Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-03
THE WONDERFUL GROWTH OF THE
FORT T0TTEN INDIAN RESERVATION


/ guide for visitors, and throuoh q little
English and a great deal Of Stony he
i explained the objects of tho fa;r
Frank Palmer. the first trader a. tho
reservation, who arrived At Fort Tot.
ten April 9. 1868. and has 6vod in ito
vicinity ever since. remained nm tho
reservation during the fair. and tho
Oldest Indians eyinced oreat dev;re
to chat with him abont old times
Cut Heads and Wahnetons 0'
elbow do your tribes oct their names
and what tribes ara represented haro
at the fairqD. visitor asked ono af
the Oldest inhabitants. thronoh an IN.
terpreter. The Indian exnlained With
MANY grunts. gestures and seam;n.rIv
unintelIipihle a1nress;on. +h,+ 49, 80
ent inhabitants of the reservation arc
principally Cut Heads and Wahpetons.
The Cut Heads. the visitor was +old
get their name from the fact that when
they withdrew from the Yanktonai
there was row over their secession.
Their leader sustained a sca]n wound
and the name Cut Head was given and
accepted.
st. Paul Names Well Known TO Old
| Braves,
| Tic Waste, or Little Fish. the onlv
chief on the reservation. exnlainad that
he was of the Sissetons and Win Wa.
nata of the Cut Heads and left Rear If
the Wahpete ms. constituted a recention
committee to the first expedit;on of
white men to the reservation. which
expedition left St. Paul under the man.
agement of James Mclaughlin Julv
1871, with Major Forbes who was
chief commissary of subsistence under
General H. II. Sibley during the Indian
troubles. The names of General s;h.
ley, Governor Alexander Ramsey. Arch.
bishop Ireland and Commodore Kittsnn
are all familiar to the old Indians. who
had heard much of them thronoh The
first expedition of white men fo the
reservation.
These Were Camp Defenders.
| The Hnnknanas also renreson+oa a.
the fair, get their name from their her.
editary right of PITCHING their toneoa At
the outer edge Of the encamnment IN
defend the camp. The name means
"outer edge.o '
It wkas explained bv ono old s,,,.-,
that the Sioux expression Of defiance
or contempt is expressed nv exteni;ny
the hand at arms length snd A;cI;n1,
the fingers toward tho norson address,
ed. and the motion ia ;ntendeH 80 :.
deadly insult. and one triha was n.mo5
the Ogallalas for their freouant uso of
this form of insult IA others
The Sans Arcs. meaning withor+ a
bow. are named bec.mse of an avnsa;.
ton on which thew were unnrov;dad
with bows. Wahneton ia translated
as "village in the Leaves. ,, and the
tribe of Wahpakootas was named after
| it. The Mjnniconious derived their
name from planting close to a stream
the name meaning StPlantino near thc
water.'' The Two Kettle han1 was
formerly the HTwo Cooking,, hand ha.
cause Of the boast Of a chief fiat hia
family always had plenty of material
for two pots at each meal. such bc;ng
his nrowass .t a. hnn+ tI ne"'' Suen ocins
Indians now at the reservation have
sunreme contemnt a. ~ v tsIoa en oalv
band of Brules. an named hecausa of
their nnthr;ftv bah;+a nh" " ,,rnn ~
name of the Stony nation 10 D.lnta ~
Lakota. MEANING k;nsman .11;eJ Nv .
common LANGUAGE.
Indians still me tho reservation com.
plain that their life in the early DAVIS
| Wnen uHOeT the articles OF the treaty
of 1867 no rations were o;von them
was frightful one. Thev were nro,
vided wotR work and paid in c]oth;no
and food for what thew did. and. NOT
being accustomed to hard labor thew
had difficulty in becoming accustomed
to it.
Ihe Story OF Spotted Tail.
me Indians now on the reservation,
and who were in evidence in large num-
ocrs at the fair, 40 not by any means
lack romance in their natures; also they
are communicative C! and delight in tell
ing tales OF love and courtship in the
old days.
a ioquaclous spuaw told of the time
rof Spotted Tail, a Brule Sioux and lea
ger OF ms tribe and Appearing Day,
described ny the souaw as tn, mos
Deaut1tui OF all Sioux women. She and