PONCAS
\pˈɒnkəz], \pˈɒnkəz], \p_ˈɒ_n_k_ə_z]\
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A tribe of Dakota Indians, have suffered greatly from the attacks of the Sioux, who drove them beyond the Missouri. In 1858 they sold lands to the Government and went on a reservation near the Yanktons. In 1865 they were assigned a reservation on the Missouri.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Pyramidal Cells
- Projection neurons in cerebral cortex hippocampus. Pyramidal cells a pyramid-shaped soma with apex apical dendrite pointed toward pial surface and other dendrites an axon emerging from base. The axons may have local collaterals but also project outside their cortical region.