Villages and forms of structures 7 Algonquian tribes 8 Ojibway 8 Cree 17 Cheyenne 21 Blackfoot confederacy 25 Arapaho 33 Sauk and Foxes 37 Illinois 41 Siouan tribes 43 Dakota-Assiniboin group 44 Mdewakanton 45 Wahpeton 52 Yanktonai 54 Yankton 57 Teton 59 Oglala 63 Assiniboin 71 Dhegiha group 77 Omaha 77 Ponca 87 Kansa 89 Osage 98 Quapaw 108 Chiwere group 112 Iowa 113 Oto 114 Missouri 121 Winnebago 122 Mandan 122 Hidatsa group 140 Hidatsa 141 Crows 150 Caddoan tribes 155 Pawnee 155 Arikara 167 Wichita 179 Waco 181 Caddo 182 Conclusion 184 Authorities cited 186 Synonymy 193 Explanation of plates 194 Index 203 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES Page 1. Drying buffalo meat. Griset Frontispiece. 2. "A buffalo hunt on the southwestern prairies." Stanley 4 3. "Buffalo hunt." Wimar 4 4. "Buffalo hunting on the frozen snow." Rindisbacher 4 5. _a_, "A buffalo pound." Kane. _b_, Scene in a Sioux village, about 1870 4 6. _a_, Camp of "Sautaux Indians on the Red River." _b_, Ojibway wigwam at Leech Lake, Minnesota 10