The following are the raw slips collected for the entry "Otoe":
OTOE AH: pronunciation
'o:to:
OTOE AH: proposed etymology
< Fr. 8tantanta (and the shortened form Oto) < Otoe watótta, and an extended type in the Dhegiha languages, e.g., Kansa wadóttatta / wadóttadan, Omaha-Ponca waδúttada. A long-standing folk-etymological association with the Chiwere verb watúhtanan 'copulate' is linguistically unsubstantiated. The forms in m- (1698, 1761) perhaps have an intermediate Algonquian (e.g., Fox, Illinois, Shawnee) etymon. The 8- in quot. 1673 was used to represent wa-, but it was also used to represent o- (and in Fr., ou-), and 8tantanta thus came to be read as Otantanta instead of the intended Watantanta.
based on Hdbk. N. Amer. Indians XIII. (2001) 460/1 (D. Parks), and e-mail from Michael McCafferty, 22 Jan. 2002
OTOE AH: proposed definition
A (member of a) Native American people residing, at the time of first European contact, in agricultural villages along the lower Platte and adjacent Missouri Rivers.
see F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians ii (1910) 165
The dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Otoe and most closely related to the Iowa and Missouri dialects.
see L. Campbell & M. Mithun eds. Langs. native Amer. (1979) 236
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[1673 J. Marquette (ms. map reproduced in Wisconsin hist. Coll. XVI. facing p. 88)
Otantanta.]
note: French source
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1698 L. Hennepin New Discovery (1903) I. 166-7
The Authoutantas and Maskoutens-Nadouessians live with one hundred and thirty leagues of the Illinois, in three great Villages, on the Banks of a fine River which discharges itself into the Great River Meschasipi.
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[1698 L. Hennepin New discovery (1903) i 166-7
The Meschasipi...receives but two Rivers from the west Side, one whereof is called Otontenta.]
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[1736 in Bull. Recherches historiques XXXIV. (1928) 549-50
Les Sotos.]
note: Fr source
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1774 A.S.Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana 321
The principal nations who inhabit upon the banks, or in the neighborhood of the Missouri, are..the Othoues [et al.]
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1804 R.G Thwaites Jrnls Lewis & Clark Exped. I. (1904) 47
This nation (Missouries)..now reduced to about 30 fes <ed> fires</ed> and that few under the protection of the Otteaus on R Platt.
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1804 R.G Thwaites Jrnls Lewis & Clark Exped. VII. 45
G. Drewyer & St. Peter Set out to go to the Zotoe & Paunie village 45 miles.
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1805 Z. M. Pike Jrnls (1966) I. 232
I will send a Subaltern & Party to winter with the Houteaux or Ottos, at their Towns fifteen leagues up the river plate.
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1814 A. Arrowsmith Map N. Amer.
Otto & Missouri Vill.
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1834 in H.R. Schoolcraft Indian Tribes IV. (1854) 550 [converts to title]
Otoe hymn book
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1836 A. Gallatin Synopsis 127
The Ottoes or Wahtootahtah.
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1836 A. Gallatin Synopsis 127
The Ottoes and the Omahaws..now occupy the territory on the southwest side of the Missouri...They speak kindred..dialects.
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1843 J.Nicollet Hydographical Basin upper Mississippi (map)
Otoe Indian Country
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1859 L.H. Morgan Indian Jrnls. (1959) 67
The difficulty with the Otoe was the want of a competent English interpreter.
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1891 J.W. Powell Indian ling. Families (1966) 192
Otoe (Wa-to'-qta-ta), on Otoe Reserve, Indian Territory.
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1984 B. Grimes Ethnologue (10th ed.) 48
Oto [Chiwere]..100 or fewer speakers out of 1,400 population...North Central Oklahoma...Adequately bilingual.
OTOE variant spelling
c1856 in F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. (1910) 166 [converts to Minnesota Hist. Soc. Coll. I. (1872) 342]
Octootatas
OTOE variant spelling
1854 in F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. (1910) 166 [converts to T. McKenney & J. Hall Hist. Indian Tribes III. 82]
Otheues
OTOE variant spelling
1824 in F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. (1910) 166 [converts to W. Keating Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River ii 320]
Otoetata
OTOE variant spelling
1705 in F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. (1910) 166 [converts to J. Harris Navigantium i map 685]
Outantes
OTOE variant spelling
1741 in F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. (1910) 166 [converts to D. Coxe Descrip. Carolana, map]
Outentontes
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1814 H. Brackenridge Views Louisiana 75
OTTOES (Wa-dook-to-da.) They are the descendants of the ancient Missouris, and speak their language, which is remarkably lofty and sonorous.—They are not numerous, but esteemed brave and warlike. They reside fifteen leagues up the river Platte, and live in community and friendship with the Panis.
OTOE variant spelling
1823 in F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. (1910) 166 [converts to E. James Exped. Rocky Mts. I. 328]
Wa-do-tan
OTOE variant spelling
1823 in F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. (1910) 166 [converts to E. James Exped. Rocky Mts. I. 338]
Wah-teh-ta-na
OTOE variant spelling
1823 in F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. (1910) 166 [converts to E. James Exped. Rocky Mts. I. 338]
Wahtohtata
OTOE variant spelling
1843 in F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. (1910) 166 [converts to A. Maximilian Travels 507]
Wagh-toch-tat-ta
OTOE variant spelling
1878 in F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. (1910) 166 [converts to E. Stanford Compendium 542]
Wahtohtanes
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1853 H.R. Schoolcraft Indian Tribes III. 402
Sioux...Ottoes, Missouris, Ioways.
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1910 F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. 165
The Oto seem to have been most intimately associated with the Iowa.
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1953 J.R. Swanton Indian Tribes N. Amer. 270
According to tradition, the Missouri, Iowa, and Oto separated from the Winnebago at some indefinite period in the past.
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1996 Hdbk. N. Amer. Indians XVII. 282
The Otoe-Missouria..were never particularly proficient in sign use.
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1996 Hdbk. N. Amer. Indians XVII. 322
Chiwere, consisting of the very similar Otoe, Missouri, and Iowa, is sometimes subgrouped with Winnebago.
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1910 F.W. Hodge Hdbk Amer. Indians II. 164-5
This tradition..was communicated to Maj. Bean, the Indian agent, by an old Oto chief.
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