History and stories of Nebraska . ? Omaha Mission Building in ThdbstonCounty, Built 1856 NEBRASKA INDIANS 229 Cheyenne and Arapahoe, numbering about 40,000 peopleand speaking three entirely distinct languages, lived inwhat is now Nebraska, when the white men first came Sioux, the Cheyennes and the Arapahoes dwelt in skintents, or tepees, and hunted for a living. The Omahas,Otoes, Poncas and Pawnees built large houses, called earthlodges, out of sod and poles, but also used tepees. They. An Omaha Indian Village in 1860 raised crops during certain seasons and hunted at othertimes. Wars
History and stories of Nebraska . ? Omaha Mission Building in ThdbstonCounty, Built 1856 NEBRASKA INDIANS 229 Cheyenne and Arapahoe, numbering about 40,000 peopleand speaking three entirely distinct languages, lived inwhat is now Nebraska, when the white men first came Sioux, the Cheyennes and the Arapahoes dwelt in skintents, or tepees, and hunted for a living. The Omahas,Otoes, Poncas and Pawnees built large houses, called earthlodges, out of sod and poles, but also used tepees. They. An Omaha Indian Village in 1860 raised crops during certain seasons and hunted at othertimes. Wars between Tribes.— All these Indians, at first, werefriendly to the white men, especially to the French. Therewas almost constant war between the Indians who hadhouses and gardens and the wild hunting tribes fartherwest. How these wars would have ended if the white menhad not come cannot be told, but the wild Indians weregaining ground at that time. 230 A SHORT HISTORY OF NEBRASKA QUESTIONS 1. Make a map showing where the Indian tribes hved in Nebraska when the white men came. 2. How many languages were spoken in Nebraska when the white men came? How many now? 3. What do you know of the rehgion of the Nebraska Indians? 4. Did the Indians live more by farming or by hunting? Why? 5. Why were these Indian tribes at war with each other? CHAPTER IV MAKING AND NAMING NEBRASKA The Name of Nebraska.— Nebraska had no name formany years. To the early fur traders it was either theMissouri country
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