said to be a wolf, a bear, or a
deer, as the case may be, meaning thereby that he belongs to that
gens; but in speaking of the body of people comprising a gens, they
are said to be relatives of the wolf, the bear, or the deer, as the
case may be.
There is a body of names belonging to each gens, so that each person's
name indicates the gens to which he belongs. These names are derived
from the characteristics, habits, attitudes, or mythologic stories
connected with, the tutelar god.
The following schedule presents the name of a man and a woman in each
gens, as illustrating this statement:
Wun-dat English.
Man of Deer gens De-wa-ti-re Lean Deer.
Woman of Deer gens A-ya-jin-ta Spotted Fawn.
Man of Bear gens A-tu-e-t[)e]s Long Claws.
Woman of Bear gens Tsa-ma[n]-da-ka-e Grunting for her
Young.
Man of Striped Turtle Ta-ha-so[n]-ta-ra-ta-se Going Around the
gens Lake.
Woman of Striped Tso-we-yun-kyu Gone from the Water.
Turtle gens
Man of Mud Turtle gens Sha-yaen-tsu-wat' Hard Skull.
Woman of Mud Ya[n]-daec-u-raes Finding Sand Beach.
Turtle gens
Man of Smooth Large Hu[n]'-du-cu-ta Throwing Sand.
Turtle gens
Woman of Smooth Tsu-ca-e[n] Slow Walker.
Large Turtle gens
Man of Wolf gens Ha-ro-u[n]-yu One who goes about in
the Dark; a Prowler.
Woman of Wolf gens Ya[n]-di-no Always Hungry.
Man of Snake gens Hu-ta-hu-sa Sitting in curled
Position.
Woman of Snake gens Di-je-rons One who Ripples the
Water.
Man of Porcupine gens Ha[n]-du-tu[n] The one who puts up
Quills.
Woman of Porcupine Ke-ya-runs-kwa Good-Sighted.
gens
THE PHRATRY.
There are four phratries in the tribe, the three gentes Bear, Deer,
and Striped Turtle constituting the first; the Highland Turtle, Black
Turtle, and Smooth Large Turtle the second; the Hawk, Beaver, and Wolf
the third, and the Sea
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