and rank in the section, gens, phratry, tribe, or nation by bravery in war or by generosity in the bestowal of presents and the frequent giving of feasts. While there are no slaves among the Siouan tribes, there are several kinds of servants in civil, military, and religious affairs.
THE DAKOTA TRIBES
DESIGNATION AND MODE OF CAMPING
The Dakota call themselves Otceti cakowiⁿ (Oćeti śakowiɳ).[1] The Seven Fireplaces or Council-fires. This designation refers to their original gentes, the Mdewakaⁿtoⁿwa (Mdewakaɳ-toɳwaɳ), Waqpekute (Waḣpe-kute), Waqpe-toⁿwaⁿ (Waḣpetoɳwaɳ), Sisitoⁿwaⁿ (Sisitoɳwaɳ), Ihañk-toⁿwaⁿ (Ihaɳktoɳwaɳ), Ihañk-toⁿwaⁿna (Ihaɳktoɳwaɳna), and Titoⁿwaⁿ (Titoɳwaɳ). They camped in two sets of concentric circles, one of four circles, consisting probably of the Mdewakaⁿtoⁿwaⁿ, Waqpe-kute, Waqpe-toⁿwaⁿ and Sisitoⁿwaⁿ; and the other of three circles, including
- ↑ Wherever in this paper there is a double notation of a Dakota name the former is expressed in the alphabet of the Bureau of Ethnology and the latter in that of Dr. S. R. Riggs, author of the memoirs in Contributions to North American Ethnologist, vols. VII and IX.
