If50 TIIK SIOUAN INDIANS [bth. ann. 15 



tbe Biloxi and not disliii<,nusliing tlie Asiniboin). each composed of 

 one or more tribes or confedemcies, all delincd and classilied by lin- 

 guistic, social, and uiytbologic relations; and he and Mooney recognize 

 several additional groups, defined by linguistic affinity or historical evi- 

 dence of intimate relations, in the eastern i)art of the country. Bo far 

 as made out through the latest researches, the grand divisions, confed- 

 eracies, and tribes of the stock,' with their present condition, are as 



follows : 



1. Dal-ota-Asiniboin 



Dakota (•'Friendly") or Ot'-ce-ti ca-ko-wi" ("Seven council-fires") con- 

 federacy, comi)rising — 



(A) Santee, including ]\Ide-i;va-ka"'to"-wa" ("Spirit Lake vil- 

 lage") and W'aqpe'-ku-te ("Shoot among deciduous trees"), 

 mostly loctated in Knox county, Nebraska, on the former 

 Santee reservation, with some on Fort Peck reservation, 

 Montana. 



(B) Sisseton or Si-si'to°-wa"' ("Fish-scale village"), mostly on 

 Sisseton reservation, South Dakota, partly on Devils Lake 

 reservation, Xorth Dakota. 



(G) Wahpeton or Wa'-qpe'-to"-wa" (" Dwellers among deciduous 

 trees"), mostly on Devils Lake reservation. North Dakota. 



(/>) Yankton or l-hank'to"wa" ("End village"), in Yankton 

 village. South Dakota. 



(E) Yanktonai or I-hank'-to"-wa"-ua ("Little End village"), 

 ctunprising — 



(«) Upper Yanktonai, on Standing Rock reservation, 

 North Dakota, with the Pa'-ba-kse (" Cut head ") gens 

 on Devils Lake reservation, North Dakota. 



{h) Lower Yanktonai, or Hunkpatina ("Campers at the 

 horn [or end of the camping circle]"), mostly on Crow 

 Creek reservation, South Dakota, with some on Stand- 

 ing Rock reservation. North Dakota, and others on 

 Fort Peck reservation, Montana. 



(F) Teton or Ti'-to"-wa" ("Prairie dwellers"), comprising — 



(«) Brule or Si-tca'"-xu ("Burnt thighs"), including Upper 

 Brule, mostly on Rosebud reservation, South Dakota, 

 and Lower Brule, on Lower Brule reservation, in the 

 same state, with some of both on Standing Rock 

 reservation, North Dakota, and others on Fort Peck 

 reservation, Montana. 



(Ii) Sans Arcs or I-ta' zip- tco(" Without bows"), largely on 

 Cheyenne reservation, South Dakota, with others on 

 Standing Rock reservation, North Dakota. 



(o) Jilackfeet or Si ha'-sa-pa ("Black-feet"), mostly on 

 Cheyenne reservation, South Dakota, with some on 

 Standing Eock reservation. North Dakota. 



' The subdivisions are act fnrtli in tlio rolli>wing treatise on " Siouan Sociology." 



