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¢in(11) ("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
Schoolcraft(12)) twenty-one bands, all west of the Mississippi, viz.:
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