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THE MENOMINI INDIANS 



[ETH. ANN. 14 



paw may be used for the same purpose; or, perhaps, a panther paw 

 poach, a snake skin, or any other material which may have been pre- 

 sented as a gift at an initiation, or dreamed of by the medicine man sub- 

 sequently to his being admitted to membership. (See figure 13. This 

 subject is described more fully in connection with beadwork and orna- 

 mentation.) The audience became large and interesting, not only 

 because of the large number of members, but on account of the crowd 

 of people gathered about the medicine wikS'mik, who peeped through 

 every available crevice and opening in the mats covering the frame- 

 work of the lodge. 



The following list comprises the names of the male and female mem- 

 bers of the Mita'wit, with the signification of nearly all of them, as * 

 furnished by the chiefs of the society at the annual meetings held in 

 July, 1S90, August, 1891, August, 1892, and August, 1S93, as well as at 

 a conference with the chief mita'wok held during the months of Feb- 

 ruary and March, 1892, at Washington: 



Hales. 



A k winr mi Mo'sihat ' . .Willi in -the-month. 



Anii'maqkl'sii Little Thunder. 



A.'patake'zhXk Half-the-sky. 



A < | k i n;ikn slir .Terrible-looking. 



Baifi \\ Bqshi 1 That- which-rat ties. 



R5h5'pesh3' Little-whoops. 



Ish'kwa&'ban a Breaking I>;iy. 



Ka'dabaqshl'u 1 .< >ne wbo-broils. 



Kaia'nam£k' Kdq"ea ...(Unknown). 



B tia aoxni I - l (Unknown). 



Ka'shekoqka'ti, 4 One-who-carries-light. 



Kawi'klt' 1 Kough-face. 



ESne'sha Eaglet. 



Ke"sh6 Moon. 



K' 'ehSka'weshaVt The Moon? 



Kime'an Rain. 



KiahB'wadd'sha' Swift-little-hawk. 



Kowa'pami'& T B (Unknown), 



MaIa'kiuL-'u T True Eagle. [goes. 



Miitwash'kiit Making-a-somid-as-he- 



Hiq'kiniy ni Partisan. 



Mishi'nawe 6 A Waiter. 



Nai&q/td Certain-one. 



Ni'a'qtaw&'pomi The-most-conapicuous. 



NaVmotam' Tells-the-tnith, 



Naq'pa'tii' Marksman. 



Na'sbikaVpawe 1 Stands-izi-the-dark. 



N&tshi'wIqkS" He-who-bullies. 



Nawaq kwt slikuin' Ilalf-a-niouth. 



Ni kunish' Foremost-man. 



Nio'pfil Fourin a-den. 



Nmiiiish' Fish. 



O'bimash' Younger-chief. 



O'kweinawa'peshlir Chief-oi' the swans. 



O'kwitshiwa'nd < )n-th< -summit. 



Pfim6'n6t J Flying-by. 



rip.. nanS't^ 1 Winter Hawk. 



Pi'tiwfi krshld Coming noisily. 



I'it wash'kiim Coming- with-a sound. 



Shaka aaqkwfid' Peeping-cloud. 



Shaboi i ok Penetrating-sound. 



Sha'batis' (Iiaptiste, Fr.). 



Sha'wanake'zhtk Sunt hern-sky. 



Shawaq'ka Yellow- wings. 



Sho'mln Raisin. 



Shoshat' (Unknown). 



Mm n it'ii .Money (Silver). 



Tamas Ivokosh , Thomas Hog 



Tshl-Kwa'set The-sound-of-the thuu- 



W&'bakine'u* White-Eagle, 



\v.i band Easterner. 



Wa'basha'Ift' White-dressed skin. 



WS ba I shlk! White Fisher. 



Waima"tekit With -bow ami-arrow. 



Wai'shikwoniit' Tail-of-the great-fish. 



Wa oaqko l sh8 Little-apex. 



W.i in- Cam (Unknown). 



Weq-KS'-sha Little-calamus. 



WlBa Unshed' Good-one. 



Wisha'noqkwut' Dense-cloud. 



WSsho'" (Unknown). 



Witshi'wfitl'" Goiug-fur-somebody. 



[dor. 



Fern dies. 



Ange'Mk (Angelioa i. 



A |'.ii;i Kc /iitkukl'u T ...lla!l :i ikiy. 

 Awa'nnqui' n a F"g- 



IHi'tewiata'mo (girl) Rumbling Noise. 



Kakik.itshiwan Everlasting-falls. 



Ivii'tshemlqtii'a One-who-dances. 



1 Died .luring the- winter of 1894-95. 



2 An Ojibwa word. 



'Word adopted from some other tribe; unknown. 



4 The Moon. 



fi Potawatomi words. 



6 Corruption of a French name. 



