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BRULE 



167 



inhabited by them in 1856 asi on the 

 headwaters of the White and Niobrara, 

 extending down these rivers about half 

 their length, Teton r. forming the N. 

 limit. He als^o says they were for a num- 

 ber of years headed by a chief nameil 



T.VO STRIKES — BRULE SIOUX 



Makatozaza, very friendly to the wliites, 

 who by uniformly good management and 

 just government kept his people in order, 

 regulated their hunts, and usually avoided 

 placing them in the starving situations 

 incident to bands led l)y less judicious 

 chiefs. They were good hunters, \isually 

 well clothed and supplied with meat, and 

 had comfortable lodges and a large num- 

 ber of horses. They varied their occupa- 

 tions by hunting buffalo, catching wild 

 horses, and making war exi^editions 

 against the Arikara, then stationed on the 

 Platte, or the Pawnee, lower down on that 

 river. Every summer excursions were 

 made by the young men into the Platte 

 and Arkansas country in quest of wild 

 horses, which abounded there at that 

 time. After emigrants to California and 

 Oregon began to pass through the Dakota 

 country, the Brules suffered more from 

 diseases introduced by them than any 

 other division of the tribe, being nearest 



lo the trail. The treaty of Apr. 29, 1868, 

 between the Sioux bands and the Gov- 

 ernment was in a large degree brought 

 about through the exertions of Swift 

 Bear, a Brule chief. Nevertheless, it 

 was about this time or shortly after that 

 a band of Brules took part in the attack on 

 Maj. Forsyth on Republican r. Hay den 

 gives 150 as the number of their lodges in 

 1856. In 1890 the Upper Brules on Rose- 

 bud res., S. Dak., numbered 3,245; the 

 Lower Brules at Crowcreek and Lower 

 Brule agency, S. Dak., 1,026. Their pres- 

 ent number as distinct from the other 

 Teton is not given. 



The group is divided geographically 

 into the Kheyatawichasha or Upper 

 Brules, the Kutawichasha or Lower 

 Brules, and the Brules of the Platte. 



IFE OF SPOTTED TAIL — BRULE SIOUX 



The subdivisions are given by different 

 authorities as follows: 



Lewis and Clark (Discov., 34, 1806): 1 

 Esahateaketarpar (Isanyati?), 2 War- 

 chinktarhe, 3 Choketartowomb (Choka- 

 towela), 4 Ozash (see Wazhazha), 5Mene- 

 sharne (see M'misala). 



In 1 880 Tatankawakan, a Brule, gave to 

 J. O. Dorsey the names of 13 bands of the 

 Brules, Upper and Lower: 1 lyakoza, 2 



