Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling

can-tons," or people of the spirit lakes; the "Wahk-patons," or people of the leaves; the "Wahk-pa-coo-tahs," or people that sho

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eive the name that is ascribed to them for life. There is a Sioux living in the neighborhood of Fort Snelling, called "The man that walks with the women." It is not cus

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ntil another is given by

ral quacking, which so alarmed him that he turned off and went around the pond, and was about to pass over an Indian village. Here he was again frightened by a young warrior, who was playing on the flute. Being afraid of music, he passed around the village, and soon after falling to the earth, released his burden. The Indian then asked the meteor to give him his head strap, which he refused. The Indian offered him a feather of honor for it, and was again refused. The Sioux, d

ts, to resemble the ancient Greek. Even after having acquired considerable knowledge of the language by

recently been killed by a man who owed him a grudge; and his way of alluding to the loss was the mocassins. On another occasion, this same chief, having done what he considered a favor for the missionaries, at Traverse des Sioux, told th

ctors in Indian fight frequently suffer in this way; a wounded savage feigns death, and, as some warrior approaches to take his scalp, he will suddenly rise, discharge his gun, and fight desperately with the tomahawk until killed. Deeds of valor performed by Indians are as often done from desperation as from any natural bravery. They are educated to warfa

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tured by No. 2. (No hands on the prisoner

, female and male killed; 6

s enemy, and taken the scalp; 10, that he was the third that touched the body of his en

n many places by this enemy; 15, that

rom the war eagle. They are worn in

the Sioux have of writing an account