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Missouri Indian Tribe in Archaeology and HistoryEntry/Object ID
2012.21.164aDescription
Missouri Indian Tribe in Archaeology and History, A reprint from Missouri Historical Review, Vol. LV, No. 3, April, 1961, pp. 213-22. Features illustration of Missouri Indian, Oto Indian, and Chief of the Puncas on front page.
The author is Director of the archaeological site near Marshall, Mo called the Pinnacles, where the largest village of the Missouri existed. He details their history from meeting Marquette & Joliet in 1673, relationship with French traders at nearby Ft. Orleans, and their move further west up the Missouri to join the Otos and Kansas, with some joining the Osage. The tribe is thought to have been significantly diminished by smallpox and a final war with the Sauk and Fox tribes. By 1804 only 30 families of the 1000 present in 1673 remained and by 1904 only 13 Missouri Indians were alive. Today there are no persons of pure Missouri descent.
Bray includes evidences of the tribe from his archaeological excavation at the Pinnacles near Miami, Missouri.
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Indians in Missouri, Pinnacles, Fort Orleans, Ethnology, Native American, Missouri Indians, Saline County, MissouriPublication Details
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Robert T. BrayPlace Published
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ColumbiaState/Province
MissouriDate Published
1961Call No.
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Michael FisherPerson or Organization
Robert T. Bray
