| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 8052 |  | Details | Connelley, William Elsey | 1920 |
| Lot of two maps Caddoan and Siouan Homelands and Westward Migration |
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Connelley, William Elsey |
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| 1920 |
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| $195.00 | Connelley--William-Elsey | Lot-of-two-maps-Caddoan-and-Siouan-Homelands-and-Westward-Migration | Two scarce maps pertaining to the Siouan and Caddoan linguistic families by William E. Connelley. Drawn by August Ross, the maps were published circa 1920.
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The first map, titled Map Showing The Possessions Of The Caddoan And Siouan Linguistic Families Of North American Indians Before The Western Migration Of The Siouan's, presents a continental synthesis intended to depict original linguistic homelands rather than fixed political boundaries. The Caddoan family is shown occupying a Mississippi Valley core along the Arkansas, Red, and Platte river systems, while the Siouan family is placed mainly east of the Mississippi River. The enclosed regions represent long-term habitation zones derived from historical tradition, early European accounts, and linguistic comparison. The map establishes the argument that the Siouan peoples were later arrivals to the Plains, displacing an older Caddoan presence.
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The second map, Map Showing The Original Caddoan Country After The Intrusion Into It Of The Siouan Linguistic Family, emphasizes movement and territorial contraction. Numbered regions and migration paths depict successive Siouan advances and the resulting fragmentation of Caddoan lands, isolating groups such as the Pawnee and Arikara. River corridors remain central, reinforcing the idea that waterways structured settlement and conflict. In contrast to the first map’s generalized homelands, this sheet focuses on process, showing encroachment, displacement, and the later imposition of reservation boundaries.<br><br> |