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McGee, W. J. (William John), 1853-1912

"The Siouan Indians"

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7, U.S. Geol. and Geog. Survey, 1877, p. 38.
17 Siouan Tribes of the East, p. 37. Local names derived from the
Saponi dialect were recognized and interpreted by a Kwapa when
pronounced by Dorsey.
18 The leading culture stages are defined in the Thirteenth Annual
Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, for 1891-92 (1896), p. xxiii et
seq.
19 Cf. Schoolcraft, "Information," etc, op. cit., pt. II, 1852, p. 169.
Dorsey was inclined to consider the number as made up without the
Asiniboin.
20 Riggs-Dorsey: "Dakota Grammar,Texts, and Ethnography," Cont. N.A.
Eth., vol. IX, 1893, p. 164.
21 Catlin: "Letters and Notes," op. cit., p. 80.
22 Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America in the Years
1766, 1767, and 1768; London, 1778, p. 418.
23 Op.cit., p.278.
24 Op. cit., p. 445. Carver says, "The dogs employed by the Indians in
hunting appear to be all of the same species; they carry their ears
erect, and greatly resemble a wolf about the head. They are
exceedingly useful to them in their hunting excursions and will
attack the fiercest of the game they are in pursuit of. They are
also remarkable for their fidelity to their masters, but being ill
fed by them are very troublesome in their huts or tents."
25 "Coues, "History of the Expedition," op. cit., vol. I, p. 140. A
note adds, "The dogs are not large, much resemble a wolf, and will
haul about 70 pounds each.


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