Indian place-names : their origin, evolution, and meanings, collected in Kansas from the Siouan, Algonquian, Shoshonean, Caddoan, Iroquoian, and other tongues
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Authors
Rydjord, John, 1893-1994
Advisors
Issue Date
1968
Type
Book
Keywords
Indians of North America, Kansas
Citation
Rydjord J. (1968). Indian place-names : their origin evolution and meanings collected in kansas from the siouan algonquian shoshonean caddoan iroquoian and other tongues ([1st ed.]). University of Oklahoma Press.
Abstract
Table of Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Kansa, Kaw, and Kansas -- 3. Kansas City and Places Named Kansas -- 4. Missouri, Oto, and Iowa -- 5. More Siouan Names -- 6. Arkansas River: Tonga and Shunga -- 7. Nepaholla and Nemiskua: Solomon and Saline -- 8. Ninnescah to Nescatunga -- 9. Osage and Osage Chiefs -- 10. Neosho to Neshutsatunga -- 11. Pawnee and Arikara -- 12. Topeka -- 13. Wichita, Waco, and Kechai -- 14. Shawnee -- 15. Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Chippewa -- 16. Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo -- 17. Manhattans and Munsees -- 18. Delawares and Other Abnakis -- 19. The Illinois, Miami, and Confederated Tribes -- 20. Five Iroquoian Nations -- 21. Wyandot, Huron, and Erie -- 22. The Five Civilized Tribes -- 23. Cheyenne and Arapaho -- 24. Kiowa and Comanche -- 25. Sitka to South America -- 26. Literary and Legendary -- Bibliography -- Index.
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WSU Libraries Special Collections owns the book manuscript donated by author, Dr. John Rydjord. See: https://archivesspace.wichita.edu/repositories/3/resources/291