Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 242 pages of information about Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico.

Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 242 pages of information about Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico.

III. Omaha (U-ma[n]’-ha[n]), on Omaha Reservation, Nebraska.

IV. Ponca (formerly Ponka on maps; Ponka); 605 on Ponca Reservation,
  Indian Territory; 217 at Santee Agency, Nebraska.

  [Transcriber’s Note: 
  In the following, [K] and [S] represent inverted K and S]

V. Kaw ([K]a[n]’-ze; the Kansa Indians); on the Kansas Reservation,
  Indian Territory.

VI. Osage; Big Osage (Pa-he’-tsi, Those on a Mountain); Little
  Osage
(Those at the foot of the Mountain); Arkansas Band
  ([S]an-[t]su-[k]ci[n] [San-tsu-kcin], Dwellers in a Highland Grove),
  Osage Reservation, Indian Territory.

VII. Quapaw (U-[k]a’-qpa; Kwapa).  A few are on the Quapaw Reserve, but
  about 200 are on the Osage Reserve, Oklahoma. (They are the Arkansa
  of early times.)

VIII. Iowa, on Great Nemaha Reserve, Kansas and Nebraska, and 86 on
  Sac and Fox Reserve, Indian Territory.

IX. Otoe (Wa-to’-qta-ta), on Otoe Reserve, Indian Territory.

X. Missouri or Missouria (Ni-u’-t’a-tci), on Otoe Reserve.

XI. Winnebago (Ho-tcan’-ga-ra); most in Nebraska, on their reserve: 
  some are in Wisconsin; some in Michigan, according to Dr. Reynolds.

XII. Mandan, on Fort Berthold Reserve, North Dakota.

XIII. Gros Ventres (a misleading name; syn. Minnetaree; Hi-da’-tsa);
  on the same reserve.

XIV. Crow (Absaruqe, Aubsaroke, etc.), Crow Reserve, Montana.

XV. Tutelo (Ye-sa[n]’); among the Six Nations, Grand River Reserve,
  Province of Ontario, Canada.

XVI. Biloxi (Ta’-neks ha’-ya), part on the Red River, at Avoyelles,
  Louisiana; part in Indian Territory, among the Choctaw and Caddo.

XVII. Catawba.

XVIII. Woccon.

Population.—­The present number of the Siouan family is about 43,400, of whom about 2,204 are in British North America, the rest being in the United States.  Below is given the population of the tribes officially recognized, compiled chiefly from the Canadian Indian Report for 1888, the United States Indian Commissioner’s Report for 1889, and the United States Census Bulletin for 1890: 

  Dakota: 
    Mdewakantonwan and Wahpekute (Santee) on Santee Reserve,
      Nebraska 869
    At Flandreau, Dakota 292
    Santee at Devil’s Lake Agency 54
    Sisseton and Wahpeton on Sisseton Reserve, South Dakota 1,522
    Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cuthead (Yanktonnais)
      at Devil’s Lake Reservation 857

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