523. Strap-maker, also, 524. We shall make to be our sacred personal name. —(36th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 268.) 5. Wé-thiⁿ-zhiⁿ-ga, Slender-strap. The strap they made out of the skin of the left hind leg of the animal was long and slender, and when they had finished it, 526. They said: Slender-strap, also, 527. We shall make to be our sacred personal name. 549. The skin of the left side 550. They cut in a circle, 552. And seven slender straps 553. They made of it for the Ṭsi-zhu who possesses seven fireplaces, 554. One for each fireplace, 556. And they said: We shall consecrate these straps for ceremonial use. —(36th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., pp. 268-269.) These seven straps cut from the left side of the buffalo were to serve as types for similar straps to be ceremonially made for each of the other gentes of the tribe when about to go to war, to use in tying captives. 6. He-thi´-shi-zhe, Curved-horn. As the people saw the horns of the buffalo they exclaimed: 558. Behold the left horn, 559. We shall consecrate it for ceremonial use, 561. Therefore Curved-horn, also, 562. We shall make to be our sacred personal name. —(36th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 269.) 7. He-thi´-zha-ge, Outspread-horns. The people noticed that the horns of the buffalo stood wide apart and outspread and so they exclaimed: 564. Outspread-horns, also, 565. We shall make to be our sacred personal name. 566. And they said, again: Behold the left horn, 568. We consecrete it for ceremonial use. —(36th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 269.) Personal names relating to any of the life symbols of a gens serve to keep the members informed of their place in the gentile and tribal organization. For example: Men who were given such names as Ho-çoⁿ´, White-fish; To´-ho-ho-e, Blue-fish; and Ho´-ḳi-e-çi, Wriggling-fish, know that they are members of the Ho´-i-ni-ḳa-shi-ga, Fish-people, gens whose life symbol is the Fish, and that the place of their gens is in the Wa-zha´-zhe, the first of the two subdivisions of the Hoⁿ´-ga great tribal division which symbolizes the earth. The Wa-zha´-zhe subdivision typifies the water portion of the earth. Those who were given such names as O´-poⁿ-ṭoⁿ-ga, Great-elk; Moⁿ´-thiⁿ-ḳa-ga-xe, Maker-of-the-land; and Moⁿ-zhoⁿ´-ga-xe, Maker of-the-earth, know that they are members of the Elk gens whose life symbol is the male elk (36th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 165, lines 274 to 354) and that the place of their gens is with the Hoⁿ´-ga, the second of the two subdivisions of the Hoⁿ´-ga great tribal division which symbolizes the earth. The Hoⁿ´-ga subdivision typifies the land portion of the earth.