Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico - Part 31
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_Upper Yanktonnais_, most are on Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota; _Lower Yanktonnais_, most are on Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota, some are on Standing Rock Reservation, and some on Fort Peck Reservation, Montana.

(F) Teton (Ti-ton-wan); some on Fort Peck Reservation, Montana.

(a) _Brule_ (Si-tcan'-xu); some are on Standing Rock Reservation.

Most of the _Upper Brule_ (Highland Sitcanxu) are on Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota. Most of the _Lower Brule_ (Lowland Sitcanxu) are on Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota.

(b) _Sans Arcs_ (I-ta'-zip-tco', Without Bows).

Most are on Cheyenne Reservation, South Dakota; some on Standing Rock Reservation.

(c) _Blackfeet_ (Si-ha'sa'-pa).

Most are on Cheyenne Reservation; some on Standing Rock Reservation.

(d) _Minneconjou_ (Mi'-ni-ko'-o-ju).

Most are on Cheyenne Reservation, some are on Rosebud Reservation, and some on Standing Rock Reservation.

(e) _Two Kettles_ (O-o'-he-non'-pa, Two Boilings), on Cheyenne Reservation.

(f) _Ogalalla_ (O-gla'-la). Most on Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; some on Standing Rock Reservation. _Wa-za-za_ (Wa-ja-ja, Wa-zha-zha), a gens of the Oglala (Pine Ridge Reservation); _Loafers_ (Wa-glu-xe, In-breeders), a gens of the Oglala; most on Pine Ridge Reservation; some on Rosebud Reservation.

(g) _Uncpapa_ (1862-'63), _Uncapapa_ (1880-'81), (Hun'-kpa-pa), on Standing Rock Reservation.

II. _a.s.sinaboin_ (Hohe, Dakota name); most in British North America; some on Fort Peck Reservation, Montana.

III. _Omaha_ (U-man'-han), 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: [K] and [S] represent inverted K and S]

V. _Kaw_ ([K]an'-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-?su-?in, Dwellers in a Highland Grove), Osage Reservation, Indian Territory.

VII. _Quapaw_ (U-?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-san'); 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

Yankton: On Yankton Reservation, South Dakota 1,725 At Devil's Lake Agency 123 On Fort Peck Reservation, Montana 1,121 A few on Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota 10 A few on Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota 10 ----- 2,989 Yanktonnais: Upper Yanktonnais on Standing Rock Reservation 1,786 Lower Yanktonnais on Crow Creek Reservation 1,058 At Standing Rock Agency 1,739 ----- 4,583 Teton: Brule, Upper Brule on Rosebud Reservation 3,245 On Devil's Lake Reservation 2 Lower Brule at Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agency 1,026 Minneconjou (mostly) and Two Kettle, on Cheyenne River Reserve 2,823 Blackfeet on Standing Rock Reservation 545 Two Kettle on Rosebud Reservation 315 Oglala on Pine Ridge Reservation 4,552 Wajaja (Oglala gens) on Rosebud Reservation 1,825 Wagluxe (Oglala gens) on Rosebud Reservation 1,353 Uncapapa, on Standing Rock Reservation 571 Dakota at Carlisle, Lawrence, and Hampton schools 169 ----- 16,426 Dakota in British North America (tribes not stated): On Bird Tail Sioux Reserve, Birtle Agency, Northwest Territory 108 On Oak River Sioux Reserve, Birtle Agency 276 On Oak Lake Sioux Reserve, Birtle Agency 55 On Turtle Mountain Sioux Reserve, Birtle Agency 34 On Standing Buffalo Reserve, under Northwest Territory 184 Muscowpetung's Agency: White Cap Dakota (Moose Woods Reservation) 105 American Sioux (no reserve) 95 ----- 857 a.s.sinaboin: On Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana 952 On Fort Peck Reservation, Montana 719 At Devil's Lake Agency 2 The following are in British North America: Pheasant Rump's band, at Moose Mountain (of whom 6 at Missouri and 4 at Turtle Mountain) 69 Ocean Man's band, at Moose Mountain (of whom 4 at Missouri) 68 The-man-who-took-the-coat's band, at Indian Head (of whom 5 are at Milk River) 248 Bear's Head band, Battleford Agency 227 Chee-pooste-quahn band, at Wolf Creek, Peace Hills Agency 128 Bear's Paw band, at Morleyville 236 Chiniquy band, Reserve, at Sarcee Agency 134 Jacob's band 227 ----- 3,008 Omaha: Omaha and Winnebago Agency, Nebraska 1,158 At Carlisle School, Pennsylvania 19 At Hampton School, Virginia 10 At Lawrence School, Kansas 10 ----- 1,197 Ponka: In Nebraska (under the Santee agent) 217 In Indian Territory (under the Ponka agent) 605 At Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1 At Lawrence, Kansas 24 ----- 847 Osage: At Osage Agency, Indian Territory 1,509 At Carlisle, Pennsylvania 7 At Lawrence, Kansas 65 ----- 1,581 Kansa or Kaw: At Osage Agency, Indian Territory 198 At Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1 At Lawrence, Kansas 15 ----- 214 Quapaw: On Quapaw Reserve, Indian Territory 154 On Osage Reserve, Indian Territory 71 At Carlisle, Pennsylvania 3 At Lawrence, Kansas 4 ----- 232 Iowa: On Great Nemaha Reservation, Kansas 165 On Sac and Fox Reservation, Oklahoma 102 At Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1 At Lawrence, Kansas 5 ----- 273

