Prairie Smoke, a Collection of Lore of the Prairies

by Melvin R. Gilmore

Prairie Smoke
(SECOND EDITION, REVISED)

BY
MELVIN RANDOLPH GILMORE
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
1921

A COLLECTION of LORE of the PRAIRIES

COPYRIGHT 1922
By MELVIN RANDOLPH GILMORE

MAP TO SHOW THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NATIVE TRIBES IN WHAT IS NOW THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT STATES.

The native tribes of North Dakota are of three different linguistic stocks or races. These are the Algonkian, Siouan and Caddoan. The Algonkian race is represented in North Dakota by one nation, the Chippewa or Ojibwa. The Siouan race is represented within our state boundaries by three nations, the Dakota (sometimes called Sioux), the Mandan, and the Hidatsa (who are also called Gros Ventre and Minnetari). The Caddoan race is represented by one nation, the Arikara. Other nations of the Caddoan race are the Pawnees, the Wichita and the Waco farther south.