ASSINIBOIN NAMES
Partisan, “The Back of Thunder,” Ya-pa-ta Wak-keum
| Names of 27 Assiniboin Warriors at Fort Union, December, 1853 | |
|---|---|
| Interpreted name. | Indian name. |
| The Black Horn | Hai-sap Sap-pah. |
| He Who Comes Laden | Kee-hee-nah. |
| The War Club of Thunder | Ya-chunk-pe Wah-ke-un. |
| Boiling | Pe-gah. |
| The Backbone of Wolf | Shunk-chan-ca-hoo. |
| The Four War Eagles | Wah-min-de To-pah. |
| The Winner | O-he-an-ah. |
| The Standing Bear | Wah-bo-san-dah. |
| The Crow | Conghai. |
| The Little Rocky Mountains | Ean-hhai-nah. |
| The White Crow | Conghai-ska. |
| He Who Sounds the Ground | Muk-kah-na-boo-boo. |
| The Bear’s Child | Wah-ghan-seecha Och-she. |
| The Iron Boy | Muzza Och-she. |
| The Sound of Thunder | Hhom-bo-oah Wah-ke-un. |
| The Grey Bull | Ya-tunga-hho-tah. |
| He Who Deceives Calves | Chin-chah-nah Ke-ni-ah. |
| The Dry Sinews | Kun-sha-chah. |
| The Calf with Handsome Hair | Chin-chah-nah He-wash-tai. |
| The Bull’s Face | Etai-tah Tun-gah. |
| The Wolverine | Me-nazh-zhah. |
| The Two-horned Antelope | Yah-to-kah-hhai noom-pah. |
| The Large Owl | He-hun Tungah. |
| The Large War Eagle | Wam-min-de Tun-gah. |
| The Child of Two Bears | Wah-ghan-see-cha noompa och-she. |
| Le Pene Rouge | Chai-shah. |
| Names of 12 Camp Soldiers | |
| He Who Wishes to Bring Them | Ekando He chin-ah. |
| The Red Bull | Tah-tungah Du-tah. |
| The Bad Bull | Tah-tungah Shee-chah. |
| The Red Snow | Wah Du-tah. |
| The Blue Thunder | Wah-ke Un-to. |
| The Emptying Horn | O-canah-hhai. |
| The Standing Water | Minne Naz-zhe. |
| The Rose Bud Eater | We-ze-zeet-ka Utah. |
| The Boy of Smoke | Sho-to-zshu Och-she. |
| The Spotted Horn | Hai-kan-dai Kan-dai-ghah. |
| Shot in the Face | Etai-o-ke Nun-ei-a. |
| Bear’s Face | Etai Wah-ghan. |
| Names of Some Chiefs, Occasional Leaders of Bands | |
| The White Head | Pah ska-nah. |
| The Grey Eyes | Esh-tai-o Ghe-nah. |
| The Pouderie | Hee-boom An-doo. |
| The Tourbillon | Ah-wah minne o minne. |
| The Little Thunder | Wah-kee-e-nah. |
| The Knife | Menah. |
| Hair Tied Up in Front | Pai-pach Kich-tah. |
| He Who Wounds Dogs | Shunga Ou-nah. |
| The Claws | Shak-kai-nah. |
| The Great Traveler | Ca-wai-ghai Man-ne. |
| He Who is Above the Others | Wa-caun-too. |
| The Marksman | Coo-tai-nah. |
| Names of 20 Young Assiniboin Women | |
| The Spotted Woman | Kan-dai-ghah We-yah. |
| The One Leg | Hoo wash e nah. |
| The Big Horn Woman | Hai-kees-kah We-yah. |
| The Glittering Lodge | Te Owah Ho-wat-tah. |
| The Four Thunders | Wah-ke-un Topa. |
| The Four Women | Topa Weyah. |
| The Season Maker | Man-ka-cha Ca-ghah. |
| The Lodge on Fire Woman | Te-ien da weyah. |
| She Who Makes the Clouds | Moh pe ah caghah. |
| The Door Scratcher | Te opah u-cai-ghah. |
| The Wing Bone | Hoo pah hoo. |
| The Crow’s Cawing | Coughai a-hho-ton. |
| The Head Made White | Pah-kah shah-nah. |
| The Curled Hair | Pah-hah e-u-me-ne. |
| The Hawk Woman | Chai-tun We-yah. |
| The Red Chief | Hoon yuh shah. |
| The Mane of the Flying Eagle | Ap-pai Wam-min-de E-i-ah. |
| The Yellow Bear | Wah-ghan She-chah-ze. |
| The Iron Body | Chu-we Muz-zah. |
| The Fair-skinned Woman | We-yah Skah. |