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 Clark(15)) 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 refer to a traditional buffalo pannch connected with the
division of the group, though supposed by some to refer to
"willows"); formerly called Minitari ("Cross the water," or,
objectionally, Gros Ventres); on Fort Berthold reservation, North
Dakota, comprising in 1796 (according to information gained by
Matthews(16)) three villages—
a. Hidatsa.
b. Amatìlia ("Earth-lodge [village]"?).
c. Amaliami ("Mountain-country [people]"?).
B. Crow or Ab-sa´-ru-ke, on the Crow reservation, Montana.
7. _Biloxi_
A. Biloxi ("Trifling" or "Worthless" in Choctaw) or Ta-neks´ Han-ya-di´
("Original people" in their own language); partly in Rapides parish,
Louisiana; partly in Indian Territory, with the Choctaw and Caddo.
B. Paskagula ("Bread people" in Choctaw), probably extinct.
C. ?Moctobi (meaning unknown), extinct.
D. ?Chozetta (meaning unknown), extinct.
8. _Monakan_
Monakan confederacy.
A. Monakan ("Country [people of?]"), ? extinct.
B. Meipontsky (meaning unknown), extinct.
C. ?Mahoc (meaning unknown), extinct.
D. Nuntaneuck or Nuntaly (meaning unknown), extinct.
E. Mohetan ("People of the earth"?), extinct.
Tutelo.
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