GLOSSARY OF INDIAN WORDS

English equivalents are in italics

Ä hä he̱y´	An exclamation; Ho there!
Ä hä hṳts´	They come against us.
Ä kēē´ kä hēē	Took-from-Him; name of a dog.
Ä lä lä lä lä´	Cry of triumph by women; made by curling the tip of the tongue backward and vibrating it against the roof of the mouth.
Ä mä hēēt´ sēē kṳ mä	Lies-on-Red-Hill; name of a woman.
Ēē´ kṳ pä	Chum.
Ēē nä´	An exclamation.
Ēēt sēē pä däh´ pä kēē	Foot moving; name of a game.
Ēēt sṳ´ tä	Name of the large tendon of a buffalo’s neck.
E̱y	An exclamation.
E̱y dēē äh´ kä tä	Name of an Indian.
Hau (how)	The Indian salutation.
He̱y dä e̱y´	An exclamation of pleasure.
Hwēē	Hasten; an exclamation.
Mä hō´ hēē shä	A species of willow.
Mä kṳt´ sä tēē	Clan cousin.
Mä pēē´	Meal made by pounding.
Mä pṳk´ sä ō kï hĕ	Snake Head-Ornament; a man’s name.
Mēē dä´ hēē kä	Gardeners’ songs.
Mēē dēē päh´ dēē	Rising water; name of a Hidatsa clan, or band.
Näh	Go, come.
Nä kä päh´	Mush.
O kēē mēē´ ä	Head-Ornament Woman; a woman’s name.
Shēē´ pēē shä	Black.
Sŭk´ kēēts (or Sŭkkēē)	Good.
Tsä käh´ ka Sŭk´ kēē	Name of Waheenee’s son; from tsakahka, bird, and sukkee, good.
Tsïst´ skä	Prairie chicken.
Ṳ´ ï	The Hidatsa war whoop.
Wä hēē´ nēē	Cowbird, or Buffalo-bird; name of the Indian woman whose story is told in this book.
Wē´ä	Woman.
Wṳ ṳ ṳ	Imitation of a dog’s bark.
Yĭ yĭ yĭ yĭ yäh´	A war cry of triumph, made with hand vibrated over the mouth or against the throat.
Wē´ äh tēē	A woman’s name.