DENIO] THE ASSINIBOIN 519 



Interpreted name. Indian name. 



The Little Thunder. _ Wah-kee-e-nah. 



The Knife Menah. 



Hair Tied Up in Front Pai-pach Kich-tah. 



He Who Wounds Dogs Shunga Ou-nah. 



The Claws Shak-kai-nah. 



The Great Traveler Ca-wai-ghai Man-iie. 



He Who is Above the Others Wa-eaun-too. 



The Marksman Coo-tai-nah. 



Names of 20 Young Assiniboin Women 



The Spotted Woman Kan-dai-ghah We-yah. 



The One Leg Hoo wash e nah. 



The Big Horn Woman Hai-kees-kah We-yah. 



The Glittering Lodge Te Owah Ho-wat-tah. 



The Four Thunders Wah-ke-un Topa. 



The Four Women Topa Weyah. 



The Season Maker Man-ka-cha Ca-ghah. 



The Lodge on Fire Woman Te-ien da weyah. 



She Who Makes the Clouds Moh pe ah caghah. 



The Door Scratcher Te opah u-cai-ghah. 



The Wing Bone Hoo pah hoo. 



The Crow's Cawing Coughai a-hho-ton. 



The Head Made White Pah-kah shah-nah. 



The Curled Hair Pah-hah e-u-me-ne. 



The Hawk Woman Chai-tun We-yah. 



The Red Chief Hoon yuh shah. 



The Mane of the Flying Eagle Ap-pai Wam-min-de E-i-ah. 



The Yellow Bear Wah-ghan She-chah-ze. 



The Iron Body Chu-we Muz-zah. 



The Fair-skinned Woman We-yah Skah. 



Children 



Cradles are not much used by the tribes of whom we write. A few 

 are seen among them which they procure from the Cree and Chip- 

 pewa. The back is a flat board with a bow bent 

 across the front where the head of the child is 

 placed. (Fig. 32.) A rim runs along the inside 

 the size of the child, cloths are attached inside this 

 rim to the boards or back, and the whole orna- 

 mented in various ways. The child is then bundled 

 up, inclosed in the rim, and the cloth covers strapped 

 over it. This is carried on their back, and at any 

 time should the cradle fall the child is protected 

 by the bow across from touching the ground. These F,a 32 - Cradle 



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Indians make, a kind of sack with eyed holes in 

 front of scarlet or blue cloth ornamented with beads, and the child 

 being well wrapped, all except the head, it is placed in the sack 

 and strapped up. There is no doubt but this is the cause of their 

 feet being straight, although they are not intoed, as one would judge 



