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Engraving of Fool Chief's village of the 1840s along the Kansas River by Pierre-Jean De Smet A disastrous flood in 1844 destroyed most of the land the Kaw had planted and left the tribe destitute. In 1846, the Kaw sold most of their remaining 2,000,000 acres (8,100 km 2 ) of land for $202,000 plus a 256,000 acres (1,040 km 2 ) reservation ...
Arkansas – from the Illinois rendering of the tribal autonym kką:ze (see Kansas, below), which the Miami and Illinois used to refer to the Quapaw. [4] Connecticut – from some Eastern Algonquian language of southern New England (perhaps Mahican), meaning "at the long tidal river" (after the Connecticut River).
The mouth of the Kansas River in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City (at a longitude of 94 degrees 36 minutes West) was the basis for Missouri's western boundary from Iowa to Arkansas when it became a state in 1821 (Kansas entered the Union in 1861.) South of the Missouri River, that longitude still remains the boundary between Kansas and ...
The Great Osage Trail, also known as the Osage Trace or the Kaw Trace, was one of the more well-known Native American trails through the countryside of the Midwest and Plains States of the U.S., pathways blazed by herds of buffalo or other migrating wildlife (Medicine Trails). Map of most of the Santa Fe Trail in 1845.
Kansas: May 12, 1832: Kansa via French: kką:ze via Cansez [41] Named after the Kansas River, [42] [43] which in turn was named after the Kaw or Kansas tribe. [9] The name seems to be connected to the idea of "wind". [44] Kentucky: April 28, 1728: Iroquoian (see Meaning and notes) Originally referring to the Kentucky River.
The Kansas Historical Society is contracting with the University of Kansas Center for Research to search the site of the Shawnee Indian Methodist Manual Labor School, located in Fairway. It had 16 ...
Kansas placenames of Native American origin (16 P) Kickapoo (4 C, 12 P) N. Native American museums in Kansas (6 P) Native American tribes in Kansas (12 C, 24 P) O ...
Detectives are investigating after a body was found Saturday in the Kansas River, according to police. Officers were called around noon to the eastern banks of the river between Interstate 670 and ...