This sobriquet, of which he was proud, descended
to his son, _Wakinyan Tanka_--Big Thunder, who succeeded him as chief;
and from Big Thunder to his son _Ta-o-ya-te-du-ta_, who became chief on
the death of _Wakinyan Tanka_. These several "Little Crows" were
successively Chiefs of the Light-foot, or _Kapoza_ band of Dakotas.
_Kapoza_, the principal village of this band, was originally located on
the east bank of the Mississippi near the site of the city of St. Paul.
_Col. Minn. Hist. Soc._, 1864, p. 29. It was in later years moved to the
west bank. The grandfather whom I, for short, call _Wakawa_, died the
death of a brave in battle against the Ojibways (commonly called
Chippeways)--the hereditary enemies of the Dakotas. _Wakinyan
Tanka_--Big Thunder, was killed by the accidental discharge of his own
gun. They were both buried with their kindred near the "_Wakan Teepee_,"
the sacred Cave--(Carver's Cave). _Ta-o-ya-te-du-ta_, the last of the
Little Crows, was killed July 3, 1863, during the outbreak, near
Hutchinson, Minnesota, by the Lampsons--father and son, and his bones
were duly "done up" for the Historical Society of Minnesota. See
_Heard's Hist.
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