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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 702 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KAW, or KANSA

KAW, or KANSA , a tribe of See also:

North See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians of Siouan stock . They were originally an offshoot of the Osages . Their See also:

early See also:

home was in See also:

MISSOURI

Missouri, whence they were driven to See also:

KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas by the Dakotas . They were moved from one See also:

RESERVATION (Lat. reservare, to keep back)

reservation to another, till in 1873 they were settled in See also:

INDIAN

Indian Territory; they have since steadily decreased, and now number some 200 .

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