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Kansa|ˈkænzə|
Also Kansas, Kanzas, etc.
[Native name.]
A Siouan Indian people formerly of Kansas and now in Oklahoma; also known as Kaw; a member of this people; the name of their language. Also attrib. or as adj.
1722D. Coxe Descr. Carolana i. 11 The Southerly of these two Rivers, is that of the Ousoutiwy upon which dwell..the Kansæ, Mintou, Erabacha and others. 1806Wilkinson in Z. M. Pike Acct. Expeditions Sources Mississippi (1810) 108 You may attach to this deputation..the same number of Kanses chiefs. 1847D. Coyner Lost Trappers (1859) 41 They were informed of the trade made by Captain Williams and the chief of the Kansas village. 1848E. Bryant California 41, I asked him if he was a Kansas. 1907F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians I. 654/1 The Kansa figured but slightly in the history of the country until after the beginning of the 19th century. 1933L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 72 The Siouan family includes many languages, such as..Kansa. 1957Encycl. Brit. XX. 714/1 The principal Siouan tribes were..in the west, Dakota and Assimiboin,..tribes speaking Dhegiha, viz., Omaha, Ponca, Kansas, [etc.]. |