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Arapaho

The Arapaho ranged for a considerable period over the western part of this State. (See Wyoming.) Arikara. This tribe lived in the territory now included in Nebraska with the Skidi Pawnee at some prehistoric period, and after 1823 they returned to the same tribe for 2 years. (See North Dakota.)

Cheyenne

Like the Arapaho, the Cheyenne ranged to some extent over the western territories of the State. (See South Dakota.)

Comanche

At an early day the Comanche must have lived in or near the western part of Nebraska, before moving south. (See Texas.)

Dakota

The Dakota had few settlements of any permanency in the territory of Nebraska but they were constantly raiding into and across it from the north. (See South Dakota.)

Foxes

The Foxes were parties to a land cession made in 1830. (See Wisconsin.)

Iowa

When the Omaha lived about the Pipestone Quarry in Minnesota, they were accompanied by the Iowa, who afterward went with them to South Dakota and thence to Nebraska. They, however, continued southeast into the territory of the present State of Iowa.

Kansas

They were parties to a cession of Nebraska land made in 1825. (See Kansas.)

Kiowa

The Kiowa were at one time on the western margin of Nebraska and later followed the Comanche south. (See Oklahoma.)

Missouri

After they had been driven from Missouri by the Sauk and Fox, the remnant of this tribe lived for a while in villages south of Platte River. (See Missouri.)

Omaha

Meaning "those going against the wind or current"; sometimes shortened to Maha. See Omaha Location

Oto

From Wat'ota, meaning "lechers." It often appears in a lengthened form such as Hoctatas or Octoctatas. See Oto Location

Pawnee

The name is derived by some from the native word pariki, "a horn," a term said to be used to designate their peculiar manner of dressing the scalp lock; but Lesser and Weltfish (1932) consider it more likely that it is from parisu, "hunter," as claimed by themselves. They were also called Padani and Panana by various tribes. See Pawnee Location

Ponca

Own name, meaning unknown.

Also called:
   Díhit, Li-hit' or Ríhit, Pawnee name.
   Kan'kan, Winnebago name.
   Tchiáχsokush, Caddo name.

Connections. The Ponca spoke practically the same language as the Omaha and formed with them, the Osage, Kansa, and Quapaw, the Dhegiha group of the Siouan linguistic family.

Location. On the right bank of the Missouri at the mouth of the Niobrara. (See also Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.)

History. The early life of the Ponca seems to have run parallel with that of the Omaha. They are said to have separated from the latter at the mouth of White River, S. Dak., and to have moved west into the Black Hills but to have rejoined the Omaha a little later. These two tribes and the Iowa then descended the Missouri together as far as the mouth of the Niobrara, where the Ponca remained while the Omaha established themselves below on Bow Creek. They remained in approximately the same situation until 1877 when the larger part of them were forcibly removed to Indian Territory. This action was the occasion for a special investigation, as a result of which about three-quarters continued in the Territory while the remainder preferred to remain in their old country. Their lands have now been allotted to them in severalty.

Population. Mooney (1928) gives 800, as the probable size of the Ponca tribe in 1780. In 1804 Lewis and Clark estimate only 200 but they had been greatly reduced just before by smallpox. In 1829 they had increased to 600 and in 1842 to about 800. In 1871 they numbered 747. In 1906 the Ponca in Oklahoma numbered 570 and those in Nebraska 263; total, 833. The census of 1910 gave 875 in all, including 619 in Oklahoma and 193 in Kansas. The Report of the United States Indian Office for 1923 was 1,381, evidently including other tribes. The census of 1930 returned 939. In 1937 the United States Indian Office gave 825 in Oklahoma and 397 in Nebraska.

Connection in which they have become noted. The name Ponca is preserved by a river in South Dakota, Ponca City in Kay County, Okla., and places in Newton County, Ark., and Dixon County, Nebr.

Sauk

Like the Foxes, they were parties to the land cession of 1830 involving territories in the State. (See Wisconsin)

Winnebago

Part of the Winnebago settled close to the Omaha after they had been driven from Minnesota following the Dakota outbreak of 1862. A reservation was later assigned them there and in course of time they were allotted land in severalty upon it. (See Wisconsin)

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Notes About the Book:

Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton, 1953, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 145, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.

Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual output.

 

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