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' Santees,' from Isanti, because they once lived near Isant 

 Amde, one of the Mille Lacs. 



The Tetons, or Lower Bands, comprise the following 

 bands : 



1. Yankton, or ' The Village at the end/ 



2. Yanktonai, or ' One of the End Village.' 



3. Brule, or ' Burnt-thighs. 1 (* Spotted Tail's ' band.) 



4. Two-kettle, or ' Two Boilings.' 



5. Sisapapa, or ' Black-feet.' 



6. Minnecongou, or ' Those who plant by the water.' 



7. Oncpapas, or ' They who camp by themselves.' 



8. Sam-Arcs, or ' No Bows.' 



9. Ogallallas, or 'Wanderers.' ( 4 Eed Cloud's 'Band.) 



10. Assineboins* or ' Pot-boilers.' 



All of whom reside in Dakotah, Montana, and 

 Wyoming. 



These Indians, comprising 17 different bands, are 

 the most numerous tribe in the United States. Forty- 

 six thousand seven hundred and fifty-three received 

 rations from the Government at eleven different agencies 

 during the year 1874. The wilder portions of this tribe, 

 who have as yet consented to visit an agency only on an 

 occasional raid for rations, are variously estimated from 

 5,000 to 10,000, making the whole number of Sioux not 

 far from 53,000. As a whole, the Sioux are as yet un- 

 reached by civilisation, except so far as their necessities 

 and inclinations have led them to receive rations and 

 annuity goods from the hands of Government agents. 



All the separate bands of the Sioux form a confederacy 

 similar to that of the ancient confederacy of the Iroquois 

 Indians. Amongst the Indians of the United States they 

 are the only tribes which have increased in population. 

 They are most aggressive, and wage a constant warfare 

 against their weaker neighbours. Amongst their hereditary 

 and implacable enemies are the Pawnees, whom they have 



