The Arrapahoes, again, according to Gallatin, are a detached tribe of the Ahnenin, who have wandered as far south as the Platte and Arkansas Rivers.
The identity, when ascertained, of name, is primâ facie of this. Still it is not much more. On the other hand the fact is by no means improbable. A vocabulary of the southern Arrapahoes has yet to be collected.
RICCAREES.
Locality.—The Missouri, about 150 miles below the Mandans.
The Riccarees have been classed in the section next following. The scanty vocabulary, however, of the two languages, by no means justifies us in making this affinity a very close one. On the other hand, they are kept distinct in the present work, provisionally.
PAWNEES (PANIS).
Locality.—-Valley of River Platte, extending as far west as its sources, and as far south as the Arkansas.
Divisions.—a. The Loup Pawnees. b. The Republican Pawnees.
The Towiatch[129] of Texas are also called Pawnees; probably improperly.