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Tlie Upper Yauktoiiai gentes arc as follows: 1. Tca"oiia (<'aij oiia), 

 Sboot-at- trees, or Wazi-kute, Sliooters-amoiif^t Ik -pines; Iroui tlicse tlie 

 Mo-be or Asiniboin have sprung:. -? Takini, Improvediii condition 

 (as a lean animal or a poor luau). 3, Cikcitcena (.Siksit'ena). IJad-ones-of- 

 ditf'erent-sorts. 4, JJakiho" (liakiUoij), (lash-tliemselvfs-witb-knives. 

 5, Kiyiiksa, Breakers (of tbe law or custom); see Mdewaka"to"wa" 

 gens number 1. 6, Pa-baksa, Cut-beads; some of these are on Devils 

 Lake reservation, North Dakota. 7, Name forgotten. 



The following arc the gentes of the Lower Yanktonai, or llufik|)atina : 

 1, Pute-temini, Sweat-lips; tbe gens of Maxa-bomdii or Drifting Goo.se. 

 1', Cri"-ikteeka (Suij ikeeka). Common dogs. 3, Ta(iuba-yuta (Taliulia- 

 yuta), Eat-the-scrai)iugs-of-hides. 4, Sa"-ona (Saij-ona), Shotatsonie- 

 white-object; this name originated from killing an albino buffalo; a 

 IIunkpai)a chief said that refugees or strangers Ironi another tribe 

 were so called. 5, Iba-ca (Iba-sa), Kedlii)S. (i, Ite-xu (Ite-gu), Uurned- 

 face. 7, Pteyute-cni (Pte-yute-sni), Eat-no-buffalo-cows. 



THE TITO^'^WA-''' OR TKTON 

 TUIBAL DIVISIONS 



The Teton are divided into seven tribes, which were formerly gentes. 

 These are tbe Sitca"xu (Sicangu), Itaziptco (Itazipco), Siliasapa, .Mini- 

 kooju (Miuikoozu), Oobe-uo"pa (Oohe-noijpa), Oglala, and Ilunkpapa. 



THE SITCA^Xr 



The Sitca"xu, Bois Bruits oi- Burned Thighs, are divided locally into 

 (1) Qeyata-witcaca (Hey.ata wicasa), People-away-from-tberivcr, tbe 

 Highland or Upper Brule, and (li) the Kud (Kuta or Ku"ta) -witcaca, 

 the Lowland or Lower Bruh'. The Sitca"xu are divided socially into 

 gentes, of which the numl>er has increased in recent years. The fol- 

 lowing names of tiieir gentes were given to tbe author in 18S0 by 

 Tatankawaka", Mysterious Buffalo! )ull : 1, lyak'oza (lyakoza), Lump 

 (or wart) -on-a horse's-leg. 2, Tcokatowcla (('oka-towela), Blue-spot-iu- 

 themiddle. 3, Ciyotanka (Siyo-taijka), Large grouse or prairie chicken. 

 4, Ho-nina, Fish-smellers. .">, Ciyo subula (tSiyo subula), Sliarjt tail 

 grouse. (>, Ka"xi-yuha (Kaijgi-yaba). Raven keepers. 7, Pispiza witcaca 

 (Pispiza- wicasa), Prairie-dog people. 8, Walexa-u"-wohan (Walega uij 

 woIkiij), Boil-food- witb-the paunch-skin (walega). 9, Watceu"])a (Wace- 

 uijpa), Roasters. 10, Cawahi (Sawala), Shawnee; the descendants of a 

 Shawnee chief adopted into tbe tribe. 11 , Ibankto"wa" (Ihaijktoijwaij), 

 Yankton, so called from their mothers, Yankton women; not an origi- 

 nal Sitca"xu gens. 12, Xaiipacjpa (Nah|)alii)ai, Take down (their) -leg- 

 gings (after returning from war). 13, Apewa"-tafika (Apewaij taijka), 

 Big manes (of horses). 



In I8cS4 Reverend W. J. Cleveland sent the author the accompany- 

 ing diagram (figure 32) and tlie following list of Sitca"xn gentes, con- 

 taining names which he said were of very recent origin: 1, Sitca"xu 



