PETIT CORBEAU, village of, 48, 49, 50 PICANEAUX, location and number of, 32 _See_ Piegan. PIEGAN INDIANS-- a tribe of the Blackfeet confederacy, 1, 25 camp of, described, 30-31 camp of, painted by Bodmer, 29 country occupied by, 27 population of, 31, 32 _See_ Picaneaux. PIKE, LIEUT. Z. M., exploring expedition of, 99, 155 PILLAGERS, gathering place of, 15 PIPES-- ceremonial use of, 172 from Omaha cache, 83 of peace, smoking of, 61 PIPESTONE QUARRY, tribes ranging near, 77 PIS-KA-KAU-A-KIS, a band of Cree, 18 PITAHAUERAT, a tribe of the Pawnee confederacy, 2 "PLATTE PURCHASE," Iowa living in, 114 PLATTE RIVER, Oto village on, 116 PONCA INDIANS-- a tribe of the Dhegiha group, 2, 77 habitations of, 87-88 migration of, 77 separation of, from the Omaha, 87 POPULATION-- of Arikara villages, 170 of Assiniboin, 76 of Atsina or Fall Indians, 32 of Cheyenne, 24 of Cree, 19 of Crow, 19 of Kansa, 89, 93 of Mandan, 139 of Minnetaree villages, 126 of Osage, 104 of Piegan, 31 of Sarsees, 32 of village of Sotoüis, 110 of Waco, 182 of Wichita, 182 of Yankton, 56 PORCUPINE CREEK, village on, 22 POTTERY-- Arikara, 174 fragments of, in Ozark caves, 107 fragments of, on village site, 46 of the Mandan, 137-138 of the Quapaw, 112 _See_ Earthenware. POUNDS, BUFFALO, 5-6, 26 QUAPAW-- a tribe of the Dhegiha group, 2, 77 country occupied by, 108 decrease in population of, 111 meaning of the name, 108 migration of, 77, 112 remnants of, 111 QUIVIRA, reached by Coronado, 179 RADIN, PAUL, list of Winnebago structures given by, 122 RAKES, made by Arikara, 177 RAYNOLDS EXPLORING PARTY, sacred structure discovered by, 63 RED CLOUD, an Oglala chief, 70, 71 RED RIVER, structures in valley of, 9, 12 RED WING, MINN., origin of the name, 47 RED WING, village of-- described by Schoolcraft, 49 described by Seymour, 50 REES, warfare of, with Sioux, 70 REPUBLICAN PAWNEE-- described by Irving, 161 visited by Long expedition, 159 _See_ Kitkehahki. REQUA, W. C., Osage described by, 104 RINGS-- of earth, 21, 28, 30 of stone, 20, 21 ROCKY MOUNTAIN FORT, Assiniboin camp near, 77 ROOPTAHEE, a Mandan winter village, 125, 134 ROTUNDAS OF THE CHEROKEE, 118 RUNNING-WATER RIVER, early name of the Niobrara, 88 RUSH MATS-- for seats and sleeping places, 11 method of making, 41 used for covering dwellings, 10 SACRED DANCE-- for benefit of sick, 82 of the Dakotas, 55 SACRED ISLAND IN MILLE LAC, described, 46 ST. JOSEPH, a trading post, 184 ST. PAUL, former Indian village near, 38 ST. PETERS RIVER, exploration of, 47 SALT, making of, by Indians, 42, 174 SANDY CREEK, Oto encampment on, 120 SANS ARCS, a Teton band, 2 _See_ Itazipcho.