You cannot see the face of your chief; your eyes are
full of smoke. You cannot hear his voice; your ears are full of roaring
waters. Braves, you are little children--you are fools. You will die
like the rabbits when the hungry wolves hunt them in the Hard Moon
(January). _Ta-o-ya-te du-ta_ is not a coward: he will die with you."
[7] _Harps-te-nah_. The first-born daughter of a Dakota is called
_Winona_; the second, _Harpen_; the third, _Harpstina_; the fourth,
_Waska_; the fifth, _Weharka_. The first-born son is called _Chaske_;
the second, _Harpam_; the third, _Hapeda_; the fourth, _Chatun_; the
fifth, _Harka_. They retain these names till others are given them on
account of some action, peculiarity, etc. The females often retain their
child-names through life.
[8] _Wah-pah-sah_ was the hereditary name of a long and illustrious line
of Dakota chiefs. Wabashaw is a corrupt pronunciation. The name is a
contraction of _Wa-pa-ha-sa_, which is from _Wa-ha-pa_, the standard or
pole used in the Dakota dances and upon which feathers of various colors
are tied, and not from _Wa-pa_--leaf, as has been generally supposed.
Therefore _Wapasa_ means the Standard--and not the "Leaf-Shaker," as
many writers have it.
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