Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-07

8. The IhAnktonwanna, or end villag
band, divide6 into the Hunkpastdans, Pa
. keoAi ue CussHeadessehe Wamkpbee, ,orPine
6hootlss, and thosK1yukss,z or Bre9kefoo
ITS 1hanktos~sss, ! village st %
.. The Titonwaps, or village ofthe prairie
divided into. the 6cfcan1re. or Burnt Thighs
Itazlpeo, or Bow Pith, Sihasapa, or Black
feet Minkanyewozupi, or Those who Plant
Eby- tho Water, Oohsnoups, or Two Boilings,
and Ogalallas and Hpnkrapas.
The IhanktohWanSi we've REGARDED q tax
: ing precedent over the others becauee they
/. lived on the great watsphed of the oonti-
nent, or 'center of the EARTH" from which
streams ran north, south, esst and 49, nd
at ~vhichahlace tho dav opsned tke pate q
, the wesiiSlffna world They9were hsnceS61ls1
WHyt6aUEEa eThey are tie People" 81
yIAtDakoa haSs two haguagss.a cons
mon and q sacred one. The latter is remark
iaHa S6oGy@eh9Sing incomprehensible, and
is wholly in the care Of the conjurors. war
prooners, and dreansrs, who,like the sugars
and sibits Of old, forecast events BY divin-
ings and incantationa Az for the former,
it sometimes almost verSss on the eylisbic
back into; the barbarian Of sssigns, while an
English sentence translated. into Sioux YER
nacularss undergoes q preliminary reforma-
ton Of this nature:
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy.
Day of rest tho that remember and holy
regard.
Az near - is possible to determine the
language contains five vowels,. twenty-four
consonants, and an extra sound not deecri.
liable. The voWels hayeeasyslue approx.
mstely - follows
A q in father.
E "a in face.
i ~ E in me.
O a. in 60.
u a. 90 in food.
The syllables, a. with the Kanaka, Away
terminate with q vowel. The language ad.
mits Of little in the nature Of poetry. A
few words make along song, for the burden
of the whole is . weary "hi, hi, his" As
examples female secret society, "rigged out
to kill" the other, borrowed = baas. drum,
and serenaded the agent and the traders.
Three hideously. painted old squaws net on
the ground banging the sheepskin with
might and main, while around them circled
their companions, each with something in
her right hand. One bore an old dragon
pistol, another a scalp at the end Of q stick;
. third, who acted Is drum major, 4 beaded
baton. Their chant ram:
Three Stars Crook has left us now
Three stars has left US now.
But the good Gray Eagle Qrwin) stays
Grand walk-around and hypi-ing without
end.
Very often, too, the aflatus takes the form
Of contraries, and . man who is told he is 4
coward and has run away from battle re-
ceives q compliment, the meaning Of which
10 that he 10 . great brave and has returned
with ecalps.
The Dakota religion, while very print
tive, is yet far removed from fetishism. The
Great Spirit, who is at the same time the
god of war, they call Wakantanka, while
the big devil is known as Waiansica.
Offerings are made in efigy to keep
away disease, and the tom-tom into
use for drumming out the bad, and
drumming in the good. for making .
medicine to gain such benefits rs water or
food and keep fire away from the grass. In
this connection the Indians are Remarkable |
for two things: They never swear, and
never travel otherwise. than north or
south. The name of the Creator is too
sacred for proclamation among them, and
whatever is good, is simply goodd, and what
ever is bad, is simply bad. B1iddssI the two
main representatives ofle1nafs and right
he Dakotas have many 1goAE Their i'm.
peoples bothths while and invis.
ible world with deitiesJ,ial1 almost every
hing becomes an objects0F worship. They
DO homage to the euuAnd noon, they spread
out their hands in prayer % ! sacred stone
which is the Mecca Of imanyyI q savage pill
grimage. they sacrifice nor f~requently to
The bad than the Great Spirit, hoping thus
10 avert harm, and they recognize rulers
who have dominion over the north, the
south, the east, the west, the woods, the prai
rie, the air and waters. Heyoka, the anti
natural god, goes naked in winter and wraps
with buffalo skins in summer, and
The little hills Of the prairie are known Is
Heyokati, or the houses Of Heyoka. Wosi.
"a sways the north wind, and blows cold
put Of his mouth. C%anotidan, an unknown
animal resembling man, bears the secptre Of
The forest, and the giant Unktehi has the
waters and the foods for his empire.
The religious and social rights of these
OeoDfe take almoat exclusivelv tho form If