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They are the most friendly disposed towards the whites of all the 

 Titonwans. 



6. Sichangus, (meaning Burnt Thighs,) Brules. They number about 

 380 lodges, and live on the Niobrara and White rivers, and range 

 from the Platfe to the Shyenne. They include the Wazazhas, to 

 which belonged Matoiya, (the Scattering Bear,) made chief of all the 

 Dakotas by Colonel Mitchell, of the Indian Bureau, and who was 

 killed by Lieutenant Grattan. 



7. Oo-he-non-pas, two boilings, or two kettle band. These are now 

 very much scattered among other bands. They number about 100 

 lodges. Some of them are generally to be found in the neighborhood 

 of Fort Pierre. 



The Dakotas, on and west of the Missouri, which includes all but 

 the Isanties, are the only ones I have heard estimated. I should 

 think that eight inmates to a lodge, and one-fifth of them warriors, 

 an ample allowance. We would then have — 



Name of band. 



Ihanktouwans, (Yank tons) — 

 Ihanktonwannas, (Yanktonais) 



Unkpapas 



Sihasapas, (Blackfeet) 



Itazipchos, (Sans Arc) 



Mini-kan-jous - 



C^alalas 



Sichangus, (Brule's) 



Oo-he-non-pas, (two kettles)-. 



In the summer the Dakotas follow the buffaloes in their range over 

 the prairie, and in the winter fix their lodges in the clusters or 

 fringes of wood along the banks of the lakes and streams. The bark 

 of the Cottonwood furnishes food for their horses during the winter 

 snows, and to obtain it many streams have been thinned or entirely 

 stripped of their former beautiful groves. Their horses are obtained 

 by traffic with the Indians further south, who have stolen them in 

 New Mexico, or caught them wild on the plains towards the Rocky 

 mountains; considerable numbers are also raised by themselves. The 

 nation is one of the most skilful and warlike, and most numerous in 

 our Territory, and could they be made to feel more confidence in their 

 own powers, would be most formidable warriors. In single combat 

 on horseback they have no superiors, a skill acquired by constant 

 practice with their bows and arrows and lances, with which they suc- 

 ceed in killing their game at full speed. The rapidity with which 

 they shoot their arrows, and the accuracy of their aim, rivals that of 

 a practiced hand with the revolver. Notwithstanding the destruction 

 of their numbers by small pox and cholera, it is the opinion of some 



