16 == ~~ ~—s‘« EXPLORATION OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN © 
They fought against the Uphiec States in the war of 1812, and thei 
chief went on a visit to England. ‘‘ From the Wazikute branch 0 
this band the Assinniboins, or Hohe of the Dacotas, are said to hav 
spru 
a a. The Titonwans, village of the ae are supposed to constitut 
more than one-half of the whole Dacota nation They live on thi 
western side of the Missouri, and take iii their range the Blacl 
Hills from between the forks of the Platte to the Yellowstone river 
the whites “yee mares, have never planted corn. hey are dividec 
‘into seven bands, v 
1. Unkpapas, i, y hal camp by themselves. They live on the Mis 
souri near the mouth of the Moret, and roam from the Big Shyenne 
up to the Yellowstone, and west to the Black Hills. They formerly 
ees extensively with the Shyennes. They number about 36é 
3 Sikihecas Blackfeet. Haunts and homes same as the Unkpapas 
number 165 lodges. These two bands. have very Aes =e i. the 
power of the whites 
e-non-pas, two 0 boilings or two kettle band. These 
th rnuch scattered among other bands. They number aft “10¢ 
ory 
iP Schangus, burnt thighs, Brulés, claim the country along Whit 
river and contiguous to it. They number 480 lodges. They. include 
the Wazazhas, to which belonged Matoiya, (the Scattering Bear’ 
made chief of all the tae by ‘the gover nment, and who was killec 
by egmenant Gratta 
5. Ogal they oh live in the mountains, live between the forks 
of the Platte, and number 360 lodges 
nikanyes, they who plant by ‘the water, ~ aoe and between the 
forks of “the Shyenne and in the Black Hills ; r ges. F 
7. Itahzipchois, Bowpith, Sans Arc, cla aim ak common with the 
Minseaayes, and number 170 lodges. These last two binds have 
been exceedingly troublesome to the emigration. 
e Daco tas, on and west of the Missouri, which it oe all b 
the Isanties, are the only ones I have heard estimated. IT should nin 
that eight inmates to a lodge, and one-fifth of them warriors, 
[= ple. allowance. We would then have 
thanktonwans, (Yankto ag e eet 
nwann: as (Ya btn : ; 800 6 400 
Unkpapas 365 9'920 
Sihasapas, ( (Blackfeet) 165 1 980 
ee ey cre . 100 "800 
Sichangt, ( (Bro Raraci: 480 3,840 
cif 9 2, 
Minikany vcaee, 900.2 201.600 
Isp (Sans Arc) ....0.. oo ee 1,360 
Total . veveeee 9,000 24,000 
These Dacotas formerly all lived around the headwaters of the | 
