BANATE (a corruption of Panaiti, their real name), or

See also:

• BANNOCK
• BANNOCK (adapted from the Gaelic, and apparently connected with Lat. panic, bread)

BANNOCK  , as they are now usually called, a tribe of North American Indians of Shoshonean stock . They were sometimes known as " Robber Indians." Their former range was southern Idaho and eastern Oregon . They are now divided between the Fort Hall and Lemhi reservations, Idaho . They were generally friendly with the whites, but in 1866 and in 1877—78 there were serious outbreaks . They number about 500 .