<DIV>Just wondering...</DIV>
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<DIV>In a document of transcribed Ponca Songs, being:</DIV>
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<P align=left>Warrior, Sylvester and Lamont Brown. </P>
<P align=left>1967. <I>Ponca Songs Sung and Translated</I>. Recorded by Tyronne H. Stewart, October 1967 at Oklahoma City, OK. Transcribed by Earl C. Fenner and Jon Orens.</P></DIR></DIV>
<DIV>...on page 10, is listed a song that the commentary says,</DIV>
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<DIV>"This song, he's calling his friend. He had gone on the war path. At the beginning of the second part, '<EM>pathanike'</EM>, that we don't know. It's an ancient word which we have never learned as to what it means. But the first two words is <EM>'kotha nuda he tha'</EM>, it means 'friend had been on the war path.' </DIV>
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<DIV>I was wondering if anyone may want to take a crack at trying to figure out what the old Ponca term <EM>pathanike</EM> might mean. I'm pretty sure <EM>'pa' </EM>means 'head' or 'first'.</DIV>
<DIV>Jonathan Holmes</DIV><p>
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