Wiic'ita

Wiic'ita means, as close as we can tell the tattooed people, and today is translated Wichita.  Wiic'ita was the northern camp of the Kitikiti'sh, who were called Wiic'ita by neighboring tribes, and Quivira by Coronado and his men in 1541.  As early as that, 1541, the Kitikiti'sh were already settled in their summer homes, at the conecting of the Little and Big Ar'Kanazi Rivers (Arkansas, said in Kansas as Ar'kansas, which is closer to the correct Ar'Kanazi).  The first settlements here were the grass lodges of the Kitikiti'sh.  By 1870's Wiic'ita became known as Wichita, or by it's nick name "Cowtown".  And was a major stop on the Cimeron Trail of the cattle drives.

To this day, Wiic'ita is the largest city in Kansas, having quickly surpassed Topeka and Kansas City, KS (not to be confused with Kansas City, MO, which is larger).   Know still as the "Cowtown" and also as the Air Capital of the World", as it has more airplane plants than any other city in the world.  These days, Emerald City Expo, a steampunk festival, is held here, in part at the Historic Wichita Cowtown Museum; many of who's buildings date to the 1870's and 1880's and were moved to this site for preservation. As well, the Great Plains Renaissance Fest and Sedgwick County Zoo are not to be missed.

There are so many more neat things to tell about Wiic'ita, as I grew up here, but those must wait for another day...