A ruler who has total power not limited by a constitution or other officials, this
personusually seizes power and is an oppressive ruler.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.

Suspicious of a strong national government