Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-20
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America. s q
t1nter-Ocean.l
The American aborigines J.,
several distinct families or 'al
Above the sixtieth parallel q,
the whole continent from To-,
Alaska was inhabited by the Fso osa
Their name means "the eater. l''
meat" Lying south of the A..
and embracing the greater 4'a
Canada, and nearly all Of th.l
the United States east of th nS'
sippi River, and north of thu
seventh parallel, spread the sra 's
of the Algonquins. This oc ors:
whole of this vast TERRITORY ~ "p,e
clusion of all other races ~
Winnebagoes on Lake Micb; ,avf
belonged to the Dakota fam;lS 'a
Huron-Iroqnois family, the ]att =,
plying mainly the country now s'
in the Province of Ontario ,na
York State. The Algonon; n,' !,
took its mama from tribes on Tho q
River, Canada, and compr;saa
the st. Lawrence River and tho
the Nasquapees, Montagnais
quins, Ottawas, and KilIst;,,
Crees; on the Atlantic coast in ths
tory of the New England Stat.
Micmacs, Abenakis, sokokis. NToi'
Pequods, Narragansetts. and \
chusetts; farther west, the Della,
Lenni-Lenape, Nanticokes, and
Powhattan Confederacy of Vim
tribes; in the northwest to,
the Chippewas, Sacs and Foxes
Menominees between Lake ST.,
and the Mississippi River, the on
between Lake Superior and Midi
the kickapoos and Illinois betwas7
Mississippi and Wabash Rivers
Pottawatomies and Mia1nh be
the Wabash and the Scioto
domain of the Huron-IroouG,
tended over the country reaching
Georgian Bay and Lake Huron o1]
Erie and Ontario, south of these
to the valley of the Upper Ohio
eastward to the River Sorel Al
time Of its greatest power and inau,
the Huron-Iroquois included no
than nine allied nations. These
the Hurons proper, living north Of
Erie; the Fries and Audastes SOM
the same water; the Tuscaroras of
lima, who ultimately joined their
men in the North, and the Sen
Cayugas, Onondagas. Oneidas and
hawks, constituting the Iroquci
famous Five Nations of New
South Of the Algonquins We're the ID
of the Catawbas and Waccoa in
Corolinas, and west of these the c
KEGS. Farther south We're the Mol
nations, covering the country bet
the Lower Mississippi and the Ats
The principal tribes of the Mob
We're the Yamassees and the N
hogees, or Greeks, of Georgia;
Seminoles, Of Florida, and the Chi
saws and Choctaws, of NIisssi
Within this territory We're also inch
the Natchez, tribe east of the Nj
sippi River, and the Uchees, of N
ern Georgia, these two tribes being
tinguished from the others by
striking peculiarities Of Language.
ing to the north again, we find theft
tory west of Hudson Bay and extern
southwest to the fiftieth parallel,
pied by the different tribes of the 4
bascan family. South of these and
OF the Father Of Waters was the 8
and widely spread race Of the Dakd
The southern boundary Of this ia1
was plainly marked by the Arka
River. The included tribes were
Assiniboines, AIinnetares, Nland
Crows, Sioux, or Dakotas, Pom
Omahas, Iowas, Ottoes, !Aramh
Kansas, NIissouris, Osages, and
kansas. South of the Dakota IN
was the Pawnee family, including
Pawnees, Rickarees, Huecos'
Wichitas. Another important tau
was that Of the Shoshones, including
Boise, Nez Perces, Brunneaux'
Bannock Indians, and south Of Il
the Utes, and the Comanches lnhaU
the territory now included i'll Lee
The tribes inhabiting the COUNT!
tween the Rio Colorado and the
branch of the Rio Grande, the :"
joes, the Apaches, and the Llwls'
classed by ethnologists as part ="
Athabascan family. The Pacific
was occupied by three great lan
the Selfish, the Klamaths, anu
Californian Indians-these lncl"D
minor families, and a large n'lmVe'
tribes, large and small. Further%.
ward there lived, when this co''hi.
discovered, the famous races U
Aztecs and the Toltecs. Inc ~
statement outlines the Distribute,
the red race on this continent, t!lo"'
mr., Of ha o1,n;4%o1 nc ip,nprfpct. Sllil'