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the tribal delegates to Washington. In his later years he is known 

 as one of the most prosperous native farmers on the reservation. 



(6) Wakii^'yai^-wata'kpe (Charging Thunder), plate 24, a 

 Teton Sioux, is an hereditary chief of a han'd and a highly respected 

 member of the tribe. He took part in the Sun dance four times, at 

 the ages of 21,23, 24, and 25. On each occasion he had vowed that 

 100 cuts should be made on his arms, but the last time there was not 

 room for all the cuts on his arms, so about 20 were made on his chest. 

 He is a man of genial countenance and powerful physique. In speak- 

 ing of himself he said, "Mv pravcr has been heard and I have lived 

 long." 



(7) Maga' (Goose), plate 31, was a member of the Teton division, 

 and at the time of giving his information was 76 years of age. He still 

 continued the practice of native medicine and was considered the best 

 Indian doctor on the reservation. He took part in the Sun dance at 

 the age of 27, being suspended from the Sun-dance pole. Goose 

 served for a time in the United States Army. The records of the 

 War Department show that he enhsted September 11, 1876, in 

 Buffalo County, Dakota Territory, as a scout, U. S. A., and served 

 almost continuously in that capacity mi til July 10, 1882. He again 

 enlisted Jrnie 11, 1891, at Fort Yates, North Dakota, and was honor- 

 ably discharged April 30, 1893, a private of Company I, 22d United 

 States Infantry. He was a corporal from October 16, 1891, to 

 October 18, 1892. Goose died in September, 1915. 



(8) ^iya'ka (Teal Duck), plate 1, who bore also the name 

 Waijbli'wana'peya (Eagle-Who-Frightens), was a Yanktonai- 

 Teton. Instead of being known by the English equivalent of his 

 Sioux name he was known as ^iya'ka, the name used in the present 

 work. He was not an hereditary chief, but was elected chief of a 

 band. He took part in the Sun dance twice as a young man and 

 was also one of the four young men selected to choose the Sun-dance 

 pole. The. first time he took part in the Sun dance was at the age 

 of 21 m fulfilment of a vow made on the warpath. He went with 

 a party of 26 warriors on an expedition against the Mandan and 

 Ai'ikaree. About 20 of the warriors, mcluding hhiiseK, vowed to 

 take part in the next Sun dance by dancing, and the other members 

 of the party vowed to participate in other ways. One battle was 

 fought, and all the party returned home alive. His second participa- 

 tion in the Sun dance was at the age of 25, and he bore three long 

 scars on each arm as an evidence of the ordeal. He was once a tribal 

 delegate to W^aslnngton. Siya'ka died in March, 1913. 



(9) Toka'la-lu'ta (Red Fox), plate 56, is a member of the Teton 

 band. He was prominent in the Sun dance, taking part three times, 

 at the ages of 19, about 30, and 40 years. The last time he had sev- 



