THE KIOWA TRIBE

THE KIOWA TERRITORY IS IN THE UPPER YELLOWSTONE AND MISSOURI RIVERS. IN 1805 LEWIS AND CLARK FOUND THIS TRIBE ON THE NORTH PLATTE. THEIR CENTER WAS IN UPPER ARKANSAS. THEY HAD A DISTINCT LANGUAGE. THEY FORMED AN ALLIANCE WITH THE CROWS. IN HISTORIC TIMES THEY HAD A WAR WITH THE COMANCHE ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER. BUT THEY FINALLY REACHED AN AGREEMENT IN 1840'S. THE SIOUX DROVE THEM OUT OF THE BLACK HILLS

THEY CARRIED ON A CONSTANT WAR WITH THE COMANCHE ALONG THE ARKANSAS. THEIR LAST OUTBREAK WAS IN 1874. THEY HAVE BEEN GREATLY REDUCED IN POPULATION BASED UPON DISEASES AND WAR. IN 1892 MEASLES AND FEVER DESTROYED MORE THAN 300 OF THREE TRIBES.

THEIR LANGUAGE IS NASAL AND DOES NOT HAVE A RHYTHMIC COMPOSITION. THEY MADE THEIR FIRST TREATY WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN 1837 AND WERE PUT ON A RESERVATION IN 1868.


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