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Wichita. The Wichita Indians, and thus Wichita, Kansas, which is named for the tribe, may take their name from the tribe’s word wichita (waist-deep). One old story, which I can’t verify, says that these Indians pushed their squaws out into riv- ers to see how deep they were. If a place was safe for crossing, the squaws would cry out “wichita” to the relatively timid braves on shore, who proceeded to ford the river. If they sank, presumably, the river wasn’t safe to cross. |