LA FLESCH£l CHILD-NAMING RITE 157 



DAUGHTERS 



1. Mi'-na. Mi'-na-the-favorite. 



2. Wa-^a'-be-wi", Black-bcar-woman. 



3. Ci'-ge- E-no'"-do°-a-bi, Scen-by-all. All living creatures see 



the sun. 



OTHER NAMES 

 Male 



^i-gthe'-wa-thi-ta, Crosses-trail. The bear in his wanderings crosses 



the trails of other animals, 

 ^i-the'-dse-xo-dse, Gray-heels. 

 Da'-ko''-mo''-i'', Walks-as-in-fire-light. 

 Ho°'-ga-thi-ka-zhi. (Meaning obscure.) 

 Ho"-gthi', Night-has-returned. 

 Mo^-ko"', Medicine. 

 O-ko^'-dsi-wa-shko", Struggles-by-himself. No one to help him 



fight. 

 O-pa'-stse-dse, Long-body. 

 Pa-^i', Brown-nose. 

 Sha'-ge-btha-gka, Flat-hands. 

 Tho'-to^-gthi-no^-zhi", Stands-upright. 

 Wa-Qa'-e-wa-ko°-da-gi, Mysterious-bear. 

 Wa-5a'-e-zhi°-ga, Little-bear. 

 Wa-shi"'-shto°-ga, Soft-fat. 

 Wa-.xa'-.xa-do", Shaggy-hair. 

 Xo'-ga-hi°-e-go°, Hair-like-badger's. 



Female 



Ho"-wa'-k'u, Night-woman. 

 Mi'-zho°-?ka. (Meaning obscure.) 

 Ni'-ka-shi-tsi-thc, Person-passes-by. 

 Wa-.xthc'-tho°-ba, Two-standards. 



Ni'-ka-Wa-ko^'-da-gi (Men of Mystery) 



Special kinship terms and personal names of the first three sons and 

 first three daughters in a familj' of this gens. The thunder is the 

 life sj'mbol of this gens. 



SONS 



L I°-gtho°'. Gthe-do "'-tse-ga, New-hawk. Refers to the reconse- 

 cration of the hawk, the symbol of courage of the warrior. Also 

 Gthe-do°-xo-e, Gray-hawk. Refers to the grayish appearance 

 of the hawk when it is painted afresh at a ceremony. 



2. Ksho^'-ga. Gthe-do^'-^ka, White-hawk. Refers to the whitish 

 appearance of the hawk when freshly painted. 



