> In fact, a Siouan > presence at Strawtown on the upper White River of Indiana is common > knowledge around here. > Now, who these Siouans might have been is a good question. See my paper on Tutelo loan of the word for 'three/eight' into Illinois Algonquian in IJAL. It's pretty clear the Tutelo, Saponi, Moneton group came from somewhere in the north drainage area of the Ohio. Bob