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MININIHKASHINA MINNEHAHA 



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Minikongsbas. — Keano in Stanford, Ot impend., ryjj, 

 1878. Minikooju.— Donsoy in l.'itli Rep. B. A. E., 

 220, 1897 (own name). Minnake-nozzo. — Coyner, 

 LostTrapjjer.'*, 70, lS-17. Min na kine-az-zo. — Lewi.s 

 and Clark, iJi.soov., 34, iHiti. Minnecarguis.— Ind. 

 AfF. Rep. ISijO, 6S, 1857. Minnecaushas. — Ind.AtY. 

 Rep., 301, 18.>4. Minnecogoux.— Ind. Ml. Rep. 18.59, 

 120, 1860. Minnecojous.— Corliss, Laeotah MS. 

 vocab., B. A. E., 107, 1874. Minnecongew. — Boiler, 

 Among Inds. in Far W., 29, 1S(W. Minnecongou. — 

 Gale, Upper Miss., 226, 18G7. Minneconjon. — U. S. 

 lad. Treat. (1866), 890, 1873. Minneconjos,— 

 Sen. Ex. Doc. 94, 34th Cong., 1st ,sess., 11, 1856. 

 Minneconjoux. — Stanley in Poole, Among the 

 Sioux, app., 232, issi. Minnecoujos. — Harney in 

 Sen. Ex. Doe. 94, 34th Cong., 1st sess., 1,1856. Minne- 

 coujou. — Braekett in Smithson. Rep. for 1876, 466. 

 Minne Coujoux Sioux.— Ind. Aff. Rep. 1855, 79, 1856. 

 Minne-Cousha. — Bordeau in H. R. Rep. 63, 33d 

 Cong., 2d sess., 13, 1855. Minnecowzues. — Ind. Aff. 

 Rep.,295, 1S54. Min-ne-kaij'-zu. — Hayden, Ethnog. 

 and Philol. Mo. Val., 371, 1^62. Minnekonjo, — Ind. 

 Aff. Rep., 247, 1877. Minnicongew. — Parkman, Ore- 

 gon Trail, 126, 1883. Minnikan-jous. — Warren 

 (1855), Neb. and Ariz., 48, 1875. Minnikanye Woz- 

 hipu.— Burton, City of Sts., 119, 1861 ( trans. ■ those 

 who plant by the water'). Monecoshe Sioux. — 

 Ind. Aff. Rep. 1864,228,1865. Teton-Menna-Kanozo.— 

 Lewi.s and Clark, Exped., I, map, 1814. Te-ton- 

 min-na-kine-az'-zo. — Lewis and Clark, Diseov., 30, 

 1806. Tetons Hennakenozzo. — Long, Exjieil. St 

 Peter's R., l, 3S1, 1,824. Tetons Minnakenozzo. — 

 Lewisand Clark, Exped., 1, 61, 1S14. Tetons Minna- 

 kineaezo, — Lewis, Trav., 171, 1809. Tetons Minne- 

 kincazzo. — Farnham, Trav., 32, 1843. Winnaken- 

 ozzo. — Ramseyinlnd. Aff.Rep.,87,l,S50(misiirint). 



Mininilikashina {MV'i'nvi l-'aciJ'o, 'sun 

 people ' ). A subgens of the Minkin gens 

 of the O.'^age.— Dorse V in 15th Rep. B. A. 

 E., 233, 1897. 



Minisha ('red water'). An Oglala 

 band under Eagle-that-Sails, in 1862. Cf. 

 Itazipcho. 



Min-i-sha'.— Hay den, Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. Val., 

 376, 1862. Red water band.— Culbertson in Smith- 

 son. Rep. 18.-U, 142, ISol. 



Minishinakato. A 1iand of the Assini- 

 boin. 



Gens du Lac. — Hayden, Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. 

 Val., 387, 1S62. Min'-i-shi-nak'-a-to. — Ibid. 



Minisink ('the place of the Minsi.' — 

 Heckewelder). The leading division of 

 the Munsee (q. v. ), with whom they are 

 often confounded. They lived on the 

 headwaters of Delaware r., in the s. w. 

 part of Ulster and Orange cos., N. Y., and 

 the adjacent parts of New Jersey and 

 Pennsylvania. Their principal village, 

 which bore the same name, was the coun- 

 cil place of the Munsee, and seems to 

 have been in Sussex co., N. J., near the 

 point where the state line crosses Dela- 

 ware r. They are said to have had three 

 villages in 1663. The Munsee who 

 moved w. with the Delawares were 

 mainly of this division. (.1. m.) 



