Siouan Indians. William John McGee

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C. Kwapa, Quapaw, or U-ʞa´-qpa ("Downstream people," a correlative of U-man´-han), the "Arkansa" of early writers, mostly on Osage reservation, Oklahoma, partly on Quapaw reservation, Indian Territory. D. (D) Osage or Wa-ca´-ce ("People"), comprising—a.Big Osage or Pa-he´-tsi ("Campers on the mountain"), on Osage reservation, Indian Territory.b.Little Osage or U-ʇsĕɥ´-ta ("Campers on the lowland,") on Osage reservation, Indian Territory.c.San-ʇsu´-ʞ¢in11 ("Campers in the highland grove") or "Arkansa band," chiefly on Osage reservation, Indian Territory. E. Kansa or Kan´-ze (refers to winds, though precise significance is unknown; frequently called Kaw), on Kansas reservation, Indian Territory.

      3. ʇɔiwe´re ("People of this place")

A. Iowa or Pá-qo-tce ("Dusty-heads"), chiefly on Great Nemaha reservation, Kansas and Nebraska, partly on Sac and Fox reservation, Indian Territory.
B. Oto or Wa-to´-ta ("Aphrodisian"), on Otoe reservation, Indian Territory.
C. Missouri or Ni-u´-t'a-tci (exact meaning uncertain; said to refer to drowning of people in a stream; possibly a corruption of Ni-shu´-dje, "Smoky water," the name of Missouri river); on Otoe reservation, Indian Territory.

      4. Winnebago

      Winnebago (Algonquian designation, meaning "Turbid water people"?) or Ho-tcañ-ga-ra ("People of the parent speech"), mostly on Winnebago reservation in Nebraska, some in Wisconsin, and a few in Michigan; composition never definitely ascertained; comprised in 1850 (according to Schoolcraft12) twenty-one bands, all west of the Mississippi, viz.:

a. Little Mills' band.
b. Little Dekonie's band.
c. Maw-kuh-soonch-kaw's band.
d. Ho-pee-kaw's band.
e. Waw-kon-haw-kaw's band.
f. Baptiste's band.
g. Wee-noo-shik's band.
h. Con-a-ha-ta-kaw's band.
i. Paw-sed-ech-kaw's band.
j. Taw-nu-nuk's band.
k. Ah-hoo-zeeb-kaw's band.
l. Is-chaw-go-baw-kaw's band.
m. Watch-ha-ta-kaw's band.
n. Waw-maw-noo-kaw-kaw's band.
o. Waw-kon-chaw-zu-kaw's band.
p. Good Thunder's band.
q. Koog-ay-ray-kaw's band.
r. Black Hawk's band.
s. Little Thunder's band.
t. Naw-key-ku-kaw's band.
u. O-chin-chin-nu-kaw's band.

      5. Mandan

      Mandan (their own name is questionable; Catlin says they called themselves See-pohs-kah-nu-mah-kah-kee, "People of the pheasants;"13 Prince Maximilian says they called themselves Numangkake, "Men," adding usually the name of their village, and that another name is Mahna-Narra, "The Sulky [Ones]," applied because they separated from the rest of their nation;14 of the latter name their common appellation seems to be a corruption); on Fort Berthold reservation, North Dakota, comprising in 1804 (according to Lewis and Clark15) three villages—

a. Matootonha.
b. Rooptahee.
c. __________(Eapanopa's village).

      6. Hidatsa

A. Hidatsa (their own name, the meaning of which is uncertain, but appears to refer to a traditional buffalo pannch connected with the division of the group, though supposed by some to refer to "willows"); formerly called Minitari ("Cross the water," or, objectionally, Gros Ventres); on Fort Berthold reservation, North Dakota, comprising in 1796 (according to information gained by Matthews16) three villages—a.Hidatsa.b.Amatìlia ("Earth-lodge [village]"?).c.Amaliami ("Mountain-country [people]"?).
B. Crow or Ab-sa´-ru-ke, on the Crow reservation, Montana.

      7. Biloxi

A. Biloxi ("Trifling" or "Worthless" in Choctaw) or Ta-neks´ Han-ya-di´ ("Original people" in their own language); partly in Rapides parish, Louisiana; partly in Indian Territory, with the Choctaw and Caddo.
B. Paskagula ("Bread people" in Choctaw), probably extinct.
C. ?Moctobi (meaning unknown), extinct.
D. ?Chozetta (meaning unknown), extinct.

      8. Monakan

      Monakan confederacy.

A. Monakan ("Country [people of?]"), ? extinct.
B. Meipontsky (meaning unknown), extinct.
C. ?Mahoc (meaning unknown), extinct.
D. Nuntaneuck or Nuntaly (meaning unknown), extinct.
E. Mohetan ("People of the earth"?), extinct.

      Tutelo.

A. Tutelo or Ye-san´ (meaning unknown), probably extinct.
B. Saponi (meaning unknown), probably extinct. (According to Mooney, the Tutelo and Saponi tribes were intimately connected or identical, and the names were used interchangeably, the former becoming more prominent after the removal of the tribal remnant from the Carolinas to New York.17)
C. Occanichi (meaning unknown),
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