While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Many tribes have sub-tribes, bands, gens,
clans and phratry. Often very little
information is known or they no longer
exist. We have included them here to
provide more information about the tribes.
Detsanayuka (Detsanayuka, bad campers). A division of
the
Comanche, formerly called Nokoni (wanderers), but on the death of a chief
bearing the latter name their designation was changed. In 1847 they were said to
number 1,750, in 250 lodges, evidently a gross exaggeration; in 1869 their
number was 312, and in 1872 they were reported at 250. Their present population
is unknown, as no official ac count is now taken of the various Comanche
divisions. (J. M.)
Ditsakana (Ditsä′kŭna,
'sewers'). A Comanche division, the name of which was formerly Widyu ('awl'),
but on the death of a chief bearing the same name it was changed to Ditsakana.
They were also popularly known as Yamparika, from their habit of eating yampa
root. They were estimated to number 356 in 1869, and 200 in 1872, but their
present population is unknown, as the Comanche divisions are not officially
recognized. (J. M.)
Guagejohe. Given as one of the Comanche divisions,
living about 1857 on the plains N. of Texas. Possibly a misprint Spanish form of
Kwahari, q. v.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
