. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] SHOSHONI 557 nated among some other tribe. The Chej'enne name for the Comanche, who speak the Shoshoni language, is Shlshl- noats-hitdneo, 'snake people'; but they have a different name for the Shoshoni. The term Snake seems to have no ety- mological connection with the designation Shoshoni. It has been variously and fre- quently applied to the northern bands of the Shoshoni, especially those of Oregon. By recent official usage the term Snake has been restricted to the Yahuskin and Walpapi of Oregon. Hoffman was of the opinion that the name Snake comes from a m
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] SHOSHONI 557 nated among some other tribe. The Chej'enne name for the Comanche, who speak the Shoshoni language, is Shlshl- noats-hitdneo, 'snake people'; but they have a different name for the Shoshoni. The term Snake seems to have no ety- mological connection with the designation Shoshoni. It has been variously and fre- quently applied to the northern bands of the Shoshoni, especially those of Oregon. By recent official usage the term Snake has been restricted to the Yahuskin and Walpapi of Oregon. Hoffman was of the opinion that the name Snake comes from a misconception of the sign for Snake In- dian, made by a serpentine motion of the hand with the index finger extended. This he thought really has reference to. SHOSHONI vv the weaving of the grass lodges of the Shoshoni, a reasonable assumption, since they are known as "grass-house people," or by some similar name, among numer- ous tribes. The more northerly and easterly Sho- shoni were horse and buffalo Indians, and in character and in warlike prowess compared favorably with most western tribes. To the w. in western Idaho along Snake r. and to the s. in Nevada the tribes represented a lower type. Much of this country was barren in the extreme and comparatively devoid of large game, and as the nature of the country differed, so did the inhabitants. They depended for food to a large extent on fish, which was supplemented by rabbits, roots, nuts, and seeds. These were the Indians most frequently called '' Diggers.'' They were also called Shoshokos, or "Walkers," which simply means that the Indians so called were too poor to possess horses, though the term was by no means re- stricted to this section, being applied to horseless Shoshoni everywhere. None of these Shoshoni were agricul- turists. In general the style of habita- tions corresponded to the two types of Shoshoni. In the n. and e. they lived in tipis, but in the sagebrush country to the w. they used brus
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