Post by hermin1 on Oct 25, 2005 17:06:27 GMT -5
"The Dakota or Sioux In Minnesota As They were in 1834."This is a very informative book. It was written by Samuel W. Pond.Below is some background information he provided about the Chiefs and others in Minnesota:
Big Iron aka Mazatanka was a chief soldier.
Wakinyantanka aka Big Thunder of Kaposia, was the father of Little Crow.
Wapasha was chief of the Kiuksa.
Wamditanka aka Big Eagle, was chief of the Black Dog band.
Marpiya-Wichashta aka Cloud Man was chief of the Lake Calhoun band.
Chief Good Road headed the Pinisha.
Shapaydan(Shakpay) was chief of the Shakopee. Shakpay's son was executed in 1866 at Fort Snelling.
Ishtohkba aka Sleepy Eyes was only acknowledged chief of the Wahutonwans between St. Lawrence and Laq gui Parle.
Wakanhdioranki was head man at Belle Plaine.
Tankamani was head at Traverse des Sioux.
At lac gui Parle there were 2 Chiefs: Inyangmani and Nompakinyan.
Wakinyanduta was chief of the Sissetonwan.
Inkpa was chief of the Wahpetonwan at Big Stone Lake.
Ruyapa aka Eagle Head, murdered a woman at Shakopee. He moved to Eagle Creek where,gathering his relatives and others about him finally became a chief.
Itewakinyanna aka thunder Face, was chief of the Tizaptani.
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Shakpay had a brother , a rival named Hochocaduta, a bold bad man man, who gathered around him a strong party during shakpay's lifetime. After Shakpay's death he
assumed chief control of the band.
The first murders in August,1862 were committed by two or three men belonging to Hochokaduta's party.
The Shakpay band, not that of Kaposia, was mainly responsible both for the inception and execution of that bloody work. After the massacre, Hochokaduta fled north, but in the course of the following winter, he and his family were slain by the Ojibwa.
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