5a-be gens of the Omaha tribe.) 

 Wa-xo°'-xo", The-shining-one. Refers to the shining of the wings 



of the eagle. 

 Wa-zhi'"-i-gi-wa-the, Hated-bird. Refers to the fear of the eagle 



by other birds. 

 Wa-zhi°'-pa, Bird-head. Refers to the head of the eagle. 

 Wa-zhi°'-zhi-c, Red-bird. (Red eagle.) 



Xi-tha-u'-ga-sho°, The- traveling-eagle. Refers to the tireless soar- 

 ing of the eagle. 

 Xo''-xo°'-moM°, Shines-as-he-moves. Refers to the reflection of 



the sun on the outspread wings of the eagle. 

 Xu-tha'-ni-ka, Eagle-man. (In the Ta'-pa gens of the Omaha 



tribe.) 

 Xu-tha'-pa, Eagle-head. 

 Xu-tha'-sha-be, Dark-colored-eagle. 



