A Study of Siouan Cults: Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544Dorsey, James Owen
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A Study of Siouan Cults: Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544
Dorsey, James Owen
Siouan Indians -- Religion
§ 392. There are other composite names, most of which are found in the
census lists of the Dakota tribes, whose gentes are said to have no
animal names, and a few have been obtained from the personal name lists
of the Omaha, Ponka, and Kansa, and the census lists of the Mandan, and
Hidatsa, that give animal names to some or all of their gentes. In the
Winnebago name list no such personal names have been found, though that
people has animal names for its gentes.
Each of these composite names may refer to a vision of a composite
being, who was subsequently regarded as the guardian spirit of the
person who had the dream or vision. Or the bearer of such a name may
have had a dream or vision of two distinct powers. In the pictograph of
such a name, the powers (or symbols of the two powers) represented in
the name are joined (see § 374).
§ 393. The following is a list of composite names which may be found
to symbolize the four elements. The elements are designated by their
respective abbreviations: E for earth, F for fire; A for air, and W for
water. The interrogation mark after any name denotes a provisional or
conjectural assignment.
Turtle Grizzly-bear (W + E).
Grizzly-bear Small-bird (E + A).
Cloud Grizzly-bear (F? + E).
Grizzly-bear Buffalo-bull (E + ?).
Fire Grizzly-bear (F + E).
Sun Grizzly-bear (F + E).
Ghost Grizzly-bear (? + E).
Grizzly-bear Weasel, given as “Weasel Bear” in 4th An. Rept. Bur.
Eth., Pl. LXIX, No. 174.
Iron Grizzly-bear (“Iron” is generally denoted by blue in the
Dakota pictographs. See § 107.)
Bald-eagle Grizzly-bear (A? + E).
Shield Grizzly-bear. (The shield is on the bear’s side, 4th Eth.,
Pl. LXIII, No. 62.)
Crow Grizzly-bear.
Whirlwind Grizzly-bear. (The whirlwind precedes in the pictograph,
4th Eth., Pl. LVIII, No. 77.)
Hawk Thunder-being.
Pigeon Thunder-being. (A ┴ɔiwere name--not yet found in Dakota.)
Buffalo-bull Thunder-being.
Grizzly-bear Thunder-being (E + F).
Fire Thunder-being (F + F).
Elk Thunder-being.
Pipe Thunder-being. (4th Eth., Pl. LXXI, No. 179, a winged pipe.)
Cloud Thunder-being.
Horse Thunder-being.
Iron Thunder-being. (See § 107.)
Earth Thunder-being (E + F.)
Black-Bird Eagle.
Eagle Hawk. (4th Eth., Pl. LVI, No. 53.)
Eagle Small-bird. (4th Eth., Pl. LXVI, No. 116.)
Grizzly-bear Eagle. (4th Eth., Pl. LXIX, No. 170; a bear with an
eagle’s tail.)
Horse Eagle. (4th Eth., Pl. LXVIII, No. 153; horse body and
eagle’s tail.)
Dog Eagle. (4th Eth., Pl. LII, No. 9; dog with eagle’s tail.)
Eagle Swallow. (4th Eth., Pl. LXXIX, No. 282; eagle with forked
tail of a swallow).
Cloud Eagle.
Iron Deer.
Cloud Dog.
Buffalo-bull Small-bird.
Mountain Buffalo-bull.
Crow Buffalo-bull.
Buffalo-bull Dog.
Cloud Buffalo-bull.
Buffalo-bull Man (i. e., Indian).
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