Note 30 — Front matter

For an account of the mythical origin of each of the Iowa gens, see J. O. Dorsey, Social Organization of the Siouan Tribe in the Journal of American Folklore, Vol. IV, 1891, No. XV, page 338. This was recorded by Rev. William Hamilton in 1848 and was published from a letter by him to the children of the Presbyterian Sunday schools. Dorsey also obtained from the Iowa, during a visit to that tribe in 1880, a list of the gentes and later perfected this with a list of the subgentes. This list is included herewith as an appendix from the 15th Rep., B. A. E., 1897.