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Title: History of Nebraska from the earliest explorations of the trans-Mississippi region
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Morton, J. Sterling (Julius Sterling), 1832-1902 Watkins, Albert, 1848-1923 Thomas, Augustus Orloff, 1863-1935 Beattie, James A., 1845- Wakeley, Arthur Cooper, 1855-
Subjects: Nebraska -- History
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb., Western Publishing and Engraving Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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alachian mountains and in turn occupiednearly the whole of the Mississippi valley. The first occupants of Nebraska did not fol-low this rule. The Caddoan linguistic familyhad its home in the south near the banks of theRed river, and migrated northward, occupy-ing the valleys of the Kansas river, and reach-ing northward to the valley of the Platte riverand westward to the foothills of the mountains.Two other linguistic families, the Shoshoneanand Kiowan. encroached on our territory fromthe west. They hunted along the headwatersof the Republican and Platte rivers, andclaimed part of the territory of this state, al-though few, if any, ruins of their permanenthomes are found within its present limits.Only these live linguistic families were foundin Nebraska, and but two of them, the Caddo-an and Siouan, are of importance to our his-tory. Tribes of these two families had theirpermanent habitat within the state, and foughtwith one another and among themselves for su- ABORIGINAL OCCUPANTS 25
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26 HISTORY OF NEBRASKA premacy on our eastern border and along thePlatte valley. The original home of the Caddoan linguisticfamily was on the Red river of the south.Prior to the year 1400, one hand, known as theSkidi, branched off from the main stock anddrifted to the Platte valley. The exact line ofmigration is difficult to determine, but a tra-dition says this tribe lived as allies of theOmahas near the mouth of the Ohio river.It is not impossible that they may have fol-lowed up the Missouri river in coming to thePlatte valley, where, according to Dunbar,

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