This man treated the dragoons with great kindness in his country, and came in with us to Fort Gibson; his hair was very long, extending down as low as his knees, and put up in clubs, and ornamented with silver brooches. 63. _Kotz-a-tó-ah_, the Smoked Shield; a distinguished warrior; full-length. 64. _Bón-són-gee_, New Fire; Chief of a band; boar's tusk and war-whistle on his breast. 65. _Quáy-hám-kay_, the Stone Shell; a brave, and a good specimen of the wild untutored savage. 66. _Túnk-aht-óh-ye_ the Thunderer (boy). 67. _Wun-pán-to-mee_, the White Weasel (girl). This boy and girl, who had been for several years prisoners amongst the Osages, were purchased by the Indian Commissioner; the girl was sent home to her nation by the dragoons, and the boy was killed by a ram the day before we started. They were brother and sister. WÉE-CO. A small tribe, living near to, and under the protection of, the Pawnee Picts, speaking an unknown language; probably the remnant of a tribe conquered and enslaved by the Pawnee Picts. 68. _U'sh-ee-kitz_, He who fights with a Feather. Chief of the tribe. This man came into Fort Gibson with the dragoons; he was famous for a custom he observed after all his speeches, of _embracing_ the officers and chiefs in council. SIÓUX (DAH-CÓ-TA). This is one of the most numerous and powerful tribes at present existing on the continent, numbering, undoubtedly, some 40,000, occupying a vast tract of country on the upper waters of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and extending quite to the base of the Rocky Mountains. They live in skin lodges, and move them about the prairies, without any permanent residence. This tribe lost about 8000 by smallpox a few years since. 69. _Ha-wón-je-tah_, the One Horn; first Chief of the tribe; _Mee-ne-cow-e-gee_ band, Upper Missouri; hair tied on his head in form of a turban, and filled with glue and red earth, or vermilion. The Sioux have forty-one bands; every band has a chief, and this man was head of all: he has been recently killed by a buffalo-bull. #/ 70. _Wá-nah-de-túnk-ah_, the Big Eagle, or Black Dog; at the Falls of St. Anthony. Chief of the _O-hah-has-ka-toh-y-an-te_, or _Long Avenue_ band. 71. _Tchán-dee_, Tobacco; second Chief of the nation, of the _O-gla-la_ band, Upper Missouri. 72. _Wán-ee-ton_, ----; Chief of the _Sus-se-ton_ band, Upper Missouri; full-length, in a splendid dress; head-dress of war-eagle's quills and ermine, and painted robe. One of the most noted and dignified, as well as graceful chiefs of the Sioux tribe.