On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Alan Hartley wrote: > 1844 J. H. CARLETON Prairie Logbooks (1983) 66 > The Indian name of this tribe is Pa-ha-cae; literally, Dirty Faces. They > neither call themselves Ioways, nor are they called so by their neighbours. > ahh 04/2002 The Iowa(y) name is from French Aiouez, which is is probably from Dakotan Ayuxwa or Ayuxwe or Ayuxba.