Special kinship terms and personal names of the first three sons and
the first three daughters in a family of the Hoⁿ´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga gens,
as given by Ni´-ḳa-thoⁿ-ba, a member of the gens.
SONS
1. Iⁿ-gthoⁿ´. Hoⁿ´-moⁿ-iⁿ, Moves-in-the-night.
2. Kshon´-ga. Ṭsi´-zhu-u-thu-ha-ge,
Last-in-the-order-of-the-Ṭsi´-zhu.
3. Ka´-zhiⁿ-ga. Hoⁿ´ga-i-ṭa-zhi, Not-of-the-Hoⁿ´-ga. Also
Hoⁿ´-ba-hiu, Day-comes.
DAUGHTERS
1. Mi´-na. Mi´-ṭse-xi, Mi´-na-the-favorite.
2. Wi´-he. Hoⁿ-wa´-k’u, Night-woman.
3. Çi´-ge or A-çiⁿ´-ga, E-noⁿ´-doⁿ-a-bi, Only-one-that-is-seen.
OTHER NAMES
MALE
Çiⁿ´-dse-thiⁿ-ge, No-tail. Refers to the red black bear, the
symbol of the Black bear gens of the Ṭsi´-zhu division. (Hayes
Little-bear.)
Hoⁿ´-ba-hiu, Day-comes. Refers to the passing of night, the
life symbol of this gens. Husband of Hoⁿ-be´-do-ḳa of the Ṭa´
I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga gens.
Hoⁿ´-ba-hiu. Husband of Çoⁿ-çi´-gthe of the P̣oⁿ´-ḳa Wa-shta-ge
gens.
Hoⁿ´-ga-a-ḳa-zhi. (Meaning obscure.) Son of
Wa-zha´-zhe-mi-ṭse-xi, wife of Noⁿ-be-çi.
Hoⁿ´-ga-a-ḳa-zhi. Son of Tho-ṭa-a-ça of the Ni´-ḳa-wa-ḳoⁿ-da-gi
gens, wife of Ḳi´-moⁿ-hoⁿ of the O´-poⁿ gens.
Hoⁿ´-moⁿ-iⁿ, Traveling-night. (In the Iⁿ-ḳe´-ça-be gens of the
Omaha tribe.) Son of Ni´-ḳa-thoⁿ-ba.
Hoⁿ´-moⁿ-iⁿ. (Andrew Jackson.)
Ni´-ḳa-a-ḳi-ba-noⁿ, Runs-to-meet-men. Also E´-zhi-ga-xthi,
Slew-the-wrong-man. (War name.) Husband of Gthe-doⁿ´-wiⁿ-ṭse-xi
of the Ni-ḳa-wa-ḳoⁿ-da-gi gens.
Ni´-ḳa-thoⁿ-ba, Two-men.
P̣e´-dse-moⁿ-iⁿ, Fire-walker. Refers to the finding of the red
bear, the life symbol of this gens. He was found walking in
the night, a light like that of fire shining from his breast.
Husband of We´-tsiⁿ-thu-ça of the Hoⁿ´-ga U-ṭa-noⁿ-dsi gens.
Sho´-dse, Smoke. Refers to the duty of this gens to
light the ceremonial pipe. Son of Ni´-ḳa-a-ḳi-ba-noⁿ and
Gthe-doⁿ-wiⁿ-ṭse-xi.
We´-ça-ba-zhi. (Meaning obscure.) Son of Ni´-ḳa-a-ḳi-ba-noⁿ and
Gthe-doⁿ´-wiⁿ-ṭse-xi.
Xoⁿ´-dse-u-moⁿ-iⁿ, Walks-among-cedars. Refers to the habit of
the bears. Husband of Xu-tha´-wiⁿ of the Hoⁿ´-ga gens.
FEMALE
E-noⁿ´-a-bi, Only-one-seen-by-all. Refers to the sun. Wife of
A-hiu-zhiⁿ-e of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens.
Hoⁿ´-doⁿ-wa-ḳ’u, Woman-of-the-night.
Mi-doⁿ´-be, Sees-the-sun. Daughter of Ni´-ḳa-a-ḳi-ba-noⁿ and
Mi´-ṭse-xi, Mi´-na-the-favorite. (In Iⁿ-ḳe´-ça-be gens of the
Omaha tribe.) Wife of Tha-çiu´-e of the I´-ba-ṭse gens.
Mi´-ṭse-xi. Wife of Gthe-doⁿ´-moⁿ-çe of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge
gens.
Mi´-ṭse-xi. Daughter of Tho´-ṭa-a-ça of the Ni´-ḳa-wa-ḳoⁿ-da-gi
gens, wife of Ḳi´-moⁿ-hoⁿ of the O´-poⁿ gens.
Mi´-ṭse-xi. Wife of Thi-hi´-bi of the Ṭa´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga gens.
Ni´-ḳa-shi-ṭsi-the. (Meaning obscure.) Wife of Chi-zhe´-wa-the
of the Ṭa´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga gens.
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