III. Omaha (U-ma[n]’-ha[n]), on Omaha Reservation, Nebraska.
IV. Ponca (formerly Ponka on maps; Ponka);
605 on Ponca Reservation,
Indian Territory; 217 at Santee Agency,
Nebraska.
[Transcriber’s Note:
In the following, [K] and [S] represent
inverted K and S]
V. Kaw ([K]a[n]’-ze; the Kansa Indians);
on the Kansas Reservation,
Indian Territory.
VI. Osage; Big Osage (Pa-he’-tsi,
Those on a Mountain); Little
Osage (Those at the foot of the Mountain);
Arkansas Band
([S]an-[t]su-[k]ci[n] [San-tsu-kcin],
Dwellers in a Highland Grove),
Osage Reservation, Indian Territory.
VII. Quapaw (U-[k]a’-qpa; Kwapa).
A few are on the Quapaw Reserve, but
about 200 are on the Osage Reserve, Oklahoma.
(They are the Arkansa
of early times.)
VIII. Iowa, on Great Nemaha Reserve, Kansas
and Nebraska, and 86 on
Sac and Fox Reserve, Indian Territory.
IX. Otoe (Wa-to’-qta-ta), on Otoe Reserve, Indian Territory.
X. Missouri or Missouria (Ni-u’-t’a-tci), on Otoe Reserve.
XI. Winnebago (Ho-tcan’-ga-ra); most
in Nebraska, on their reserve:
some are in Wisconsin; some in Michigan,
according to Dr. Reynolds.
XII. Mandan, on Fort Berthold Reserve, North Dakota.
XIII. Gros Ventres (a misleading name; syn.
Minnetaree; Hi-da’-tsa);
on the same reserve.
XIV. Crow (Absaruqe, Aubsaroke, etc.), Crow Reserve, Montana.
XV. Tutelo (Ye-sa[n]’); among the Six
Nations, Grand River Reserve,
Province of Ontario, Canada.
XVI. Biloxi (Ta’-neks ha’-ya),
part on the Red River, at Avoyelles,
Louisiana; part in Indian Territory, among
the Choctaw and Caddo.
XVII. Catawba.
XVIII. Woccon.
Population.—The present number of the Siouan family is about 43,400, of whom about 2,204 are in British North America, the rest being in the United States. Below is given the population of the tribes officially recognized, compiled chiefly from the Canadian Indian Report for 1888, the United States Indian Commissioner’s Report for 1889, and the United States Census Bulletin for 1890:
Dakota:
Mdewakantonwan and Wahpekute
(Santee) on Santee Reserve,
Nebraska
869
At Flandreau, Dakota
292
Santee at Devil’s Lake
Agency 54
Sisseton and Wahpeton on Sisseton
Reserve, South Dakota 1,522
Sisseton, Wahpeton, and Cuthead
(Yanktonnais)
at Devil’s
Lake Reservation
857