All the western states and territories . it being devoured by them, the Indians tie * The Dahkotahs in the earliest documents, and even until the present day, are calledSioux, Scioux, or Sods. The name originated with the early voyageurs. For centuriesthe Ojibways of Lake Superior waged war against the Dahkotahs; and, whenever they8j)oke of them, called them Nadowaysioux, which signifies enemies. The French traders,to avoid exciting the attention of the Indians, while conversing in their presence, wereaccustomed to designate them by names which would not be recognized. The Dahkotahs?were nickn
All the western states and territories . it being devoured by them, the Indians tie * The Dahkotahs in the earliest documents, and even until the present day, are calledSioux, Scioux, or Sods. The name originated with the early voyageurs. For centuriesthe Ojibways of Lake Superior waged war against the Dahkotahs; and, whenever they8j)oke of them, called them Nadowaysioux, which signifies enemies. The French traders,to avoid exciting the attention of the Indians, while conversing in their presence, wereaccustomed to designate them by names which would not be recognized. The Dahkotahs?were nicknamed Sioux, a word composed of the two last syllables of the Ojibway word forfoes.—NcUIb Minnesota. MINNESOTA. 363 it, when in the milky state, juet below the head, into large bunches. This arrange-ment prevents these biids from pressing the heads down when within their ripe, the Indians pass among it with canoes lined with blankets, into whichthey bend the stalks and whip off the grain with sticks; and so abundant is it. that an expert squaw will soon fill a canoe. After being gathered it is dried andput into skins or baskets for use. They boil or parch it, and eat it in the winterseason with their pemmican. Beside the pemmican and wild rice, the countryabounds in sugar-maple, from which the Indians make immense quantities of country abounds with fine groves, interspersed with open plains clothed withrich wild grasses—their lakes and rivers of pure water are well stored with fish,and their soil with the whortleberry, blackberry, wild plum, and crab Rpple; sothat this talented and victorious race possess a very desirable and beautiful terri-tory. 364 MINNESOTA. The Ojibways inhiiT)it tlic head-waters of the Mississippi, Ottertail ami Leach,De Corbeaii and Red Hirers, and Winnipei; Lake. They arc a powerful tribe, al-most equaling the Dahkutahs in numbers: the} speak a copious language, and areof low stature and coarse features. The Avoiiien have an aw
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