INDEX OF OSAGE NAMES & TERMS

Americans....I'n-Ta-Tse Shinkah, Heavy eyebrows
A-Pa-Tsi....Apache
Apache....A-Pa-Tsi
Arrow-Going-Home....Gle-Mo'n, Chief Claremore (var. Gleh-Mo'n, Grah Moh)
Bacon Rind....Wah-she-hah
Bad-Tempered-Buffalo....Tse-To-Gah, son of Chief Claremore
Big Heart....No'n-Ce-Tonka
Big Hill Joe....Pa-I'n-No-Pa-She, aka Governor Joe, Star Chief, Wat-Si Ki-He-Kah
Big River....Ni-Tonga, Mississippi River
Bird Creek....Wah-Shinka Ga-Xa
Black Dog....Shonkah-Sabe (var. Black Horse, Shinka-Wa-Sa, Stdanta-Sape, Tschon-Tas-Sab-Bee)
Borrows-From-Others-People....Ka-Thu-Wah, Kiowas
Che-sho-shin-kah....Henry Red Eagle (var. Tzi-Sho-Shinkah)
Chetopah....
Chouteau's Town....Sho'to To-Wo'n, St. Louis
Claremont....Gra-Mo'n, Chief Claremore (var: Gle-Mo'n, Gleh-Mo'n, Grah Moh)
Coyote....Sho-mi-kase
Earth People....Honga
Four Lodges....Tzi-Topa
Ge-ta-zhe....Things-on-Your-Face, smallpox
Gleh-Mo'n....Chief Claremore (var: Claremont, Gle-Mo'n, Grah Moh)
Governor Joe....Pa-I'n-No-Pa-She (Not-Afraid-of-Longhairs/Pawnees), aka Big Hill Joe, Star Chief
Grah Moh....Arrow-Going-Home, Chief Claremore (var. Claremont, Gle-Mo'n, Gleh-Mo'n, Gra-Mo'n)
Gray Horse Village....Ka-Wa-Xo-Dse
Great Mystery....Wah'Kon
Ha-Pah-Shu-Tse....Red Corn
Hard Rope....We-He-Sa-Ki
Heavy Eyebrows....I'n-Ta-Tse Shinkah, Americans, white man
Honga....Earth People, Material (var. Hunkah)
Ho-To-Mo-I'n....John Stink (var. Ho-To-Moie)
Hunkah....Material, Earth People (var. Honga)
I'n-Lon-Schka....The-Playground-of-the-First-Son, Osage dance held in June
I'n-Ta-Tse Shinkah....Heavy Eyebrows, Americans
Kansas....Ko'n-Za (see also Kaw)
Kaw....Ko'n-Za (see also Kansas)
Ka-Thu-Wah....Borrows-From-Others People, Kiowas
Ka-Wa-Xo-Dse....Gray Horse village
Kiowas....Ka-Thu-Wah, Borrows-From-Others People
Ko'n-Za....Kansas, Kaw Indians
Little Beaver....Shaba Shinkah
Man-Not-Afraid-of-Pawnees/Longhairs....Paw-Ne-No-Pash, Big Hill Joe, aka Governor Joe
Mathews, John....Mo'n-ce-Gaxe, Metal-Maker
Metal-Maker....John Mathews, Mo'n-ce-Gaxe
Mississippi River....Ni-Tonga, Big River
Mo'n-ce-Gaxe....Metal Maker, John Mathews
Mystery Force....Wah'Kon
Ni-Tonga....Big River, Mississippi River
Ni-U-Kon-Skah....People-of-the-Middle-Waters, Little-Ones-of-the-Middle-Water
No'n-Ce-Tonka....Big Heart
Nopawalla....No-Pa-Wa-The, Thunder-Fear, No-Pa-Wa-The (var. No-Pah-Watha)
No-Pa-Wa-The....Thunder-Fear, Nopawalla (var. No-Pah-Watha)
Osages....Wah'Sha-She
Pa-I'n-No-Pa-She....Not-Afraid-of-Longhairs/Pawnees, Big Hill Joe, aka Governor Joe
Pawhuska....White Hair (var. Paw-Hu-Ska, Paw-Hu-Skah)
Paw-Hiu-Skah....White Hair (var. Paw-Hu-Ska, Paw-Hu-Skah, Pawhuska)
Paw-Ne-No-Pashe....Man-Not-Afraid-of-Pawnees/Longhairs, Big Hill Joe, aka Governor Joe (var. Pa-I'n-No-Pa-She, Po-Ne-No-Pah-She)
Playground-of-the-First-Son....I'n-Lon-Schka, Osage dance held in June
Po-Ne-No-Pah-She....Man-Not-Afraid-of-Pawnees/Longhairs, Big Hill Joe, aka Governor Joe (var. Pa-I'n-No-Pa-She, Paw-Ne-No-Pashe)
Red Eagle, Harry....Xu-Tha-Zhu-Dse
Red Eagle, Henry....Tzi-Sho-Shinkah
Red Corn....Ha-Pah-Shu-Tse
Saucy Chief....
Shaba Shinkah....Little Beaver
Shinka-Wa-Sa....Black Dog (var. Black Horse, Shonkah-Sabe, Stdanta-Sape, Tschon-Tas-Sab-Bee)
Sho-mi-kase....coyote
Sho'to To-Wo'n....Chouteau Town, St. Louis, MO
Shonkah-Sabe....Black Dog (var. Black Horse, Shinka-Wa-Sa, Stdanta-Sape, Tschon-Tas-Sab-Bee)
Sky People....Tzi-Sho
Smallpox....Ge-ta-zhe, Things-on-Your-Face
Star Chief....Wat-Si Ki-He-Kah, Big Hill Joe, aka Pa-I'n-No-Pa-She, Governor Joe
Stdanta-Sape....Black Dog (var. Black Horse, Shinka-Wa-Sa, Shonkah-Sabe, Tschon-Tas-Sab-Bee)
St. Louis, MO....Sho'to To-Wo'n, Chouteau Town
Stink, John....Ho-To-Mo-I'n (var. Ho-To-Moie)
Strike Axe....(var. Strike Ax, Striking Axe)
Thunder-Fear....No-Pa-Wa-The, Nopawalla (var. No-Pah-Watha)
Tschon-Tas-Sab-Bee....Black Dog (var. Black Horse, Shonkah-Sabe, Shinka-Wa-SA)
Tsizho....Sky People (var. Tzi-Sho)
Tse-To-Gah....Bad-Tempered-Buffalo, son of Chief Claremore
Tzi-Sho....Sky People, Spiritual (var. Tsi-zho)
Tzi-Sho-Shinkah....Henry Red Eagle (var. Che-sho-shin-kah)
Tzi-Topa....Four Lodges
Wah'Kon....Mystery Force
Wah'Kon-Tah....Great Mystery, the Great Spirit (var. Wah-Kon-Dah)
Wah'Sha-She....Osages, Water People (var. Wazhazhe)
Wah-she-hah....Bacon Rind
Wah-Shinka Ga-Xa....Bird Creek
Wat-Si Ki-He-Kah....Star Chief, Big Hill Joe, aka Pa-I'n-No-Pa-She, Governor Joe, 
Wazhazhe....Osages (var. Wah'Sha-She)
We-He-Sa-Ki....Hard Rope (var. We-Eh-Sah-Ki)
White Hair....Paw-Hiu-Skah (var. Paw-Hu-Ska, Paw-Hu-Skah, Pawhuska)
Xu-Tha-Zhu-Dse....Harry Red Eagle


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