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Show APPENDIX TO PART I. J>rairie du Francois, 35 tuilcs up the St. Peters. This band is a~ain sub-divided into four divisions, under difl'ercnl chiefs. The fi,·st of which most generally rcsiJc at thci1· village on the Upper Iowa river above the Prairie Des Chiens, and nrc commanded by \raba:, h:, a chict', whose father was considered as the 1irst chief of ull the Sioux nation. This sub-division hunts on both sides of the Missis~ ippi, unci its confluent streams from the Prairie Des Chicns to the rivil·re du llreuf. 'L he second !>Ub-diVlsion resides ncar the bead of Lake Pepin, and hunt from the rivierc du Breuf neat· to the river St. Croix. Their chief's nautc is 'J 'antang;;mani, a very celcbratetl \\ ar chief. The third sub-division resides between the ri,iere 4\U Canon and the entrance of the St. Peters, are headed by Chatewaconamani. Their principal hunting ground is on the St. Croix. They have a village at a place called the Grand Marais, 15 miles below the entrance of the St. Peters. It is si tuatcd on the cast bank of the 1\lississippi, and consists of eleven log- huts. The fourth sub-division is situated from the entrance of the St. Peters, to tlJe Pr·t~irie Des Francois; they arc headed by a chief called Chat:lmll· tah, but a young man, Wyaganagc, has recently taken the lead in all the councils anti affairs of state of this sub-band. They have one vii luge uine miJes up the St. Peters, ou the N. side. This band (Minowa Kantong) arc reputed the br·avest of all the Sioux; and have for years been opposed to the Fols Avoin Sauteurs, who are reputed the bravest of all the numerous bands of Chipc'' ays. The 2d. band of Sioux, are the vVa!:>hpetong (or Gens Des Ficulles) \ 1 ho inhabit the country from the Prairie De Francois, ncar to Roche lllanche, on the St. Peters. Thl·ir first chief is Wasonquianni. They hulll on the St. Peter:,; abo on the Mississippi, up Hum river, and sometitnes follow the bufl'ulo, on the plains. Their subdivi::. ions I am unacquainted with. '1 he 3d. band arc the Sussitongs; they extend from the Roche Blauchc, to Lac de Gross Roche, on the river St. Peters; they are di\Hted into two sub-divisious. The 1st. bancl called the Cawrccs, are headed by the chief called vVuckicw Nutch, ' OJ' the Tonnere Ron~e .) Thl· 2cl. calletl the SuBsitongs t zrojler, and he<~ded by WacarJtoe, (or J.:.sprit lllue.) Those t\\ o ::~ub-b~mds hunt eastward to the Mississippi, and up that river as far a~ the Hiviere De C01·bcau. The 4tl1. great band arc the Yanctongs, who arc dispersed from the Montaigncs De Ia Prairie, (which extends from St. _J'cters to tltc Missouri) to the river De Moyen. 'They are divided wto two grand divisions, g-enerally tcrn.cd the Yanctorrgs of the n•Jr·.th, and the Yanctongs of the south. The former 1u·e headed by a cluef APPENDIX TO PART 1. 61 called Muckpcanutah; (or Nuagc R ouge) and those of the Prairie by Pctessung. T'his band arc never sta tionary, but with the Titongs arc the most erratic bands of all the Sioux, sometimes to be found on tlte borders of the Lower Red Hi "cr, ::~omet imcs on the l'rlissouri, and on those immense pl~lins which arc bet ween the t \\ o flVCI'S. The 5th. great band arc the Titongs, who arc dispersed on both sides of the Missouri. On the north principidly from the ri \ et· Chicnnc up; and 011 the south, from the Mahus to the l\linetarcs, (or G1·oss Vcntrcs.) They may be divided into the Titongs of the north and south; but the immense plains over wl1it:h they rove with the Yanctongs, renders it iu1pos!>iblc to poillt out their place of habitation. The 6th. last and smallest band of the Sioux, arc the 1-Vashjzecoutc, who reside g-cncmlly on the lands west of the i\tlississippi, between that rivet· and the l\lissouri. They hunt most geaendly 011 the head of the ri ve1· De Moyen. They appcaJ·ccl to me to be the most stupid and inacti vc of all the Sioux. -·- GENERAL OllSERVATIONS. The Minowa Kantongs arc the only band of Sioux who usc canoes, and by f~u· the most civilized, they being the only ones who llave ever built log huts, or· cultivated any species of vegetables; and those only a ve1·y !lmall quantity of com and beans; for although I was with them in ~eptcmbe1· or October, I never saw one kettle of either, always using the wild oats for· bread. Tlris production nature has furnished to all the most uncultivated nations of the N. \V, continent, who may gather a ~uflicicncy in uutumn, which, when ndcle.d to the productions of the chase and the net, cn!:>mcs them a 5 .llbS1Stence through all the seasons of the year. This band is en-tu ·ely at·m -' · 1 fi . . eu Wll 1 re arms, but 1s not COllSldcred by the other bands as an!,thing·,superior on that account, especially on the plains. 1 he \V ashpetong arc a l'O\ iug band; they leave the river St. Pct.ers in the n1onth of April, and do not return from the plai ns, lllltll the middle of August. Sussitong·::; of Hoche Blanche, have t~e character of being the most evil dispo);cd Indians, on the river ~t. Pctet·s ~I' I , 1· k · r · · · · ley 1 cw1sc rollow the buflalo m the spnng and sum- ~el· Jnonths. Sussitongs of the Lac de Gross Roche (under the 1 onnet·c Rouge) have the character of g·ood h uu tct·s ;.md bra vc war- |