Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 118 pages of information about Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs.

Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 118 pages of information about Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs.

The second stanza should be repeated and the steps kept in rhythm until the dancers finally disperse.

INDIAN NAMES FOR BOYS

All vowels have the Continental sound

The names here presented, for Boys, for Girls and for Camps, have been chosen out of many because the words are easily pronounced; none of them have any of the peculiar labial, nasal or guttural sounds common in the various Indian languages, which are difficult to represent by the letters of our alphabet and equally difficult for most Americans to pronounce.

1.  A-di’-ta           Priest                                  Omaha.
2.  An’-ge-da          From every direction                    Omaha.
3.  De’-mon-thin       Talks as he walks                       Ponca.
4.  E-di’-ton          Standing as a sacred object             Omaha.
5.  Ga-he’-ge          Chief                                   Omaha.
6.  Gu’-da-hi          “There he goes!” A coyote               Omaha.
7.  Ha’-nu-ga-hi       Nettle weed                             Ponca.
8.  He’-ba-zhu         Little horns                            Ponca.
9.  He’-ga             Buzzard                                 Omaha.
10.  He’-sha-be         Dark antlers                            Omaha.
11.  He’-thon-ton       Towering antlers (elk)                  Omaha.
12.  Ho-ho’             Fish                                    Omaha.
13.  Hon’-ga            Imperial eagle                          Osage.
14.  Hu’-ton-ton        Roar of thunder                         Omaha.
15.  I’-ku-ha-be        He who causes fear                      Ponca.
16.  I-shta’-pe-de      Fire eyes (lightning)                   Ponca.
17.  Ka-ge’-zhin-ga     Little brother                          Omaha.
18.  Ka-wa’-ha          Very old name, meaning lost             Omaha.
19.  Ka’-wa-sab-be      Black horse                             Osage.
20.  Ka’-wa-ska         White horse                             Osage.
21.  Ka’-wa-zi          Yellow horse                            Osage.
22.  Ke’-ton-ga         Great turtle                            Ponca.
23.  Ke’-zhin-ga        Little turtle                           Ponca.
24.  Ki’-ko-ton-ga      Curlew                                  Omaha.
25.  Ki’-mon-hon        Facing the wind                         Omaha.
26.  Ki’-wa-go          Male buffalo                            Pawnee.
27.  Ku’-ge             Sound of the drum                       Omaha.
28.  Ku’-rux            Bear                                    Pawnee.
29.  Ku’-sox            Left hand                               Pawnee.
30.  Le-sha’-ro         Chief                                   Pawnee.
31.  Mi’-da-in-ga       Playful sun                             Osage.
32.  Mi’-ka             Raccoon                                 Ponca.
33.  Mi’-ka-si          Coyote                                  Omaha.
34.  Min’-dse           Bow                                     Osage.

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