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References
- ↑ Weltfish, Gene (2006). The Lost Universe: Pawnee Life and Culture, p. 42–43. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0803258712.
- ↑ Annals of Wyoming - Volume 59 - Page 50 1987
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