7. O-he-nom-pas, or Two Kettles. Live principally about Fort Pierre; against whom it is said very few complaints have ever been made, they having always observed faithfully the stipulations of their treaties with the United States.
In the Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1875, there are twenty-one sub-bands of Dakotas enumerated, numbering, in the aggregate, 53,044. Of these, there are fourteen represented by portraits of their leading men, viz:
| Blackfeet, numbering at the present time about | 1,750 |
| Brulés, numbering at the present time about | 8,420 |
| Cut Heads, numbering at the present time about | 200 |
| Mdewakanton, numbering at the present time about | —— |
| Ogalallas, numbering at the present time about | 9,136 |
| Oncpapas | 2,100 |
| Sans Arc | 1,778 |
| Santee | 800 |
| Sisseton | 903 |
| Santee and Sisseton at Fort Peck | 1,000 |
| Two Kettles | 2,261 |
| Wahpeton | 1,300 |
| Yanktons | 2,500 |
| Yanktonais, Upper and Lower | 8,129 |
"The Sioux are included under twelve agencies, nine in Dakota, two in Montana, and one in Nebraska, at all of which, except at Fort Belknap, a beginning in Indian farming has been made in spite of all discouragements by reason of unsuitable location and the demoralizing influence of 'the hostiles.'"
The Ogalallas at Red Cloud agency, who have almost entirely abandoned the chase on account of scarcity of game, depend almost entirely upon the Government for their support. Their small beginnings in cultivating the soil came to naught through the grasshoppers. The Brulés at Spotted Tail agency have a thriving school with 75 pupils, and cultivated some lands. At the Upper Missouri agencies but little has been done beyond feeding the Indians who report to them for that purpose, their attempts at farming resulting in failures on account of the grasshopper pest. The Yanktons, Santees, Sissetons, Wahpetons, and other Sioux on the Lower Missouri and in Eastern Dakota have made more substantial progress in civilization, many of them having permanently discarded their Indian habits and dress, and live in houses, and are nearly self-supporting. The Santees in Nebraska especially have entirely renounced their old form of life; have churches and sabbath-schools, which are regularly attended. They have a monthly paper, printed in their native language, with an edition of 1,200 copies.
List of illustrations.
252. Pe-jí. Grass. (Front.)Blackfeet.
253. Pe-jí. Grass. (Profile.)Blackfeet.
254. Pe-jí. Grass. (Full-length.)Blackfeet.