Bald-eagle.
|
4. Qo′-ta-tci, Elk; now extinct. | 1. Uⁿ′-pe-xa qaⁿ′-ye, Big-elk.
The Elk gens furnished | 2. Uⁿ′-pe-xa yiñ′-c, Young-elk
the soldiers or policemen. | (?).
| 3. Uⁿ′-pe-xa ↄ́re′-tↄ́e yiñ′-e,
| Elk-some-what-long.
| 4. Ho′-ma yiñ′-e, Young elk
| (?). The difference between
| Uⁿpexa and Homa
| is unknown. The former
| may be the archaic name
| for “elk.”
|
5. Pa′-qça, Beaver. Probably | 1. Ra-we′ qan′ ye, Big-beaver.
the archaic name, as beaver | 2. Ra-ↄ́ro′-ʇↄ́e, meaning unknown.
is now ra-we. The survivors | 3. Ra-we′ yiñ′-e, Young-beaver.
of this gens have | 4. Ni′waⁿ-ci′-ke, Water person.
joined the Pa-ça or Beaver |
gens of the Oto tribe. |
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6. Ru′-tce, Pigeon | 1. Miⁿ-ke′ qaⁿ′-ye, Big-racoon.
| 2. Miⁿ-ke′ yiñ′-e, Young-racoon.
| 3. Ru′-tce yiñ′-e, Young-pigeon.
| 4. Co′-ke, Prairie-chicken, grouse.
|
7. A′-ru-qwa, Buffalo | 1. Tce-t o′ qaⁿ′-ye, Big-buffalo-bull.
| 2. Tce-ʇo′ yiñ′-e, Young-buffalo-bull.
| 3. Tce p′o′-cke yiñ′-e,
| Young-buffalo-bull-that-is-distended(?)
| 4. Tce yiñ′-e, Buffalo-calf.
|
8. Wa-kaⁿ′, Snake. An extinct | 1. Wa-kaⁿ′ [ↄ́, Yellow-snake, i.
gens. | e., rattlesnake.
| 2. Wa-kaⁿ′-qtci, Real-snake
| (named after a species
| shorter than the rattle-snake).
| 3. Ce′-ke yiñ′-e, Small or
| young ceke, the copperhead
| snake (?).
| 4. Wa-kaⁿ′ qo′-ʇↄ́e, Gray-snake
| (a long snake, which the
| Omaha call swift blue
| snake).
|
9. Mañ′-ko-ke, Owl. Extinct. | The names of the subgentes
| have been forgotten.
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