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Title
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Names of Kansas Rivers Reflect Some of the History Made on Their Banks
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Description
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Article discussing the origins of the names of rivers in Kansas, including the Missouri River, from the word "Missouri," meaning "'town of large canoes' or 'wooden canoe people,'" taken from the Missouri Indians, with map.
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Date
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1950-01-17
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Up the River to Destiny
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Description
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Biographical article describes the life of French explorer Etienne de Veniard, sieur de Bourgmont. Bourgmont's early travels in North America are covered. His interactions with Native American tribes such as the Kansa, the Ottawas, the Miamis, the Missouris, the Oto, and the Osage are described. The author describes Bourgmont's travels in the Louisiana Territory, his establishment of Fort Orleans, and his later life.
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Date
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2014-03-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Partie des Etats-Unis
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Description
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Early map of Missouri and Illinois, apparently from a French atlas. Much of what is now eastern Kansas is also included, along with small sections of Kentucky and Tennessee. An early organization of Missouri counties is in evidence, including Lillard County. Some early trails/exploration routes are indicated, as well as locations of mineral resources. Some Indian villages are indicated in the Kansas portion, with estimated populations. The etablissment de Chouteau on the Osage River is featured.
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Date
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1825
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Warriors of the Missouri Waterways
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Description
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Part 5 in the series "Lewis and Clark in Missouri." The author reviews the history of the Missouris and Osages in Missouri prior to Lewis' and Clark's epic expedition. Also addressed is the interaction of the Corps of Discovery with these tribes, the impact on the Osages of the 1808 Treaty of Fort Osage, and involvement of the Osages in the fur trade.
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Date
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2003-10-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Who Were the Missouri Indians?
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Description
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Article describing the Missouri Indians, an offshoot of Sioux Indians, no longer existing as "full-blooded," but in the 1600s and 1700s estimated to be "'the most powerful nation on the Missouri River.'"
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Date
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1938-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Missouri Indians
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Description
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Reprint of a magazine article about the history of the Missouri Indians, dying out in 1907 in their "full-blooded" version.
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Date
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1936
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Missouri's Aboriginal Inhabitants
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Description
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Article about the history of the various Indian tribes of Missouri, including the Kansa Indians, Missouri Indians, and Delaware Indians, with description of their languages translated into English and French.
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Date
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1909-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
