Note 86 — Chapter IX

The name by which the Black–feet are generally known among the Crows is “Echipeta.” In their own tongue they call themselves “Siksikaga;” both words having the signification of Black–feet. They are divided into three bands, the largest of which is called by the generic name above mentioned, as being that of the tribe; the other two bands are called “Piecan” or “Piegan” (the meaning of which word is not known to the author), and “Ka–in–na,” or “Bloody–men,” which last are held to be the most fierce and formidable of the three.