t _Unktehee_ (god of waters) and often shoots his fiery
arrows at him, and hits the earth, trees, rocks, and sometimes men.
_Wakinyan_ created wild-rice, the bow and arrow, the tomahawk and the
spear. He is a great war-spirit, and _Wanmdee_ (the war-eagle) is his
messenger. A Thunder-bird (say the Dakotas) was once killed near Kapoza
by the son of Cetan-Wakawa-mani and he thereupon took the name of
"_Wakinyan Tanka_"--"Big Thunder."

[33] Pronounced _Tah-tahn-kah_--Bison or Buffalo.

[34] _Enah_--An exclamation of wonder. _Eho_--Behold! see there!

[35] The Crees are the Knisteneaux of Alexander Mackenzie. See his account
of them, _Mackenzie's Travels_, (London, 1801) p. xci to cvii.

[36] Lake Superior. The only names the Dakotas have for Lake Superior are
_Mede Tanka_ or _Tanka Mede_--Great Lake, and _Me-ne-ya-ta_--literally,
_At-the-Water_.

[37] April--Literally, the moon when the geese lay eggs. See note 71.

[38] Carver's Cave at St. Paul was called by the Dakotas _Wakan_
_Teepee_--sacred lodge. In the days that are no more they lighted their
council-fires in this cave and buried their dead near it. See _Neill's
Hist. Minn_., p. 207. Capt. Carver in his _Travels_, London, 1778, p.
63, et. seq., describes this cave as follows: "It is a remarkable cave
of an amazing depth. The Indians term it Wakonteebe, that is, the
Dwelling of the Great Spirit. The entrance into it is about ten feet
wide, the height of it five feet, the arch within is near fifteen feet
high and about thirty feet broad. The bottom of it consists of fine
clear sand. About twenty feet from the entrance begins a lake, the water
of which is transparent, and extends to an unsearchable distance; for
the darkness of the cave prevents all attempts to acquire a knowledge of
it. I threw a small pebble toward the interior parts of it with my
utmost strength. I could hear that it fell into the water, and
notwithstanding it was of so small a size it caused an astonishing and
horrible noise that reverberated through all those gloomy regions. I
found in this cave many Indian hieroglyphics which appeared very
ancient, for time had nearly covered them with moss so that it was with
difficulty I could trace them. They were cut in a rude manner upon the
inside of the walls, which were composed of a stone so extremely soft
that it might be easily penetrated with a knife: a stone everywhere to
be found near the Mississippi. This cave is only accessible by ascending