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zens of that State drove them out, hut in revenge for the stoppage of their annuities 

 they retaliated upon the Texans, and until recently the warfare was kept up between 

 them. In 1869, were placed on a reservation in Indian Territory of over three and a 

 half millions of acres with some Comanches and Apaches, but were restive and un- 

 settled. In 1871, under their great chief Satanta, raided Texas again, but it resulted 

 in the capture of himself and Big Tree, and their imprisonment soon after. Were 

 afterwards pardoned by the governor of Texas, in whose custody they were, through 

 interposition from Washington, and restored to their tribe ; but this did not seem to 

 lessen their hostility, and new disturbances arose, chiefly in consequence of raiding 

 parties of whites from Texas, that led finally to the rearrest of Satanta and his im- 

 prisonment in Texas. — W. H. Jackson, 1877. 



PRESENT LOCATION AND CONDITION. 



On June 30, 1885, there were 1,152 Kiowas at Kiowa, Comanche, and 

 Wichita Agency. ; Indian Territory. They have been on their reserva- 

 tion ten years, but are yet called blanket Indians. They are making 

 good progress towards civilization. The agent so reports. 



WEE-CO. 



[Waco : Laws of the United States. Waco and Wako : Indian Bureau, June, 1885.] 



A small tribe, living near to and under the protection of the Pawnee Picts, speak- 

 ing an unknown language ; probably the remnant of a tribe conquered and enslaved 

 by the Pawnee Picts. [Mr. Catlin saw them in 1834.] 



68. U'sh-ee-kitz, He who fights with a Feather ; chief of the tribe. 



This man came into Fort Gibson -with the dragoons; he was famous for a custom 

 he observed after all his speeches, of embracing the officers and chiefs in council. 

 (Painted 1834. Plate No. 183, page 75, vol. 2, Catlin's Eight Years.) 



His embrace at the end of his speeches was by taking all of his friends and foes, 

 each one in his turn, closely and affectionately in his arms, with his left cheek against 

 theirs, aud thus holding them tightly for several minutes. — Ibid., page 75. 



PRESENT LOCATION AND CONDITION. 



On June 30, 1885, there were 40 Wacoes at the Kiowa, Comanche, and 

 Wichita Agency. They cultivate the soil, live in houses, and dress in 

 citizen's clothes. 



SIOUX (DAH-CO-TA). 



[Sioux: Laws of the United States. Sioux-Dakota: Indian Bureau.] 



For the names of the several existing tribes of the Sioux or Dakota, 

 1885, see data at end of this title. 



This is one of the most numerous and powerful tribes at present existing on the 

 continent, numbering, undoubtedly, some 40,000, occupying a vast tract of country 

 on the upper waters of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and extending quite to 

 the base of the Rocky Mountains. They live in skin lodges, and move them about 

 the prairies, without any permanent residence. This tribe lost about 8,000 by small- 

 pox a few years since. 



This note was written after his first visit to the Sioux. He made a 

 second to them in 1835, on the Upper Mississippi. 



