Quappa

[David Costa]

>> The Miami-Illinois name for the Quapaw is /kaahpa/, with a preaspirated /p/.
>> I'd wager the 'f' is not a misreading, but a mishearing of a semi-labialized
>> /h/ preceding the /p/.

>> This phenomenon of /hp/ being heard as [fp] is seen here and there in other
>> records of Miami-Illinois, e.g., Hockett's fieldnotes.

> Thanks, David: that's great, especially with Hockett.

> On the subject of Miami-Illinois, did the Wea in particular get far enough
> south to associate with the Quapaw?

I see no indication of it in either Tanner's atlas or the Handbook, but that
doesn't mean some stray band of Weas didn't wander down to Arkansas at some
point.

Dave