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Show A. Pania Piquet. B. C. La Paunee Pique,. D. Pania Proper. E. F. G. H. I. 1. K. L. M. N. 0. P. Q. R. S. These people have no intercourse with the inhabitants of the Illinois ; the information, therefore, which I have been enabled to obtain, with respect to them, is very imperfect. They were formerly known by the name of the White Panias, and are of the same family with the Panias of the river Platte. They are said to be a well disposed people, and inhabit a very fertile country ; certain it is that they enjoy a delightful climate. A. Paducas. B. C. La Paddo. D. * E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. s. N. 0.. P. Q. R. T~s once powerful nation has, apparently, entirely disappeared ; every inquiry I have made after them has proved ineffectual. In the year 1724, they resided in several villages on the heads of the Kansas river, and could at that time, bring upwards of two thousand ~en into ~e field (see Monsr. Dupratz history of Loui. smna, page 71, and the tnap attached to that work). The information that I have received is, that being oppressed by the nations residing on the Missouri, they removed to the upper part of t~e r~ver Platte, where they afterwards had but little Intercourse with the whites. 'fhey seem to have given name to the northern branch of that river, which is still called the Paducas fork. T he 65 most probable conjecture is, that being still fur. ther reduced, they have divided into small wandering bands, which assumed the names of the subdivisions of the Paducas nation, and are known to us at present under the appellation of W etepahatoes, Kiawas, Kanenavish, Katteka Dotame, &c. who still inhabit the country tb which the Paducas are said to have removed. The majority of my information led me to believe that those people spo~e different languages, but other and subsequent Inform~tion has induced me to doubt the fact. |