Hanta Yo: An American SagaA multigenerational saga that depicts the lives of two families of Teton Sioux from the late 1700s to the 1830s, before the arrival of the white man. |
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Page 39
... camp and news of twenty horses in the Mahto village reached persons who never had wandered off the prairie . Soon two different families from the east had joined Peta's band . And next , two lodges from among those Siyo whose principal ...
... camp and news of twenty horses in the Mahto village reached persons who never had wandered off the prairie . Soon two different families from the east had joined Peta's band . And next , two lodges from among those Siyo whose principal ...
Page 252
... camp , they said , and the women act jumpy with their men away . If the hunters approach at dusk , perhaps something unpleasant happens ; the bow - arm and eyes of those aging warriors who wait in camp stay fit . Ogle understood . He ...
... camp , they said , and the women act jumpy with their men away . If the hunters approach at dusk , perhaps something unpleasant happens ; the bow - arm and eyes of those aging warriors who wait in camp stay fit . Ogle understood . He ...
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... camp as voice for Olepi . The Mahto leader , he sang , asks that relatives and friends eat with him this day , dance with him this night . A little while afterwards , Olepi himself walked among the tipi , the man telling that the feast ...
... camp as voice for Olepi . The Mahto leader , he sang , asks that relatives and friends eat with him this day , dance with him this night . A little while afterwards , Olepi himself walked among the tipi , the man telling that the feast ...
Common terms and phrases
Ahbleza alongside Anpagli arrows band black hills brother-friend camp Cankuna ceremony certainly Cetan child clubmen creature dance dared earth enemy eyes face father glanced Gnuśka grandfathers grass hair hand head hear heard heart herd Heyatawin heyoka hide Hinziwin hoop horse horseback hunt hunter husband Iktomi kill Kiyuksa knew Lakotah lance listened lodge looked Mahto leader Mahtociqala meat moccasins moon mother moved Napewaste never night Ogle Okandada Olepi once Palani party perhaps persons Peśla Peta Peta's Petala pipe pronghorn recognized remembered ride river robe Sahiela scout Shirtman Sicangu Siyo sleep smiled smoke someone song spoke stay stood suddenly sungazing Tabloka talk Tatanka thing tipi Titonwan Tokala told Tonweya trail tribe Tunkaśila voice waited wakinyan walked Wanaġi wanted wapiya war horse warrior watched whitemen wife Winkte winters woman women wondered young youth