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and give them to the [[?]] man-
Children who go thro this ceremony are said to be less wild & better behaved than others.
When they are going they give names - or when they get older when going on the war path the young men will take new names & say they want to be so called.  Sometimes bad names ^[[are given]], when the name is not very bad will give it to them.

[[Umpa to?]] - the chief - gave it to him.  Old Big Elk - A young man - 25 - gave it to him after a battle against the Sioux & Ponca - He did know when [[strikethrough]] 1000 Sioux [[/strikethrough]] his name was given.  Heard them calling him by the name.