Background How (greeting)

jean de brébeuf, 1627(?)

the oxford english dictionary (oed) uses [haːʊ̯] ( how ) spelling, , claims jean de brébeuf had described use of term interjection of approval wyandot (hurons). de brébeuf described individual speakers using condayauendi ierhayde cha nonhwicwahachen signify end of speaking, answered community long hooow .

longman webster describes howgh greeting of sioux; giving háu kola (hallo friend) lakota sioux greeting. however, lakota term using diphthong , of external origin. dakota , omaha sioux use different versions. francis parkman, in book oregontrail gives first-person account of 3 weeks spent hunting buffalo, band of oglala sioux, in 1846. mentions use of how .

today, neither hurons nor lakota use term, 1900 morning preferred greeting.