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  ENVIRONMENT; 
  RESULTANT 
  INFLUENCES 
  89 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  hunt. 
  When, 
  however, 
  the 
  two 
  tribes 
  hunted 
  together 
  south 
  

   of 
  the 
  Platte, 
  the 
  Pawnee 
  led, 
  and 
  the 
  Omaha 
  hunters 
  accepted 
  the 
  

   control 
  of 
  the 
  Pawnee 
  directors 
  of 
  the 
  hunt. 
  

  

  The 
  territory 
  lying 
  west 
  of 
  Shell 
  creek 
  and 
  northward 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  Niobrara 
  continued 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  disputed 
  hunting 
  ground 
  among 
  

   the 
  Cheyenne, 
  Dakota, 
  Pawnee, 
  Omaha, 
  and 
  Ponca 
  until 
  nearly 
  

   1S57, 
  when 
  the 
  region 
  was 
  finally 
  ceded 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  In 
  

   the 
  treaty 
  of 
  cession 
  the 
  Pawnee 
  claim 
  was 
  recognized 
  and 
  payments 
  

   for 
  the 
  land 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  that 
  tribe. 
  

  

  The 
  country 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Missouri 
  was 
  practically 
  abandoned 
  by 
  

   the 
  Omaha 
  in 
  the 
  eighteenth 
  century; 
  their 
  villages 
  were 
  then 
  west 
  

   of 
  that 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  tribal 
  hunts 
  were 
  conducted 
  to 
  the 
  westward, 
  

   but 
  small 
  parties 
  sought 
  elk 
  ami 
  deer 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Missouri 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  century. 
  The 
  Omaha 
  rights 
  to 
  the 
  land 
  east 
  of 
  

   that 
  river 
  were 
  recognized 
  in 
  the 
  treaties 
  made 
  in 
  1830, 
  1836, 
  and 
  

   1S54, 
  when 
  that 
  territory 
  was 
  ceded 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  STREAMS 
  KNOWN 
  TO 
  THE 
  OMAHA" 
  

  

  The 
  Elkhorn 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  

  

  Wate' 
  Meaning 
  unknown 
  Elkhorn 
  river. 
  

  

  Umo 
  n/ 
  ho 
  n 
  waa 
  i 
  te 
  Where 
  the 
  Omaha 
  planted 
  . 
  Bell 
  creek. 
  

  

  Logan 
  hi 
  te 
  Where 
  Logan 
  came 
  (to 
  trade) 
  . 
  Hyde 
  creek. 
  

  

  Ti'ha 
  xa 
  i 
  ke 
  Where 
  the 
  tent 
  skins 
  were 
  Maple 
  creek. 
  

  

  cached 
  (at 
  a 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  

  

  Omaha 
  went 
  to 
  fight 
  the 
  

  

  Pawnee). 
  

  

  To 
  n/ 
  wo 
  n 
  zh 
  n 
  iga 
  The 
  little 
  village 
  Clark 
  creek. 
  

  

  Tacpo 
  n 
  'hi 
  bate 
  ke 
  Thorn-apple 
  creek 
  Lower 
  Logan, 
  including 
  

  

  Middle 
  creek, 
  

   t'ki'pato" 
  tenuga 
  t'ethe 
  te 
  Where 
  Uki'pato" 
  killed 
  a 
  Pebble 
  creek. 
  

  

  buffalo 
  bull, 
  

   or 
  

   Pa'tithihu 
  izhi 
  n 
  ge 
  xa 
  i 
  te 
  Where 
  the 
  son 
  of 
  Pa'tithihu 
  

  

  is 
  buried. 
  

   Niu'thite 
  te 
  The 
  ford 
  (buffalo 
  hunting 
  Camings 
  creek. 
  

  

  trail 
  crossed 
  here). 
  

  

  Zha'uzhi 
  ke 
  Weed 
  creek 
  Plum 
  creek. 
  

  

  Mo"ko"'ninida 
  ke 
  Sweet-flag 
  creek 
  Rock 
  creek. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  'xudetibe 
  te 
  Prairie-dog 
  creek 
  Humbug 
  creek. 
  

  

  Mo 
  n 
  xu' 
  de 
  anatushi 
  kitha 
  Where 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  explo- 
  No 
  name 
  on 
  maps; 
  prob- 
  

   i 
  te. 
  sion 
  of 
  gunpowder. 
  ably 
  dry 
  run. 
  

  

  Ni'shkube 
  te 
  Deep 
  water 
  Taylor 
  creek. 
  

  

  Uhe'caa 
  i 
  te 
  Noisy-ford 
  creek 
  (so 
  called 
  Union 
  creek, 
  branch 
  of 
  

  

  because 
  the 
  dangerous 
  con- 
  Taylor. 
  

  

  dition 
  of 
  the 
  ford 
  caused 
  

  

  excitement 
  in 
  crossing). 
  

  

  i 
  To 
  the 
  Omaha 
  ear 
  euphony 
  demands 
  that 
  in 
  composite 
  terms 
  but 
  one 
  accent 
  be 
  used, 
  that 
  given 
  in 
  

   the 
  first 
  word. 
  

  

  