The Ghost-dance religion and the Sioux outbreak of 1890 : $b Fourteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, part 2.Mooney, James
Religion
The Ghost-dance religion and the Sioux outbreak of 1890 : $b Fourteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, part 2.
Mooney, James
Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1890-1891; Ghost dance
+Kutenai+ (Kitunahan stock).—_Synonyms_: Arcs Plats, Cotonné, Cottonoi,
Coutanie, Flatbow, Kitunaha, Kootenai, Koutaine, Kutneha, Skalzi,
Tushepaw (Lewis and Clark, 1805), White-tailed Deer People (Clark,
Indian Sign Language). The Kutenai, properly Kituna′qa, form a distinct
linguistic stock, and live chiefly on the Canadian side, around Kutenai
river and lake, but extend across the line into northern Idaho and
northwestern Montana. Their extension southward dates from their treaty
of peace with the Flatheads about ninety years ago. In company with the
Flatheads they were accustomed formerly to come down from the mountains
in the fall to hunt the buffalo on the headwaters of the Missouri. They
are mentioned by Lewis and Clark in 1805 under the name of Tushepaw,
with bands distinguished as Ootlashoot, Micksucksealton (?), and
Hohilpo living in the mountains and on Clark’s fork within United
States territory. According to Gatschet, Tu′shipa is a collective term
applied by the Shoshoni to the tribes living north of them, including
the Nez Percés and others, as well as the Kutenai. A part of the
Kutenai joined with the Flatheads and Upper Pend d’Oreilles in a treaty
with the government in 1855 and are now on Flathead (Jocko) reservation
in Montana. They are probably all Catholics. Others, living in northern
Idaho, have never entered into treaty relations, and may be followers
of Smohalla. The best estimates for the last fifty years give those
within the United States a population of from 400 to 450.
+Pend d’Oreille+ (Salishan stock).—_Synonyms_: Calispel, Coospellar
(Lewis and Clark), Kahlispelm, Kalispelines, Kalispelusses, Kellespem,
Kullas-Palus, Ku′shpĕlu (a Yakima or Pälus form), Papshpûn-ʿlĕma
or “people of the great fir trees” (Yakima name), Pend d’Oreilles
or “ear-rings” (French name), Ponderas. The Pend d’Oreilles held
the country along the river and lake of the same name, in Idaho and
Washington, immediately southwest of the Kutenai. They are commonly
distinguished as Upper, on the lake, and Lower, on both banks of the
river. They are the Coospellar mentioned by Lewis and Clark in 1805.
They formerly crossed the mountains annually to hunt buffalo on the
Missouri. Since 1844 they and most of the other Salishan tribes of
this region have been under the influence of Catholic missionaries.
The Upper Pend d’Oreilles joined with the Flatheads and Kutenai in a
treaty with the government in 1855, and are now on Flathead reservation
in Montana. Some of the Lower band joined them there in 1887. Others
are on the Cœur d’Alêne reservation in Idaho, a few are with Moses on
the Columbia in Washington, and the rest are still in their original
country, never having entered into treaty stipulations. The whole tribe
numbers about 1,000 souls.
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