THE WINDS AS WAKANTAS.
§ 74. An Iowa told Mr. Hamilton that Tatce, or Wind, was one of the seven great gods of his tribe. Another told him that he had made offerings to the South Wind, who was considered a beneficent Wakanta. But the North-east Wind was a maleficent one.
Judging from some of the Winnebago personal names, it is probable that the winds were regarded as powers by that people.