Wa-ça´-be-wiⁿ, Black-bear-woman. Refers to the symbol of the Black Bear gens of the Ṭsi´-zhu division. (Lucy H. Bangs.) The following are special kinship terms and personal names of the first three sons and the first three daughters in a family of this gens, as given by Hoⁿ´-moⁿ-iⁿ, a member. This man told the following story of the origin of this gens: When the Hoⁿ´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga, People of the Night, were made they had fire. They wandered about upon the earth, but saw no people. At the beginning of day, when night had passed, they suddenly came upon the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-noⁿ, a warlike people. The Hoⁿ´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga offered their services to these strangers, which were accepted. The Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-noⁿ gave to the Hoⁿ´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga the office of Sho´-ḳa, which carried with it the duty of filling the ceremonial pipe and lighting it with the mystic fire of the People of the Night. SONS 1. Iⁿ-gthoⁿ´. Hoⁿ´-moⁿ-iⁿ, Traveling-night. 2. Kshoⁿ´-ga´. Sho´-dse, Smoke. Referring to the sacred fire. 3. Ka´-zhiⁿ-ga. Ṭa-ḳoⁿ´-iⁿ-ge, No-sinews. The black bear are said to have no sinew. DAUGHTERS 1. Mi´-na. Mi´-na-the-favorite. 2. Wa-ça´-be-wiⁿ, Black-bear-woman. 3. Çi´-ge. E-noⁿ´-doⁿ-a-bi, Seen-by-all. All living creatures see the sun. OTHER NAMES MALE Çi-gthe´-wa-thi-ṭa, Crosses-trail. The bear in his wanderings crosses the trails of other animals. Çi-the´-dse-xo-dse, Gray-heels. Da´-ḳoⁿ-moⁿ-iⁿ, Walks-as-in-fire-light. Hoⁿ´-ga-thi-ḳa-zhi. (Meaning obscure.) Hoⁿ-gthi´, Night-has-returned. Moⁿ-ḳoⁿ´, Medicine. O-ḳoⁿ´-dsi-wa-shkoⁿ, Struggles-by-himself. No one to help him fight. O-pa´-stse-dse, Long-body. P̣a-çi´, Brown-nose. Sha´-ge-btha-çka, Flat-hands. Tho´-ṭoⁿ-gthi-noⁿ-zhiⁿ, Stands-upright. Wa-ça´-e-wa-ḳoⁿ-da-gi, Mysterious-bear. Wa-ça´-e-zhiⁿ-ga, Little-bear. Wa-shiⁿ´-shtoⁿ-ga, Soft-fat. Wa-xa´-xa-doⁿ, Shaggy-hair. Xo´-ga-hiⁿ-e-goⁿ, Hair-like-badger’s. FEMALE Hoⁿ-wa´-k’u, Night-woman. Mi´-zhoⁿ-çka. (Meaning obscure.) Ni´-ḳa-shi-ṭsi-the, Person-passes-by. Wa-xthe´-thoⁿ-ba, Two-standards. NI´-ḲA-WA-ḲO^N-DA-GI (MEN OF MYSTERY) Special kinship terms and personal names of the first three sons and first three daughters in a family of this gens. The thunder is the life symbol of this gens. SONS 1. Iⁿ-gthoⁿ´. Gthe-doⁿ´-ṭse-ga, New-hawk. Refers to the reconsecration of the hawk, the symbol of courage of the warrior. Also Gthe-doⁿ-xo-e, Gray-hawk. Refers to the grayish appearance of the hawk when it is painted afresh at a ceremony. 2. Kshoⁿ´-ga. Gthe-doⁿ´-çka, White-hawk. Refers to the whitish appearance of the hawk when freshly painted. 3. Ḳa´-zhiⁿ-ga. Ni-uⁿ´-ṭsi-gthe, Rumbling-in-the-distance. Refers to the low rumbling of the thunder in an approaching storm. Also Hu´-ṭoⁿ-moⁿ-iⁿ, Roars-as-he-comes. DAUGHTERS