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tina), Dwellers-at-the-south (itokaga). These are an offshoot of the Basdetce-cni. 5. Kaqmi-atonwan (Kalimi-atonwan), Village-at-the-bend (kalimin). 6. Mani-ti, Those-who-camp (ti)-away-from-the-village. An offshoot of the Kaqmi-atonwan. 7. Keze, Barbed-like-a-fishhook. An offshoot of the Kaqmi-atonwan. 8. Tcan-kute (Can kute), Shoot-in-the-woods (among the deciduous trees); a name of derision. These people, according to Ashley, resemble the Keze, whom he styles a "cross clan." 9. Ti-zaptan (Ti-zaptan), Five-lodges. 10. Okopeya, In-danger. An offshoot of the Ti-zaptan. 11. Kap'oja (Kapoza), Those-who-travel-with-light-burdens. (See number 3 of the Mdewakantonwan.) 12. Amdo-wapuskiyapi, Those-who-lay-meat-on-their-shoulders (amdo)-to-dry-it (wapuskiya)-during-the-hunt. [Illustration: FIG. 31.--Sisseton camping circle.] FIG. 31.--Sisseton camping circle. THE IHANKTONWAN OR YANKTON The Yankton and Yanktonai speak the Yankton dialect, which has many words in common with the Teton. In 1878 Walking Elk wrote the names of the Yankton gentes in the following order: 1, Tcan-kute (Can kute), Shoot-in-the-woods; 2, Tcaxu (Cagu), Lights or lungs; 3, Wakmuha-oin (Wakmuha oin),Pumpkin-rind-earring; 4, Ihaisdaye, Mouth-greasers; 5, Watceunpa (Waceunpa), Roasters; 6, Ikmun (Ikmun), An animal of the cat kind (lynx, panther, or wildcat); 7, Oyate-citca (Oyate-sica), Bad-nation; 8, Wacitcun-tcintca (Wasican-cinca) (a modern addition), Sons-of-white-men, the "Half-blood band." But in 1891 Reverend Joseph W. Cook, who has been missionary to the Yankton since 1870, obtained from several men the following order of gentes (ignoring the half-bloods): On the right side of the circle were, 1, Iha isdaye; 2, Wakmuha-oin; 3, Ikmun. On the left side of the circle were, 4, Watceunpa; 5, Tcan-kute; 6, Oyate-citca; and, 7, Tcaxu. THE IHANKTONWANNA OR YANKTONAI The Yanktonai are divided into the Upper and Lower Yanktonai, the latter being known as the Hunkpatina, Those-camping-at-one-end (or "horn")-of-the-tribal-circle. The Upper Yanktonai geutes are as follows: 1, Tcan-ona (Can ona), Shoot-at-trees, or Wazi-kute, Shooters-among-the-pines; from these the Ho-he or Asiniboin have sprung. 2, Takini, Improved-in-condition (as a lean animal or a poor man). 3, Cikcitcena (Siksicena), Bad-ones-of-different-sorts. 4, Bakihon (Bakihon), Gash-themselves-with-knives. 5, Kiyuksa, Break
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