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2. Obdilie (from ohdiha", to fall into an object endwise). This gens 

 is an oflfslioot of the Witawaziyataotiua. 



3. Basdetee-cni (Basdet'e-.sni), Do-not-split (the body of a buttalo)- 

 witli-a knife (but cut it up as tbey please). 



4. Itokaq-tina (Itokali-tina), Dwellers-at-tbe-south (itoka.sia). TLese 

 are an offshoot of the Basdetce-cni. 



5. Ka(iniiato"wa" (KaUmi-atoijwaij), Village at-the-bend (kaUmin). 

 (!. Mani ti, Those-who-camp (ti)-away-fromthe-village. An oflshoot 



of the Kaqmiato"wa". 



7. Keze, Barbed-liko-a fishhook. An offshoot of the Kaqmi-atCwa". 



8. Tca"-kute (Caij kute), Shoot-in-the-woods (among the deciduous 

 trees) ; a name of derision. These people, according to Ashley, resem- 

 ble the Keze, whom be styles a "cross clan." 



n. Tizapta" (Ti-zaptaij), Five-lodges. 



10. Okopeya, In-dauger. Au offshoot of the Ti-za])ta". 



11. Kap'oja (Kapoza), Those-who-travel-with-Iiglit-burdeus. (See 

 number o of the Mdewaka^to^'wa".) 



12. Amdo-wai>uskiyapi, Those- who-lay- 

 meat-on-their-shoulders (amdo) - 1 o- dry- it 

 (wapuskiya)-during-t he-hunt. 



THE IHANKTO-'^WA''' OB YANKTON 



The Yankton and Yanktonai speak the 

 Yankton dialect, which has numy words 

 in common with the Teton. 



In 1S7S Walking- Elk wrote tlie names 

 of the Yankton gentes in tlie foHowing 

 order: 1, Tca"-kute (Can kute), Shoot-in- t,,^ „ ^ „, • , 



' / Fig. 31 — Sissetoii rainpmi: circle. 



the- woods; 2, Tcaxu (Cagu), Lights or 



lungs; 3, Wakinuha-oi" (Wakniuhaoiij),Puni|)kin-rind-earriug; 4, Iha- 

 isdaye, Mouth -greasers; 5, Watceu"pa (Waceuypa), Boasters; 0, Ikinu" 

 (Ikniuij), All animal of the cat kind (lyux, panther, or wildcat); 7, 

 Oyate-citca (Oyate-sica), Bad-nation; s, \Vacitcu"-tci"tca (Wasicuij- 

 ciijca) (a modern addition), Sons-of-white-men, the "Half-blood liand." 

 But in IS'.ll Reverend Joseph W. Cook, who has been missionary to 

 the Yankton since 1870, obtained from several men the following order 

 of gentes (ignoring the half-bloods): On the right side of the circle 

 were, 1, Iha isdaye; 2, Wakmuha-oi"; 3, Ikmu". On tlie left side of 

 the circle were, 4, Watceu"pa; 5, Tca"-kute; 0, Oyate-citca; and, 7, 

 Tcaxu. 



THE IHANKT0^WA'"'NA OR YANKTONAI 



The Yanktonai are divided into the Upper and Lower Yanktonai, 

 the latter being known as the Huiikiiatina, Those-cami)iug-at one end 

 (or " horn ")-of-the- tribal-circle. 



