THE SIOUAN INDIANS
A PRELIMINARY SKETCH[1]
BY W.J. McGEE
THE SIOUAN STOCK
DEFINITION
EXTENT OF THE STOCK
Out of some sixty aboriginal stocks or families found in North America above the Tropic of Cancer, about five-sixths were confined to the tenth of the territory bordering Pacific ocean; the remaining nine-tenths of the land was occupied by a few strong stocks, comprising the Algonquian, Athapascan, Iroquoian, Shoshonean, Siouan, and others of more limited extent.