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GLOSSARY

• A-nó-kab-sabn, white on both sides (Bald Eagle).


• A-tay', father.


• Cham-tobn'-skab, White Hawk.


• Chabn-om'-tem-dah, Lives-in-the-Wood.


• Chin'-tom, yes, indeed.


• E-nab'-kab-nee, hurry.


• E'-yab-tonk'-ab-wee, She-whose-Voice-is-heard-afar.


• E-yom'-tabnk-ab, rise up, or sit down.


• Hab-hab'-ton-wan, Ojibway.


• Hab-nab'-kab-pem, a grave.


• Habn'-tab-wom! Out of the way!


• Heb'-cheb-tu, it is well.


• Hem-yum'-pem yam! come here!


• Him! an exclamation of thanks.


• Hunk'-pab-tees, a band of Sioux.


• Kab-pom-sia, Light Lodges, a band of Sioux.


• Kem-chu'-wab, darling.


• Kom-dab', friend.


• Mab-gab'-skab-wee, Swan Maiden.


• Mab-kab'-tah, Earth Woman.


• Mab-tom', bear.


• Mab-tom'-skab, White Bear.


• Mab-tom'-sab-pab, Black Bear.


• Mem-chink'-shem, my son or sons.


• Mem-ta', my.



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• Mibn'-nem-wab-kan', Sacred Water (Devil's Lake.)


• Mibn-nem-yab'-tab, By-the-Water.


• Nabk-pab', Ears or Long Ears.


• Nem'-nab em-yab'-yab! run fast!


• O-glu'-gem-chabn-ab, Mysterious Wood-Dweller.


• Psay, snow-shoes.


• Shunk'-ab, dog.


• Shunk'-ab-skab, White Dog.


• Shunk-ibk'-chebk-ab, domestic dog.


• Skem-skem'-tab-tonk'-ab, Sault Sainte Marie.


• Snab'-nab, Rattle.


• Stab-sum', Shield (Arickaree).


• Tab-ab'kem-chem-tab, his soldier.


• Tab-chin'-chab-lab, fawn.


• Tabk-chab, doe.


• Tab-lum'-ta, Scarlet.


• Tab-mab'-hay, Pike.


• Tab-mab'-kom-chem, His Country.


• Tab-nab'-gem-lab, Humming-Bird.


• Tab-tabnk'-ab-om-tab, Many Buffaloes.


• Tab-tem'-yom-pab, Her Door.


• Tab-tom'-kab, Antelope.


• Tab-wab-sum-om'-tab, Many Hailstones.


• Tee'-pee, tent.


• Tem-yo'-tee-pee, Council lodge.


• Tom'-kem-yab nun-kab' hu-wom? where are you?


• Tunk-ab'-shem-dah, grandfather.


• Un-chee'-dah, grandmother.


• Unk'-pab-pab, a band of Sioux.


• U-yam'-yom! come here!


• Wab'-bab-shaw, Red Hat (name of a Sioux chief).



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• Wab-hab'-dah, Buyer of Furs.


• Wah-pay'-ton, a band of Sioux.


• Wab-hom', Howler.


• Wab-kabn', sacred, mysterious.


• Wabk-pay'-ku-tay, a band of Sioux.


• Wab-pay'-nab, Little Barker.


• Wee-kom', Beautiful Woman.


• Wem-nom'-na, Firstborn Daughter.


• Wem-shab'-wee, Red Girl.


• Wem'-womp-tay, a sharpened pole.


• Wem'-yabn-nab, little woman.


• Wem-zee', Smoky Lodge.


• Yabnk-tobn-nais', a band of Sioux.


• Zee-zee'-wibn, Yellow Woman.


• Zu-yab'-mab-nib, Walks-to-War.