200 DAKOTA GRAMMAR, TEXTS, AND ETHNOGRAPHY. 
to make himself master of the situation, he should not flee through the 
country of the Sisseton. 
But although as a whole these northern Dakota refused to go into the 
rebellion with the Santee, it is very certain that quite a number of their 
young men joined in the raids made upon the white settlements; and more- 
over, the attack upon Fort Abercrombie, at which several hundred Dakota 
warriors were said to have been present, must have been made almost 
entirely by these same Sisseton. 
In the autumn which followed they all fled to the Upper Missouri 
country or into the Queen’s dominions. It was reported soon after that 
Standing Buffalo had gone on the warpath and was killed. 
THE TIYOTIPI. 
(Translated from M. Renyille’s Dakota version.] 
When Indians would hunt the buffalo, they do it in this way: When- 
ever they hear that there are buffalo, they look out a young man and ask 
him for his tent. If he consents, then no woman or child is allowed in the 
tent; men alone go into it. And so the man whose the tent is is called 
Tiyoti, and is the master in it. 
Then also they do in this way: They shave out small round sticks all 
of the same length, and paint them red, and they are given out to the men. 
These are to constitute the Tiyotipi. This done, they choose four men 
whom they make the chiefs, who make all the arrangements. Also one 
who is called Kyanpaha (crier), who makes proclamation of everything 
that is determined on. In addition to these, they select two young men 
who are called Touchers. These attend to all the provisions that are 
brought to the Tiyotipi. 
Then, of all the painted sticks that were given around, not one is brought 
inempty. When one is to be brought to the Tiyotipi, food is brought 
with it. And when these are all brought in, they are tied in a bundle. In 
the back part of the tent, by the fire, the ground is carefully cleaned off, 
and a pipe anda pipe rammer and incense leaves are all brought and placed 
together. 
These are all completed in this way and then about two young men 
are selected, and the pipe is filled and passed to them, which is done by the 
Myaypaha. When this ceremony is finished they are sent out into that part 
of the country in which they heard the buffalo were. Hence they are 
