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0. Oyatecitca (Oyate Aira), IJad natiuTi. 



7. Ti"taoto"we (Tiijta-otoijwe), of Ilake-wacte, or Ti"ta t()"wa" (Tiijtii- 

 t()i)waij) of A. L. IJiggs, Village on tlicprairie (tiijtat. 



Tlifse seven geutes still exist, or did exist as late as 1880. 



THK UAiirK-KPTE 



The name waqpekute is derived from wacjpe (\valii>e), leaf, and kutc, 

 to shoot at, and signities Shootersamong the-leaves, i. e., among the 

 deciduous trees, as distinguished from Wazikute, Shooters-atoramong- 

 tlie pines. The geutes exist, but their names have not beeu recorded. 



THE WAQPE-TO'^'WA'' OK WAIll'KTON 



The uame of this people signifies Villageamong tlieleavesfof decid- 

 uous trees), the gens being kuown to the whiles as Leaf Vdlage or 

 Wahpeton. The geutes of this people, as given in 1884 by Reverend 

 Edward Ashley, are the following: 



1,'i. I"ya"-tceyaka-ato"wa" (Iijyaijce- 

 yaka atoijwaij), Village-at- the-dam ur- 

 rapids. 



14. Takapsin-to°wa"na (Takapsin-toij- 

 waijua). Village at the shi liny-ground. 



15. Wiyakaotina, Dwellers-onthe sand 

 (wiyaka). 



l(i. ()te(|iato''wa" (Oteliiatoijwaij), Vil- 

 lageiutliethicket (otelii). 



17. Wita-otina, Dwellers-ou-the-island 

 (wita). 



18. Wakpa-ato"wa" (Wakpa-atoi)waij), 

 Village-on the- river. 



19. Tca"-kaxa-otiiia (Cau-kaga-otina), Dwellers in-Iog (-huts?). 



The numbers prefixed to the uames of these geutes denote their 

 resi)ective places in the camping circle of the Sisseton and Wahpeton, 

 as shown in figure 30. 



THE SISITCWA^' or SISSETON 



If is evident that the Sisseton were formerly in seven divisions, the 

 Wita waziyata-otina and the Ohdilie being counted as one; the Bas- 

 detce-eni and Itokaq tina as another; the Ka(puiato"wa", Maniti, and 

 Keze as a third, and the Tizapta" and Okopeya as a fifth. Wheu ouly 

 a part of the tribe journeyed together, the people camped in the follow- 

 ing manner: The Atndo-wapuskiyapi pitched their tents between the 

 west and north, the Wita-waziyata otiua between the north and east, 

 the Itokaq-tina between the east and south, and the Kap'oja between 

 the south and west. The following are the Sisseton geutes (figure 31): 



1. Wita-waziyata-otina, V illage-at-the-northislaud. 



Fig. 30— SisaetoD aud Wahpeton caiiipin 



