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§39. Birth-names of boys, according to < ja^i n -iia n paji. The first is 

 Niadi ctagabi : the second, Ja n -gap'uje, referring to the Sacred Pole. 

 It may be equivalent to the Dakota Tca n -kap'oja (Can-kapoia), mean- 

 ing that it must be carried by one unincumbered with much baggage. 

 The third is named Ma" peji, Bad Arrow, i. e., Sacred Arrow, because 

 the arrow has grown black from age! (Two Crows gave this explana- 

 tion. It is probable thaf the arrow is kept in or with the " Qe-sa°-ha.") 



The fourth is Fat covering the outside of a buffalo's stomach. The 

 fifth is Buffalo bull. The sixth, Dangerous buffalo bull; and the sev- 

 enth is Buffalo bull rolls again in the place where he rolled formerly. 



§ 40. Principal Hanga names. I. Men. — (Buffalo) Makes a Dust by 

 rolling. Smoked Yellow ("Yellow Smoke"). (Buffalo) Walks in a Crowd. 

 He who makes no impression by Striking. Real Hanga. Short Horns 

 (of a buffalo about two years old). (Buffalo calf) Sheds its hair next to 

 the eyes. Two Crows. Flying Crow. He who gives back blow for blow, 

 or, He who gets the better of a foe. Grizzly bear makes the sound 

 "4ide" by walking. Grizzly bear's Head. Standing Swan. He (a buf- 

 falo ?) who is Standing. (Buffalo ?) That does not run. (Buffalo) That 

 runs by the Shore of a Lake. Seven (buffalo bulls) In the Water. 

 Pursuer of the attacking foe. Scalp Couch. Pointed Bump (of a buf- 

 falo?). Artichoke. Buffalo Walks at Night, A Buffalo Bellows. Odor 

 of Buffalo Dung. Buffalo Bellows in the distance. (Sacred tent) Stands 

 in the Middle (of the circle). Seeks Fat meat. Walking Sacred one. 

 Corn. He who Attacks. 



II. Women. — Iron-eyed Female. Moon that is Traveling. White Hu- 

 man-female Buffalo in the distance. 



THE (l' ATAI)A GENS. 



§41. Tnis gen occupies the fourth place in the tribal circle, being be- 

 tween the Hanga aud the;j[a n ze. But, unlike the other gentes, its sub- 

 gentes have separate camping areas. Were it not for the marriage law, 

 we should say that the (patada was a phratry, and its subgentes were 

 gentes. The present leaders of the gens are jedegahi of the Wajinga- 

 ^ataji and Cyu-jiiiga of the Wasabe hit'aji. When on the hunt the four 

 subgentes pitch their tents in the following order in the tribal circle : 

 1. Wasabe-hit'aji; 2. Wajinga<fataji; 3. ^e-da-it'aji; 4. ^je-'i n . TheWa- 

 sabe-hit'aji are related to the Hanga on the one hand and to the Wa- 

 jifiga-fataji on the other. The latter in turn, are related to the j^cla- 

 itajl; these are related to the ;jre-'i n ; and the ;vje-'i n and ;5ra n ze are re- 

 lated. 



THE WASABE-HlTAjl 8CBGEN8. 



§42. The name of this subgens is derived from three words: wasabe, 

 ablackbear; ha, a skin; and it'aji, not 'to touch ; meaning "Those who do 



