We tell her the storm is howling--it will be dark before she reaches home--the wind blows keenly across the open prairie--she had better lie down on the carpet before the fire and sleep.

She points to the walls of the fort--she does not speak; but her action says, "It cannot be; the Sioux woman cannot sleep beneath the roof of her enemies." She is gone--God help the Sioux woman! the widow and the childless.

God help her, I say, for other hope or help has she none.
GODS OF THE DAHCOTAHS.
First in order of the gods of the Dahcotahs, comes the Great Spirit.

He is the creator of all things, excepting thunder and wild rice.
Then there is, Wakinyan, or Man of the West.
Wehiyayanpa-micaxta, Man of the East.
Wazza, Man of the North.
Itokaga-micaxta, Man of the South.
Onkteri, or Unktahe, God of the Waters.
Hayoka, or Haoka, the antinatural god.
Takuakanxkan, god of motion.
Canotidan, Little Dweller in Woods.

This god is said to live in a forest, in a hollow tree.
Witkokaga, the Befooler, that is, the god who deceives or fools animals so that they can be easily taken.
[Illustration] DAHCOTAH; OR, THE LEGENDS OF THE SIOUX.
MOCK-PE-EN-DAG-A-WIN: OR, CHECKERED CLOUD, THE MEDICINE WOMAN.