His _teepee_ has four openings, at
each of which is a sentinel; at the east, a butterfly; at the west, a
bear; at the south, a red deer; at the north, a caribou. He has a bitter
enmity against _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.
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