"Derivation: From a Choctaw word meaning 'man-eater.' Little is known of the tribe, the language of which forms the basis of the present family. The sole knowledge possessed by Gallatin was derived from a vocabulary and some scanty information furnished by Dr. John Sibley, who collected his material in the year 1805. Gallatin states that the tribe was reduced to 50 men. ... Mr. Gatschet collected some 2,000 words and a considerable body of text. His vocabulary differs considerably from the one furnished by Dr. Sibley and published by Gallatin. ... The above material seems to show that the Attacapa language is distinct from all others, except possibly the Chitimachan." _J. W. Powell, Seventh Annual Report, Bureau of Ethnology, page 57._ AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Aymaras. See PERU. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Aztecs. See below: MAYAS; also MEXICO: A. D. 1325-1502; and AZTEC AND MAYA PICTURE WRITING. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Bakairi. See below: CARIBS. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Balchitas. See below: PAMPAS TRIBES. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Bannacks. See below: SNOSHONEAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Barbudo. See above: ANDESIANS. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Baré. See below: GUCK OR COCO GROUP. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Baure. See above: ANDESIANS. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Beothukan Family. The Beothuk were a tribe, now extinct, which is believed to have occupied the whole of Newfoundland at the time of its discovery. What is known of the language of the Beothuk indicates no relationship to any other American tongue. _J. W. Powell, Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, page 57._ AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Biloxis. See below: SIOUAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Blackfeet, or Siksikas. See Note, Appendix E. "The tribe that wandered the furthest from the primitive home of the stock [the Algonquian] were the Blackfeet, or Sisika, which word has this signification. It is derived from their earlier habitat in the valley of the Red river of the north, where the soil was dark and blackened their moccasins. Their bands include the Blood or Kenai and the Piegan Indians. Half a century ago they were at the head of a confederacy which embraced these and also the Sarcee (Tinné) and the Atsina (Caddo) nations, and numbered about 30,000 souls. They have an interesting mythology and an unusual knowledge of the constellations." _D. G. Brinton, The American Race, page 79_. SEE above: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY; And, below: FLATHEADS. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Blood, or Kenai Indians. See above: BLACKFEET. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Botocudos. See below: TUPI.--GUARANI.--TUPUYAS. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Brulé: See below: SIOUAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Caddoan Family. See below: PAWNEE (CADDOAN) FAMILY;