3SG feXPEDlTION TO THE 



river; they hunt upon that stream in winter; during the 

 Summer season they pursue the buffalo as far as the Mis- 

 souri. 



9. Wahkpakota, or the " Shooters at leaves," which 

 they mistake for deer. Their last leader was Shakeska, 

 (white nails,) who died in 1822. This tribe has a very bad 

 name, being considered to be a lawless set of men. Sha- 

 keska rose to his station by his military talents. They 

 have a regular hereditary chief, Wiahuga, (the raven,) who 

 is acknowledged as such by the Indian agent, but who, dis- 

 gusted by their misbehaviour, withdrew from them and 

 resides at Wapasha's. This measure would have been dis- 

 approved of in ordinary cases, but, owing to the bad name 

 which they have, he is considered as justifiable in desert- 

 ing his tribe. They have no fixed villages; they inhabit 

 skin lodges, and rove near the head of Cannon and Blue 

 Earth rivers. Their hunting grounds are in that vicinity 

 and west of it. 



10. Wahkpatoan, means "the people beyond those 

 that shoot at leaves," because they live higher up on the 

 river. Nunpakea, (twice flying,) is the name of their chief. 

 One of the deeds, by which he has acquired respect as a 

 warrior, was achieved at the age of twenty. He was, with 

 a party of Dacotas, on the lands of the Chippewas, and was 

 encamped on the edge of a lake ; an island opposite to his 

 camp was occupied by a considerable party of Chippe- 

 was ; in the middle of the night, he swam over alone to 

 the island, killed one of the enemies, scalped him, and re- 

 turned unobserved to his friends with the scalp of his ene- 

 my. This tribe hunts near Ottertail Lake, one of the sources 

 of Red river. 



11. Kahra, (Wild rice.) These Indians dwell in very 

 Jarge and fine skin lodges. The skins are well prepared 



