THE WAQPE-TONWAN OR WAHPETON
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The name of this people signifies Yillage-among-the-leaves (of deciduous trees), the gens being known to the whites as Leaf Village or Wahpeton. The gentes of this people, as given in 1884 by Reverend Edward Ashley, are the following:
FIG. 30.—Sisseton and Wahpeton camping circle.
13. Inyan-tceyaka-atonwan (Iɳyaɳ-ćeyaka-atoɳwaɳ), Village-at-the-dam-or-rapids.
14. Takapsin-tonwanna (Takapsin-toɳwaɳna), Village-at-the-shinny-ground.
15. Wiyaka-otina, Dwellers-on-the-sand (wiyaka).
16. Oteqi-atonwan (Oteḣi-atoɳwaɳ),Village-in-the-thicket (oteḣi).
17. Wita-otina, Dwellers-on-the-island (wita).
18. Wakpa-atonwan (Wakpa-atoɳwaɳ), Village-on-the-river.
19. Tcan-kaxa-otina (Ćan-kaġa-otina), Dwellers-in-log (-huts?).
The numbers prefixed to the names of these gentes denote their respective places in the camping circle of the Sisseton and Wahpeton, as shown in figure 30.