940. KAM-NE-BUT-SE. _Blackfoot and squaw._
The principal chief of the Mountain Crows; a splendid specimen of manhood, standing 6 feet 2 inches in height and of very heavy frame; owes his position to his bravery and success in fighting the Sioux, their inveterate enemies. He also ranks high as an orator and councillor in the nation. The first picture, in which he is represented in an elaborate dress of buckskin, was made while on a visit, with a delegation of his tribe, to Washington, in 1873; the other represents him as he appears at his home on the Yellowstone, or in his natural every-day garb.
941. CHE-VE-TE-PU-MA-TA. _Iron Bull and squaw._
One of the principal chiefs of the Mountain Crows.
942. SE-TA-PIT-SE. _Bear Wolf and squaw._
943. PERITS-HAR-STS. _Old Crow and squaw._
{ KAM-NE-BUT-SE. _Blackfoot._ 944. { ECHE-HAS-KA. _Long Horse._ { TE-SHU-NZT. _White Calf._
{ MO-MUKH-PI-TCHE. 945. { ELLA-CAUSS-SE. _Thin Belly._ { PISH-KI-HA-DI-RI-KY-ISH. _The One that Leads the Old Dog._
859. GROUP OF CROW DELEGATION to Washington in 1872, including Agent Pease and the interpreters.
The last four pictures were made at the old agency of the Crows, on the Yellowstone, near Shields River, in 1871. The following were also made at the same place and time, and represent the old mission buildings (lately destroyed by fire), in which the agent had his headquarters; their tents and manner of living, and their mode of burial.
952. VILLAGE SCENE, showing new adobe houses built for the Indians.
The word Dakota means united, confederated, or many in one, and designates the tribe from which the family takes its name. They seldom or never willingly acknowledge the title _Sioux_, first given them by the French, and now by all whites. There are many theories as to the origin of this latter name, the most acceptable of which is that it is a corruption of the word _Nadouessioux_--a general Chippewa designation for enemies--which was gradually applied by missionaries and traders, through an imperfect understanding of the language, to the tribes thus designated. Governor Ramsey, of Minnesota, thought that the word "originated upon the Upper Missouri, among the early French traders, hunters, and trappers, they deriving it, in all probability, from the name of a sub-band of the Ti-t'-wan (Teton), Dakotas, called _Sioune_, who hunted over the plains of that river, and with whom, consequently, they came most frequently in contact.