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Dahcotah, or, Life and legends of the Sioux around Fort Snelling

Eastman, Mary Henderson (1818-1890)
  
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PREFACE.
  
CONTENTS.
  
INTRODUCTION.
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PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON THE CUSTOMS OF THE DAHCOTAHS.
  
I. SIOUX CEREMONIES, SCALP DANCE, &c.
  
II. INDIAN DOCTORS.
  
III. INDIAN NAMES AND WRITING.
  
IV. INDIAN CHILDREN.
  
GODS OF THE DAHCOTAHS.

  
MOCK-PE-EN-DAG-A-WIN: OR, CHECKERED CLOUD, THE MEDICINE WOMAN.
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RED EARTH; OR, MOCKA-DOOTA-WIN.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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WENONA; OR, THE VIRGIN'S FEAST.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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THE DAHCOTAH CONVERT.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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WABASHAW.
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CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II.
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“THE DAHCOTAH BRIDE.”
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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CHAPTER V.
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SHAH-CO-PEE; THE ORATOR OF THE SIOUX.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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OYE-KAR-MANI-VIM; THE TRACK-MAKER.
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CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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ETA KEAZAH; OR, SULLEN FACE.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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CHAPTER V.
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TONWA-YAH-PE-KIN; THE SPIES.
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CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
  
THE INDIAN IN A TRANCE.
  
OECHE-MONESAH; THE WANDERER.
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TAH-WE-CHU-KIN; THE WIFE.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
  
WAH-ZEE-YAH; ANOTHER OF THE GIANT GODS OF THE DAHCOTAHS.
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STORMS IN LIFE AND NATURE; UNKTAHE AND THE THUNDER BIRD.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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CHAPTER V.
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CHAPTER VI.
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HAOKAH OZAPE; THE DANCE TO THE GIANT.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
  
U-MI-NE-WAH-CHIPPE; OR, TO DANCE AROUND.

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GODS OF THE DAHCOTAHS.

First in order of the gods of the Dahcotahs, comes the Great
Spirit. He is the creator of all things, excepting thunder and
wild rice. Then there is,

Wakinyan, or Man of the West.

Wehiyayanpa-micaxta, Man of the East.

Wazza, Man of the North.

Itokaga-micaxta, Man of the South.

Onkteri, or Unktahe; God of the Waters.

Hayoka, or Haoka, the antinatural god.

Takuakanxkan, god of motion.

Canotidan, Little Dweller in Woods. This god is said to live in
a forest, in a hollow tree.

Witkokaga, the Befooler, that is, the god who deceives or fools
animals so that they can be easily taken.

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