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Le Ris. Maximilian, op. cit., p. 167. "So called by Cana- 



dians." 

 O-no'-ni-o. Hayden. op. cit., p. 290. " So called by Cheyennes." 



Ka'-nan-in. Hayden. op. cit., p. 326. "So called by Arapahos." 



A-pan-to'-pse. Hayden. op. cit., p. 402. " So called by 'Crows.' " 



Sho'shoni. 



The Sho'shoni tribe of Indians is a part of the Shoshonian ethnic division 

 which formerly occupied the greater portion of country lying between the 

 Sierra Nevada and the Rocky mountains, and from northern Idaho south- 

 ward to the Moki villages, and across Southern California to the Pacific 

 ocean. Within the last few centuries, another branch has extended to- 

 ward the southeast, viz : the Comanche. According to Buschmann, and 

 Gatschet, the Shoshonian tribes are an offshoot of the northern branch of 

 the Nahuatl linguistic division. 



The following brief synonomy is here presented for further investiga- 

 tion : 



Tribal designation. 



Lewis and Clark. Allen's ed. 1817. ii, p. 587, et 



passim. 

 Parker (S.). Journal. Ithaca, 1842. p. 80. 

 Ex. Doc, H. R., 31st Cong., 1st Session, pt. iii. 



1849. p. 1002. — Schoolcraft, vi, p. 697. 

 Irving' s Astoria. 1836. p. 48. 

 Farnham. Travels. N. Y., 1843. p. 74. 

 Coke, Rocky mountains. 1852. p. 275. 

 Ross. Fur Hunters, i, pp. 249, 251. "Are the 



real Shoshones." 

 De Smet. Letters. 1843. p. 36. 

 Lewis and Clark, Exped. 1814. ii, p. 131. 

 Am. State Papers. IV. 1832. p. 710. 

 Lewis and Clark. Travels. 1809. p. 10. 



1806. p. 60. So called 

 by the French. 

 Lewis and Clark. Van Kamper's Dutch ed. 1818. 



iii, p. 144. 

 Ross. Fur Hunters, pp. 249, 251, and other authors. 

 De Smet's Voyage, p. 47. 

 Many other forms might be cited, but the above appear almost super- 

 fluous. The name Snake, it is said by one author, was taken from the 

 Snake river flowing through the country of this tribe, on account of the 

 numerous puff adders found upon its banks. Be that as it may, the word 

 " snake " has no linguistic relationship whatever to the word " Shoshoni." 

 The word ni n/ ama is used to denote the tribe as people, first bom, but the 

 word Sho'shoni, sometimes So'soni, is always given to designate the tribal 

 name, at the same time the gesture-sign is added, by placing the closed 



Sho'shoni. 

 Shoshonee. 



Shoshonie. 

 Shoshocoes. 



Shoshokoes. 

 Root Diggers. 

 Shothoucs. 

 Shirrydikas. 



Soshones. 

 Alliatan. 

 Aliton. 



Serpentine Indians. 

 Gens des Serpent. 



Slang Indianern. 



Snake. 

 Serpents. 



