154 ASSINNIBOINE AND SASKATCHEWAN EXPEDITION. 



the Eev. S. E. Eiggs, A. M., Missionary of the American 

 Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. 



1. The Mdewakantonwans, Village of the Spirit Lake. 

 The name is derived from Mdewakan (Spirit or Sacred 

 Lake), Mille Lacs (Minnesota), in the country now claimed 

 by the Ojibways. This band numbers about two thou- 

 sand. 



2. The Wahpekutes, Leaf Shooters, five hundred. 



3. The Wahpetonwans, Village in the Leaves, twelve 

 hundred. 



4. The Sisitonwans, Village of the Marsh, two thou- 

 sand five hundred. Their hunting-ground is about the 

 Coteau des Prairies, and they subsist on the buffalo. 



5. The Ihanktonwanna, the End Village Band, four 

 thousand. Their country is on the north-east of the 

 Missouri, as far as Devil's Lake. These are the great 

 enemies of the Eed Eiver half-breeds. 



6. The Ihanktonwans, the Village at the End, two 

 thousand four hundred. Their country is west of the 

 Missouri. They are frequently termed Yanctons. 



7. The Titonwans, the Village of the Prairie, twelve 

 thousand five hundred. Their hunting-ground is west of 

 the Missouri. They are divided into seven bands : the 

 Sicaugu, Burnt-Thighs ; the Itazipco, Bow-pith ; the 

 Sihasapa, Blaclcfeet; the Minikanye wozupi, Those who 

 plant by the water; the Oohenoupa, Two-boilings ; and 

 the Oglala and Hunkpapa. 



The conjurors believe that their dreams are revelations 

 from the Spirit World, and they aver that their prophetic 

 visions are the mental revival of occurrences in a former 

 state of existence. Years with them are enumerated by 

 winters ; a distance is estimated by the number of nights 

 a man will sleep on the way. • The Ojibways have the 

 same method of expressing time and distance. They 



