Historical questions

Rory M Larson rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu
Thu Jan 1 22:58:16 UTC 2004


>> 6.  Do we have any language material at all from the
>>     Missouria?
>
> Very little that I know of -- some names from Lewis and
> Clark at least.  Maybe John and Jimm know of others.

In a quick scan of Lewis and Clark on their way upstream,
I found one (p. 65):

  Wethea    'Hospitality'

In net-Siouan, I suppose this would be Wi0ia (0 = thorn)?

Rory



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