Oto and Missouri, in Indian Territory 358

Winnebago: In Nebraska 1,215 In Wisconsin (1889) 930 At Carlisle, Pennsylvania 27 At Lawrence, Kansas 2 At Hampton, Virginia 10 ----- 2,184 Mandan: On Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota 251 At Hampton, Virginia 1 ----- 252

Hidatsa, on Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota 522

Crow, on Crow Reservation, Montana 2,287

Tutelo, about a dozen mixed bloods on Grand River Reserve, Ontario, Canada, and a few more near Montreal (?), say, about 20

Biloxi: In Louisiana, about 25 At Atoka, Indian Territory 1 ----- 26 Catawba: In York County, South Carolina, about 80 Scattered through North Carolina, about 40?

----- 120?

SKITTAGETAN FAMILY.

> Skittagets, Gallatin in Trans. and Coll. Am. Eth. Soc., II, pt. 1, c, 1848 (the equivalent of his Queen Charlotte's Island group, p. 77).

> Skittagetts, Berghaus, Physik. Atlas, map 17, 1852.

> Skidegattz, Gallatin in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, III, 403, 1853 (obvious typographical error; Queen Charlotte Island).

X Haidah, Scouler in Jour. Roy. Geog. Soc. Lond., XI, 224, 1841 (same as his Northern family; see below).

= Haidah, Latham, Nat. Hist. Man, 300, 1850 (Skittegats, Ma.s.sets, k.u.mshahas, Kyganie). Latham in Trans. Philolog. Soc. Lond., 72, 1856 (includes Skittigats, Ma.s.setts, k.u.mshahas, and Kyganie of Queen Charlotte's Ids. and Prince of Wales Archipelago). Latham, Opuscula, 339, 1860. Buschmann, Spuren der aztek. Sprache, 673, 1859. Latham, El. Comp. Phil., 401, 1862 (as in 1856). Dall in Proc. Am. a.s.s'n. 269, 1869 (Queen Charlotte's Ids. and southern part of Alexander Archipelago). Bancroft, Nat. Races, III, 564, 604, 1882.

> Hai-dai, Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, V, 489, 1855. Kane, Wanderings of an Artist, app., 1859, (Work's census, 1836-'41, of northwest coast tribes, cla.s.sified by language).

= Haida, Gibbs in Cont. N.A. Eth., I, 135, 1877. Tolmie and Dawson, Comp. Vocabs., 15, 1884 (vocabs. of Kaigani Sept, Ma.s.set, Skidegate, k.u.mshiwa dialects; also map showing distribution). Dall in Proc. Am.

a.s.s'n, 375, 1885 (mere mention of family).

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