Quapaw & Caddo (was Re: U.S. President)

[Koontz John E]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, RLR wrote:
> Good question. In addition to the Quapaw form I cited, that language
> also has 'wajini kahike' for President. Wajini is 'whiteman < Virginia'
> and kahike is 'chief'. I took it to be a neologism because of the word
> order, but a large group of Quapaws lived with the Caddos in the 19th
> century.

In fact, the Ima(N)haN village group merged with the Caddo.

JEK