472 THE SIOUX OR DAKOTA INDIANS. 



Yankton agenc3', Dakota: 



Yanktons 2, 000 



Scattered Sioux in Dakota 3, 000 



Fort Peck agency, Montana : 



Yanktonnais, Santees, Sissetons, and Tetons . , 4, 12G 



Sautee agency, Nebraska : 



Santees „ 800 



49, 537 



Many of these Indians leave the agencies from time to time and roam 

 about among the mountains of the Big Horn and Eosebud Ranges ; 

 others are very wild, and all efforts thus ftir have been unavailing to 

 l)riug them to the reservations. 



For a savage tribe their number is very considerable, and far greater 

 than that of any other in the United States. As has been shown, the 

 men are good warriors, brave and determined, and if all were com- 

 bined they could make a great deal of trouble ; but they do not work 

 together, and in several instances one band has not hesitated to attack 

 another. Their numbers are increasing, and they are much more nu- 

 merous than they were thirty years ago. 



The Brul6 chief Spotted Tail, or, as the Indians call him, Chan-ta- 

 gal-is-ka, is one of the foremost men of the nation, and for several years 

 past has been friendly to the whites. Eed Cloud, or Mus-pa-a-tu-ta, is 

 also a famous chief, and these men, with Sitting Bull, may be said to be 

 the leading spirits of the Dakota nation. I have noticed that the In- 

 dians themselves call the Yanktonnais E-hauk-to-wana, giving great 

 emphasis to the second syllable. 



