Kitkehahki [1] - one of the four tribes of the Pawnee people, together with the Chowies and Pitahauirat belonged to the southern group. They were known as Pawnee from the Republican .
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History
The name of the tribe is translated as Little Earth House [2] . At the beginning of the 19th century, they lived in the area of the Repablican River, west of the chowie. They were divided into real kitkekhahki and small kitkekhahki . The Pawnee was distinguished from the rest by a hostile attitude towards the Americans. In 1819, the Kitkehahki military detachment stopped the Steven Long expedition, which the US government sent to Nebraska . The Indians robbed white people and stole their horses. After they signed an agreement with the Americans at Fort Atkinson on September 28, 1825, a peaceful relationship was established between them.
In 1857, together with the Chowies and the Pitahawirat, they were resettled on a reservation on the Lup River, and in 1874 on Indian territory, where, along with other Pawnee tribes, they still live.
Strength
In 1806, Zebulon Pike determined the number of the tribe at 1618 people, Edwin James in 1820 in 1000, missionaries in 1840 in 1923 people. Subsequently, epidemics, wars and resettlement to the south contributed to the reduction of the tribe: in 1872, 550 people, and in 1938 there were only 250 kitkehahs [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Peoples and religions of the world . - 2000. - S. 412. - 928 p.
- ↑ Stukalin Yu. Encyclopedia of military art of the Indians of the Wild West . - “Yauza” and “Eksmo”, 2008. - S. 73. - 688 p. - ISBN 978-5-699-26209-0 .
- ↑ Stukalin Yu. - P.79
Literature
- Stukalin Yu. A good day for death. - "Geleos", 2005. - 384 p. - ISBN 5-8189-0323-0 .