U.S. President

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Thu Feb 15 17:02:38 UTC 2001


On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, ROOD DAVID S wrote:
> 	If you're curious, Wichita for 'president' (i':ri7asiwa:c7A)
> translates 'Big Chief'. Is that because Wichita is not Siouan, or because
> they're in the Southern plains?

Very curious, actually!  Now I wonder about Pawnee and Arikara, which are
clearly Northern Plains as well as Northern Caddoan.

JEK



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