Siouan etymology?

[R. Rankin]

Hard to say, but it resembles the Spanish ethnonym
'Escansaques' quite a bit.  They are supposed by some
to have been the Kansa.  You can read about this
assumption in articles by the late Mildred Mott Wedel
and others.

Bob

> Is this ethnonym analyzable in Siouan?
> "Iskonsogos"
> "Iskousogos"
> Recent archaeological evidence for the location of
> this group suggests
> that the name could refer to Ohio Valley Siouans.
> The -konso- is of course
> attractive as a possible garbling of "kaansa".