Asiuiboin ("Cook-with-stones people" in Algonquian), commonly called Nakota among themselves, and called Hohe ("Rebels") by the Dakota; an offshoot from the Yanktonnai; not studied in detail during recent years; partly on Fort Peck reservation, Montana, mostly in Canada; comprising in 1833 (according to Prince Maximilian)8—
| A. | Itscheabiné ("Les gens des filles"=Girl people?). |
| B. | Jatonabinè ("Les gens des roches"=Stone people); apparently the leading band. |
| C. | Otopachguato ("Les gens du large"=Roamers?). |
| D. | Otaopabinè ("Les gens des canots"=Canoe people?). |
| E. | Tschantoga ("Les gens des bois"=Forest people). |
| F. | Watópachnato ("Les gens de l'age"=Ancient people?). |
| G. | Tanintauei ("Les gens des osayes"=Bone people). |
| H. | Chábin ("Les gens des montagnes"=Mountain people). |
2. ¢egiha ("People Dwelling here")9
| A. | Omaha or U-man-han ("Upstream people"), located on Omaha reservation, Nebraska, comprising in 1819 (according to James)10—a.Honga-sha-no tribe, including—1.Wase-ish-ta band.2.Enk-ka-sa-ba band.3.Wa-sa-ba-eta-je ("Those who do not touch bears") band.4.Ka-e-ta-je ("Those who do not touch turtles") band.5.Wa-jinga-e-ta-je band.6.Hun-guh band.7.Kon-za band.8.Ta-pa-taj-je band.b.Ish-ta-sun-da ("Gray eyes") tribe, including—1.Ta-pa-eta-je band.2.Mon-eka-goh-ha ("Earth makers") band.3.Ta-sin-da ("Bison tail") band.4.Ing-gera-je-da ("Red dung") band.5.Wash-a-tung band. |
| B. | Ponka ("Medicine"?), mostly on Ponca reservation, Indian Territory, partly at Santee agency, Nebraska. |
| 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
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