﻿APPENDIX 
  

  

  RECENT 
  HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  CONTACT 
  WITH 
  THE 
  WHITE 
  RACE 
  

  

  The 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  Omaha 
  tribe 
  firsl 
  came 
  into 
  contacl 
  with 
  the 
  

   white 
  race 
  ran 
  mil 
  lie 
  lixed 
  with 
  exactness 
  I 
  > 
  1 
  it. 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  thai 
  

   the 
  meeting 
  did 
  not 
  take 
  place 
  until 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  seven- 
  

   teenth 
  century, 
  when 
  the 
  French 
  were 
  encountered. 
  Intercourse 
  

   between 
  the 
  Omaha 
  and 
  the 
  French 
  was 
  never 
  close 
  or 
  prolonged, 
  

   nor 
  marked 
  by 
  any 
  attempt 
  on 
  the 
  pari 
  of 
  Frenchmen 
  to 
  disturb 
  

   Indian 
  customs 
  or 
  to 
  become 
  possessed 
  of 
  Indian 
  lands. 
  The 
  

   spirit 
  of 
  adventure 
  or 
  desire 
  to 
  enter 
  into 
  trade 
  actuated 
  those 
  

  

  who 
  first 
  strayed 
  into 
  the 
  Indian 
  country. 
  During 
  their 
  s(a\ 
  they 
  

  

  mixed 
  with 
  the 
  people 
  on 
  friendly 
  terms 
  and 
  were 
  chiefly 
  con- 
  

   cerned 
  in 
  an 
  endeavor 
  to 
  introduce 
  articles 
  of 
  white 
  manufacture 
  

   among 
  the 
  natives 
  and 
  to 
  establish 
  permanent 
  trading 
  relations. 
  

   The 
  English, 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  were 
  colonists 
  from 
  the 
  lirst 
  and 
  aimed 
  

   to 
  become 
  possessed 
  of 
  land. 
  This 
  they 
  sought 
  to 
  obtain 
  through 
  

   some 
  form 
  of 
  purchase, 
  always 
  expecting 
  the 
  Indians 
  to 
  vacate 
  the 
  

   territory 
  acquired 
  and 
  find 
  homes 
  elsewhere, 
  an 
  expectation 
  which 
  

   frequently 
  gave 
  rise 
  to 
  trouble 
  and 
  involved 
  hardship 
  on 
  the 
  natives. 
  

   The 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  relations 
  between 
  the 
  Omaha, 
  and 
  the 
  French 
  

   and 
  the 
  Omaha, 
  and 
  the 
  English 
  is 
  reflected 
  in 
  the 
  names 
  given 
  to 
  

   these 
  two 
  nations. 
  The 
  French 
  were 
  called 
  Wa'xe 
  ukel 
  hi": 
  the 
  prob- 
  

   able 
  derivation 
  of 
  wa'xi 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  given 
  (p. 
  82); 
  ukethi 
  n 
  , 
  

   ''usual," 
  "not 
  strange" 
  or 
  "uncommon" 
  -the 
  term 
  implying 
  thai 
  

   these 
  white 
  men 
  mingled 
  with 
  the 
  people 
  and 
  did 
  nol 
  consider 
  1 
  hem- 
  

   delves 
  strangers. 
  The. 
  English 
  were 
  called 
  Mo'hi" 
  to 
  n 
  ga 
  (rno 
  n 
  M 
  n 
  , 
  

   "knife:" 
  to 
  n 
  ga, 
  "big"); 
  the 
  name 
  Big 
  Knife, 
  given 
  the 
  English, 
  old 
  

   Omaha 
  men 
  said, 
  did 
  not 
  originate 
  in 
  the 
  tribe 
  but 
  was 
  borrowed 
  by 
  

   the 
  Omaha 
  from 
  some 
  ot 
  her 
  tribe. 
  The 
  English 
  were 
  known 
  by 
  this 
  

   name 
  to 
  the 
  Winnebago, 
  the 
  Iowa, 
  the 
  Oto, 
  the 
  Osage, 
  and 
  1 
  he 
  

   Ponca, 
  all 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  linguistic, 
  family 
  as 
  the 
  Omaha. 
  

   It 
  is 
  nol 
  improbable 
  that 
  the 
  Dakota, 
  name 
  for 
  American, 
  Long 
  

   Knife, 
  is 
  a 
  modified 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  term 
  for 
  Englishman. 
  The 
  

  

  t.ii 
  

  

  