The Osage tribe, two versions of the child-naming rite / (1928 N 43 / 1925-1926 (pages 23-164))

by Francis La Flesche

Wa-ça´-be-wa-k’o, Black-bear-woman. Daughter of Iⁿ-gthoⁿ´-ga-zhiⁿ-ga.

I^N-gtho^N´-ga

Names of the first three sons and first three daughters.

SONS

1. Iⁿ-gthoⁿ´. Mi´-wa-ga-xe, Child-of-the-sun.

2. Kshoⁿ´-ga. I´-e-çka-wa-the, Giver-of-speech.

3. Ka´-zhiⁿ-ga. Moⁿ´-ga-xe, Arrow-maker.

DAUGHTERS

1. Mi´-noⁿ. Moⁿ´-çi-tse-xi, Sacred-arrow-shaft.

2. Wi´-he. Moⁿ´-zhoⁿ-op-she-wiⁿ, Woman-who-travels-over-the-earth.