Wa-kan', Snake. An 1. Wa-kan' {~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}{~COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT~}i, Yellow-snake, i.e.,
extinct gens. Rattlesnake.
2. Wa-kan'-qtci, Real-snake, (named
after a species shorter than the
rattlesnake).
3. Ce'-ke yin'-e, Small or young
ceke, the copperhead snake (?).
4. Wa-kan' qo'-{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}e, Gray-snake (a
long snake, which the Omaha call
swift blue snake).
9. Man'-ko-ke, Owl. The names of the subgentes have been
Extinct. forgotten.
An account of the mythical origin of each Iowa gens, first recorded by the
Reverend William Hamilton, has been published in the Journal of American
Folk-lore.(7)
The visiting and marriage customs of the Iowa did not differ from those of
the cognate tribes, nor did their management of the children differ from
that of the Dakota, the Omaha, and others.
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