_Gentes_ _Subgentes_
1. Tu’-nan-p’in, Black 1. Ta’po-çka, a large
bear. Tohin and Çiʞre black bear with a white
wonañe were chiefs of spot on the chest.
this gens in 1880. Tohin 2. Pŭn’-xa çka, a black
kept the sacred pipe. bear with a red nose;
literally, Nose White.
3. Mŭn-tci’-nye, Young
black bear, a short black
bear.
4. Ki’-ro-ko’-qo-tce, a
small reddish black bear,
motherless; it has little
hair and runs swiftly.
2. Mi-tci’-ra-tce, Wolf. 1. Cŭn’-tan çka,
Ma’-hin was a chief of White-wolf.
this gens. 2. Cŭn’-tan çe-we,
Black-wolf.
3. Cŭn’-tan qo’-ʇɔe,
Gray-wolf.
4. Ma-nyi’-ka-qçi’,
Coyote.
3. Tce’-xi-ta, Eagle and 1. Na’ tci-tce’, i.e.
Thunder-being gens. Qra’-qtci, Real or Golden
eagle.
2. Qra’ hŭñ’-e, Ancestral
or Gray eagle.
3. Qra’ ʞre’-ye,
Spotted-eagle.
4. Qra’ pa çan;
Bald-eagle.
4. Qo’-ta-tci, Elk; now 1. Ŭn’-pe-xa qan’-ye,
extinct. The Elk gens Big-elk.
funished the soldiers or 2. Ŭn’-pe-xa yiñ’-e,
policemen. Young-elk (?).
3. Ŭn’-pe-xa ɔ́re’-ʇɔe
yiñ’-e,
Elk-somewhat-long.
4. Ho’-ma yiñ’-e, Young
elk (?). The difference
between Ŭn’pexa and Homa
is unknown. The former
may be the archaic name
for "elk."
5. Pa’-qça, Beaver. 1. Ra-we’ qan’ye,
Probably the archaic Big-Beaver.
name, as beaver is now 2. Ra-ɔ́ro’-ʇɔe, meaning
ra-we. The survivors of unknown.
this gens have joined the 3. Ra-we’ yiñ’-e,
Pa-ça or Beaver gens of Young-beaver.
the Oto tribe. 4. Ni’wan-ci’-ke,
Water-person.
_Second phratry_
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