Pitahauirat - one of the four tribes of the Pawnee people, together with the Chowy and Kitkehahki belonged to the southern group. They were known as noisy Pawnee .
History
The name of the tribe translates as Man Walking Down the River [1] . At the beginning of the 19th century, they lived in the Platte region , east of the chowie. They were divided into real pitahauirat and kavarakis [2] , the latter were mixed with arikara group. The tribe was the smallest among the rest of the Pawnee. There were white people in the world, but incidents did happen. In 1852, an American from a passing caravan of immigrants to the West, for no reason, shot a young girl from a tribe on Rowheid Creek. Enraged warriors caught up with a caravan of white people and demanded to give them a killer. The Americans complied with the requirement of the pitahauirat, after which the killer was executed - he was skinned alive [3] .
In 1857, together with the Chowy and Kitkehahki, 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 size of the tribe along with the Chowy at 3120, Henry Atkinson in 1825 at 5500 (again along with the Chowy), later the war and epidemics reduced the tribe: 832 people. (1840), 508 people. (1872), 100 people (1938) [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Swanton: Pawnee
- ↑ Stukalin Yu .-- P.488
- ↑ Stukalin Yu. - P.79
Literature
- Stukalin Yu. A good day for death. - "Geleos", 2005. - 384 p. - ISBN 5-8189-0323-0 .