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Teton U.S.|ˈtiːtən|
[ad. Dakota thí + hųwą, dwellers on the prairie.]
a. (A member of) a Western division of the Dakota or Sioux Indian people. Also attrib.
1806Message from President of U.S., communicating Discoveries made in exploring the Missouri by Captains Lewis & Clark 32 This trade, as small as it may appear, has been sufficient to render the Tetones independent of the trade of the Missouri. 1840N.Y. Mirror 4 July 12/3 His household was the whole tribe of the Teton Dahcotas. 1873Forest & Stream 9 Oct. 133/1 For several hours we followed on the trail of the Tetons. 1937R. H. Lowie Hist. Ethnol. Theory ix. 133 Boas has trained Miss Ella Delovia to take down Teton stories among her people. 1975J. A. Hanson Metal Weapons, Tools, & Ornaments of Teton Dakota Indians i. 3 The Tetons, who spoke Lakota, took their name from the term Titonwan, ‘Dwellers of the Prairie’.
b. The dialect spoken by this people.
1911F. Boas Handbk. Amer. Indian Lang. (U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 40) 880 We give here the description of the Teton as obtained by Dr. Swanton. 1933[see Dakota n. 2]. 1976W. L. Chafe in T. A. Sebeok Native Lang. Americas I. 542 There are usually said to be four major Dakota dialects: Santee (Dakota proper), Teton (Lakota), and Yankton and Assiniboine. |