Ararahih'urípih
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xikîihich man's name, Squirrel Jim

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lexicon ID #6896 | revised Feb 04 2016

xikîihich • N • man's name, Squirrel Jim

Literally: 'little rough'

Derivation:  xíkih-ich
rough-DIM

Source: TK 137.21; FF 5, 18

Note: Husband of iráyaan, Alice Goodwin: grandfather of Fannie Fisher.

  • ithâan mít vaa káan numáhat xikîihich, pihnîichich, keevkaríhthuuf. Once we met Squirrel Jim, an old man, at Three Dollar Bar Creek. [Reference: TK 137.23]