The Kichai or Keechie, or Ki′tsäsh, as they call themselves, are a small tribe of the same stock, and claim to have moved up Red river in company with the Caddo. Their language is different from that of any of their neighbors, but approaches the Pawnee.
The Delaware are a small band of the celebrated tribe of that name. They removed from the east and settled with the main body in Kansas, but drifted south into Texas while it was still Spanish territory. After a long series of conflicts with the American settlers of Texas, before and after the Mexican war, they were finally taken under the protection of the United States government and assigned to their present reservation along with other emigrant tribes from that state.
SONGS OF THE CADDO
1. Ha′yo tă′ia’ ă′ă′
Nä′nisa′na, Nä′nisa′na,
Ha′yo tă′ia′ ă′ă′,
Ha′yo tă′ia′ ă′ă′,
Na′wi hă′iă′ i′nă′,
Na′wi hă′iă′ i′nă′.
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