Uanessings. — Kregier (1663) in X. Y. Doc. Col. 

 Hist., XIII, 339, 1881. Manissing.— Ibid., 325. 

 Mannissing. — Ibid. Menesikns.— Croghan (1759) 

 in Proud, Pa., ii, 297, 1798. Menessinghs. — Doc. of 

 1663 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., Xlll, 276, 1881. 

 Menisink. — Doc. of 1755 in Rupp, Northampton, 

 etc., Cos., 88, 1845. Menissinck.— Doc. of 1663 in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., Xin, 289, 1881. Menissing.— 

 Beeckman (1660). ibid., xii, 315, 1877. Menis- 

 singes.— Conference of 1660, ibid., xiii, 167, 18,h1. 

 Menissins. — Beeckman (1663), ibid., Xll, 438, 1877. 

 Mennisink. — Doe. (1756) in Rupp, Northampton, 

 etc., Cos., 106, 1845. Mennissinck. — Schuyler 



ili;94) in N. Y. Doe. Col. Hist., IV, 99, 1854. Mini- 

 sincks.— Swartwoiit (1(162), ibid., Xlll, 229,- 18.H1. 

 Minising. — Mandrilloii, Spc<'tateur .\merieain, 

 map, 1785. Minisinks. — Boudinot, Star in the 

 West, 127, 1816. Minissens.— La Salle (1681) in 

 Margry, D6c., ii, 14s, i,s77 (probably intended for 

 Munsee). Minissingh. — Beeckman (1660) inN. Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist., XII, 306, 1877. Minissinks.— Beeck- 

 man (1663), ibid.. 438. Minisuk. — McKenney and 

 Hall, Ind. Tribes, iii, 80, 1858. Minnessinck.— Van 

 der Donck (1656) in Ruttenber, Trilies Hudson R., 

 96,1872. Miunisink.— Canajoharie conf. (1759) in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hi.st., vii, 382, 1856 (location). 

 Minnissincks.— Schuyler (1694), ibid., IV, 99, 1854. 

 Minnissinke. — New York conf. (1681), ibid., xiii, 

 551, 1881. Minusing.— Proud, Pa., II, 320, 1798. 

 Monnesick.— Addam (1653) in Drake, Bk. Inds., 

 bk. 2, 79, 1848. 



Miniskuyakicllun ( ' wears salt ' ) . A 

 l:)and of the Brule Teton Sioux. 

 Miniskuya kipug. — Dorse v (after Cleveland) in 

 15th Rep. B. A. E., 219, 1897. Miniskuya-kitc'u".— 

 Ibid. 



Minkekhanye {MP'-qp/ qW'-iie, ' big rac- 

 coon'). A subgens of the Ruche, the 

 Pigeon gens of the Iowa. — Dorsev in 15th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 239, 1897. 



Minkeyine (Mi"ke^ yin'-e, 'young rac- 

 coon'). A subgens of the Ruche, the 

 Pigeon gens of the Iowa. — Dorsev in 15th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 239, 1897. 



Minkin (.1//" k'i", 'sun-carrier'). The 

 3d gens on the Tsishu side of the Osage 

 tribal circle; also the 8th Kansa gens. — 

 Dorseyin 15th Rep. B. A. E., 231, 233, 

 1897. 



Minnehaha. The heroine in Henry 

 Wadsworth Longfellow's Song of Hicnua- 

 tlia. Her father, home, and nationality 

 are given in the lines — 



At the doorway of his wigwam 

 Sat the Ancient Arrow-maker, 

 In the land of the Iiacotahs, 

 Making arrow heads of jasper. 

 Arrow heads of chalcedony. 

 At his side, in all her beauty, 

 Sat the lovely Minnehaha, 

 Sat his daughter, Laughing Water. 



Minnehaha of the song is the poet's 

 own creation. Some of the elements of her 

 creation, such as nationality and name, 

 were suggested from a book called Life 

 and Legends of the Sioux, bv Mrs Mary 

 Eastman (N. Y., 1849). The book con- 

 tains some observations on life of the 

 Sioux, together with a miscellaneous 

 assortment of sentiment and romance. 

 The scene of the events related in the 

 narratives is on the Mississip]u with the 

 center in and around Ft Snelling. This 

 lay on the borderland between the Sioux 

 and the Chippewa, who at the time were 

 constantly at war with each other. So 

 when the Algonkin hero is told by his 

 grandmother that the time has come for 

 him to marry, and he replies and makes 

 known his selection in the words that — 



In the land of the Dacotahs 

 Lives the Arrow-maker's daughter, 



we have the following dialogue which 

 mav be taken as an embodiment of the 



