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  CADDOAN 
  FAMILY. 
  61 
  

  

  The 
  Caddo 
  and 
  Kichai 
  have 
  undoubtedly 
  been 
  removed 
  from 
  their 
  

   priscan 
  habitats, 
  but 
  the 
  Wichita, 
  judging 
  from 
  the 
  survival 
  of 
  local 
  

   names 
  (Washita 
  River, 
  Indian 
  Territory, 
  Wichita. 
  Falls, 
  Texas) 
  and 
  

   the 
  statement 
  of 
  La 
  Harpe, 
  ' 
  are 
  bow 
  in 
  or 
  near 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  early 
  

   abodes. 
  Dr. 
  Sibley 
  2 
  locates 
  the 
  Caddo 
  habitat 
  35 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  the. 
  

   main 
  branch 
  of 
  Red 
  River, 
  being 
  120 
  miles 
  by 
  laud 
  from 
  Natchi- 
  

   toches, 
  and 
  they 
  formerly 
  lived 
  375 
  miles 
  higher 
  up. 
  Cornell's 
  Atlas 
  

   (1870) 
  places 
  Caddo 
  Lake 
  in 
  the 
  northwest 
  corner 
  of 
  Louisiana, 
  in 
  

   Caddo 
  County. 
  It 
  also 
  gives 
  both 
  Washita 
  and 
  Witchita 
  as 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  Red 
  River 
  of 
  Louisiana. 
  This 
  duplication 
  of 
  names 
  

   seems 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  Wichita 
  migrated 
  from 
  northwestern 
  Louis- 
  

   iana 
  and 
  southwestern 
  Arkansas 
  to 
  the 
  Indian 
  Territory. 
  After 
  

   comparing 
  the 
  statements 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Sibley 
  (as 
  above) 
  respecting 
  the 
  

   habitats 
  of 
  the 
  Anadarko, 
  Ioni. 
  Nabadache, 
  and 
  Eyish 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  

   Schermerhorn 
  respecting 
  the 
  Kado 
  hadatco, 
  3 
  of 
  Le 
  Page 
  Du 
  Pratz 
  

   ( 
  1 
  758) 
  concerning 
  the 
  Natchitoches, 
  of 
  Tonti' 
  and 
  La 
  Harpe 
  5 
  about 
  

   the 
  Yatasi, 
  of 
  La 
  Harpe 
  (as 
  above) 
  about 
  the 
  Wichita, 
  and 
  of 
  Sib- 
  

   ley 
  concerning 
  the 
  Kichai, 
  we 
  are 
  led 
  to 
  fix 
  upon 
  the 
  following 
  as 
  

   the 
  approximate 
  boundaries 
  of 
  the 
  habitat 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  group 
  

   of 
  the 
  Caddoan 
  family: 
  Beginning 
  on 
  the 
  northwest 
  with 
  that 
  part 
  

   of 
  Indian 
  Territory 
  now 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Wichita. 
  Chickasaw, 
  and 
  

   Kiowa 
  and 
  Comanche 
  Reservations, 
  and 
  running 
  along 
  the 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  Choctaw 
  Reservation 
  to 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  line; 
  thence 
  

   due 
  east 
  to 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Washita 
  or 
  Witchita 
  River, 
  Polk 
  County, 
  

   Arkansas; 
  thence 
  through 
  Arkansas 
  and 
  Louisiana 
  along 
  the 
  western 
  

   bank 
  of 
  that 
  river 
  to 
  its 
  mouth; 
  thence 
  southwest 
  through 
  Louisi- 
  

   ana 
  striking 
  the 
  Sabine 
  River 
  near 
  Salem 
  and 
  Belgrade; 
  thence 
  south- 
  

   west 
  through 
  Texas 
  to 
  Tawakonay 
  Creek, 
  and 
  along 
  that 
  stream 
  to 
  

   the 
  Brazos 
  River; 
  thence 
  following 
  that 
  stream 
  to 
  Palo 
  Pinto, 
  Texas; 
  

   thence 
  northwest 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Fork 
  of 
  Red 
  River; 
  

   and 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  beginning. 
  

  

  PRINCIPAL 
  TRIBES. 
  

  

  A. 
  Pawnee. 
  

  

  Grand 
  Pawnee. 
  

   Tappas. 
  

  

  Republican 
  Pawnee. 
  

   Skidi. 
  

  

  B. 
  Arikara. 
  

  

  C. 
  Wichita. 
  

  

  (Ki-(|'i'-tcac, 
  Omaha 
  pronunciation 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  Paw- 
  

   nee 
  tribe, 
  Ki-dhi'-chash 
  or 
  Ki-ri'-chash). 
  

  

  1 
  In 
  1719, 
  fide 
  Margry, 
  VI, 
  289, 
  " 
  the 
  Ousita 
  village 
  is 
  ou 
  the 
  southwest 
  branch 
  of 
  

   the 
  Arkansas 
  River. 
  

   2 
  1805, 
  in 
  Lewis 
  and 
  Clarke, 
  Discov., 
  1806, 
  ]>.66. 
  

   "Second 
  Mass. 
  Hist. 
  Coll., 
  vol. 
  2. 
  1814, 
  p. 
  23. 
  

   '1690, 
  in 
  French, 
  Hist. 
  Coll. 
  La., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  72. 
  

   6 
  1719, 
  in 
  Margry, 
  vol. 
  6, 
  p. 
  26-1. 
  

  

  