Padouca.

[Koontz John E]

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, R. Rankin wrote:
> Well, now that we haven't solved the Padouca question, does anybody know
> anything about the Iatan matter?  Inquiring minds want to know.  I
> forgot to see if it was mentioned anywhere in the various synonymies in
> HNAI.

I did look.  Doug Parks did the synonymy for the HBNAI Plains Volume
chapter on the Comanche.  He says the origin and etymology of Laytane ~
Naytane ~ Ietan (spelling from memory) are unknown.  He discusses Padouca
at length.