INDIAN TRIBES OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY. Bol 
toad, sko-roh’-iks. we, a-hats. 
tobacco, na-wis’-ka-ru. weak, kau-ki-ta/-rali-ish. 
toe nail, as-pi’-tu. weed, i’-du. 
to-morrow, la-hi’-sa. what? ka? (asking a question.) 
tooth, a-do’, a-du’. j ta-ki/-ru-éa’-hiks, what person ? 
tree, la-kish’. white, ti-ta’-ka, ta’-ka. 
la-hi’-di-buts’-ki, a shrub, or small tree. who, ta-ki’-ru. 
ti-hu’-ki-ta-hu, on the tree. wife, éa’-nat-ko-ta’-te. 
turtle, i-caus’, i-cis’. wind, o-to’-ru. a 
winter, pi’-¢i-kat. 
Us. wish, ti-wits’-ke, he wishes. 
ig iiy> Lenksaclesar. within, kau’-wi-hi-ri. 
Vv. without, o-ki’-ta-ha/-hi-ri. 
. woman, ¢a/-pat. 
valley, kat-ds’, kat-iis’. alee 
40-1 J 
vein, pa-tu-hu’-ru. aga ue \ a young, unmarried woman. 
z : F 20 -Ta-Ke, 
village, a/-hi-ta-ra, a town or village. E 
worm, pi’-ras. 
W. woodcock, kau’-pat. 
walk, ti-wa’-ri, he walks. Wo 
wampum, ki-diks-it’-ka-u-da’-wis. ! year, ti-va’-ku-i-kat/-i-ha’-ru. 
war-club, a-da-ke’-du-éu’-ku. yellow, ti-rali’-at-a. 
warrior, a-ri-pu -kis. yes, i’-rit. 
water, ki-tsu’. yesterday, ti-riks’-a-ha’-ta-ki. 
wasp, pats’-bu, wasp, bee. young, pi’-ras-ki. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
VII. ARI/KARAS. 
ETHNOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 
Tue Arikaras, or Rees, as they are called by the French traders, were originally the same 
people as the Pawnees of the Platte River, their language being nearly the same. That 
they migrated upward, along the Missouri, from their friends below, is established by the 
remains of their dirt villages, which are yet seen along that river, though at this time 
mostly overgrown with grass. At what time they separated from the parent stock is not 
now correctly known, though some of their locations appear to have been of very ancient 
date, at least previous to the commencement of the fur trade on the Upper Missouri. At 
the time when the old French and Spanish traders began their dealings with the Indians 
of the Upper Missouri, the Arikara village was situated a little above the mouth of Grand 
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