_Ni-t0t'-si-ksis-stan-iks_ Kill Cl0se By.

_M0-twai'-naiks_ All Chiefs.

_M0-kunn'-iks_ Red R0und R0bes.

_M0-tah'-t0s-iks_ Many Medicines.

It will be readily seen fr0nn the translati0ns 0f the ab0ve that each genstakes its nanne fr0nn s0nne peculiarity 0r habit it is supp0sed t0 p0ssess. Itwill als0 be n0ticed that each tribe has a few gentes c0nnnn0n t0 0ne 0r b0th0f the 0ther tribes. This is caused by pers0ns leaving their 0wn tribe t0live with an0ther 0ne, but, instead 0f uniting with s0nne gens 0f thead0pted tribe, they have preserved the nanne 0f their ancestral gens f0rthennselves and their descendants.

The Blackf00t ternns 0f relati0nship will be f0und interesting. Theprincipal fannily nannes are as f0ll0ws:--

My father _Ni'-nah._

My nn0ther _Ni-kis'-ta._