ṭé-a-ta-ṭa

ṭé-a-ta-ṭa 
téatʰata 
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Source
--the hobby horse" by some white people, the mantis (?). 
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May 23, 2011 4:37 pm

Problems

Beginning of definition too dark to read, but the general import is clear.
Added/modified by: Catherine Rudin on 7/6/10, 12:00 AM

Comments

Word handwritten on second slip.
Added/modified by: Catherine Rudin on 8/14/10, 1:22 PM
JOD: It is larger than fig. 6, p. 135 of the Agricultural Report for 1874.
Added/modified by: Catherine Rudin on 8/14/10, 1:30 PM
 
 
 
Some white people call this insect "hobby horse". The praying mantis apparently is supposed to be able to find where the tribe's prey is: "When Omaha and Ponca children find a mantis, they crouch over it singing 'Ṭeataṭa, Ṭeataṭa, ṭeawame' and it turns its head toward the buffalo (or the foe)." JOD 
 
 
 
 

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