Note 140 — {100} CHAPTER VI
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The Kansas River and its tributaries drain most of the state of the same name. It heads in the prairies of eastern Colorado, and joins the Missouri at the point where the latter enters the State of Missouri. It is still sometimes called the Kaw. The name appears in various forms on early French maps—as Cans, Rivière des Kancés, Rivière des Quans, etc.— Ed.