ACCOMINTA ACHTLIGOUAN 



[b. a. k. 



shore,' and to the Sauk, Fox, and Kicka- 

 poo figcimalirg ', ing in the one case and -gi 

 in the other l)eing variations of the same 

 Huttix expressing 'place where' ). A tribe 

 of the Povvliatan confederacy of Virginia 

 that formerly lived in Accomac and 

 Northampton cos., k. of Chesapeake bay, 

 and according to Jefferson their principal 

 village, which l)ore the tribal name, was 

 about Cheriton, on t'herrvstone inlet, 

 Northampton co. In 1 608 they had 80 

 warriors. As they declined in numbers 

 and importance they lost their tribal 

 identity, and the name became applied to 

 all the Indians e. of Chesapeake bay. Up 

 to 1812 they held tlieir lands in common 

 and were known under the names of Ac- 

 comacs, living chiefly in upper Accomac' 

 CO., andGingaskins {see (htngai^co), living 

 near Eastville, Northampton co. They 

 had become nuich mixed with negroes, 

 and in the Nat Turner insurrection, about 

 183:^), were treated as such and driven off. 



(.1. M.) 



Aceawmacke, — Smitli (1(>'29), Va., i, 133. repr. 

 1,S19. Accomack. — Ibid., 120. Accowmack. — Ibid., 

 map. Acomack. — Ibid., n, 01. Acomak. — Drake, 

 Book of Indians, v, lS-48. 



Accominta ( possilily related to the Chip- 

 pewa <"i ki(' L'fuiiigd'k, a locative expression 

 referring to the place where land and 

 water meet, hence, specifically, 'shore,' 

 'shore-line.' — VVni. Jones. The name 

 was given by the Indians to York r. ). 

 A small tribe or band of the Pennacook 

 confederacy, commonly called Agamen- 

 ticus or Accominticus, that occupied a 

 village of the same name at or near the 

 site of the present York, York co.. Me., 

 to which the name "Boston" was given 

 on some early maps. Capt. John Smith 

 (Virginia, n, 183, repr. 1819) says that 

 the people of this place were allied to 

 those immediately .\. of them, and were 

 subject to the bashabees of Penobsi'ot, 

 which would seem to (dace them in the 

 Abnaki confederacy, though tliey are 

 now generally and apparently correctly 

 included in the Pennacof)k confederacy. 

 Schoolcraft (Ind. Tribes, v, 222, 1856) 

 includes this area in the Pennacook do- 

 minion. Under what name the Acco- 

 minta people were subsequently recog- 

 nized is not known, (.r. M. c. T. ) 

 Accomentas. — Hoyt, Anticiuarian Res., 90, 1824. 

 Accomintas. — Gookiii (1674) in Mass. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., 1st s, I, 149, 1806. Accominticus,— Smith 

 (1616), ibid., 3d s., Vl, 97, 1837. Accomintycus.— 

 Smith (1629), Virginia, ii, 19'), repr. 1S19. Ac- 

 comynticus. — Ibid., 1.S3. Agamenticus — Balhird in 

 Coast Surv. Rep.. 24i'), ls71. An-ghem-ak-ti-koos. — 

 Ibid, (given as proper naniei. 



Acconoc. A village of the Powhatan 

 confederacy in 1(>08, situated between 

 Chickahominy and Pamunkey rs.. New 

 Kent CO., Va. — Smith (1629), Virginia, 

 I, map, re])r. 1819. 



Accoqueck (probably cognate with Chip- 

 pewa a A'H/l-yrar;, 'whirlpool,' or 'turn in 



the bend' of a river or road. — Wm. 

 Jones). A Powlu.tan village, situate in 

 .1608 on Rappahannock r. , above Seco- 

 bec, Caroline co., Va. — Smith (1629), 

 Virginia, i, map, repr. 1819. 



Accossuwinck (possibly cognate with 

 the Chippewa ii kosoivirig, ' point where 

 the tail and body meet'; or with a' ^osmi-, 

 'as far uj) as the place rises.' — Wm. Jones). 

 A Powhatan village, existing in 1608 on 

 Pamunkey r.. King William co., Va. — 

 Smith (1629), Virginia, i, map, repr. 1819. 



Acela. A small village in w. central 

 Fhjrida, visited by De Soto in 1539. 

 Ocilla r. derives its name from the place. 

 See Cientleman of Elvas (1557) in French, 

 Hist. Coll. La., ii, 129, 1850. 



Achasta. A former village of the Rum- 

 sen division of the Costanoan family, on 

 the spot now occupied by the town 

 of Monterey, Cal. The Rumseii were 

 sometimes called Achastliens from the 

 name of this settlement. — Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, Ai)r. 20, 1860. 

 Achiesta. — Taylor, ibid. 



Acheha. A Timucua phratry which in- 

 cluded the Hiyaraba, Cayahasomi, Efaca, 

 Hobatine(|uasi, and Chehelu clans. — 

 Pareja (1612-14) quoted bvGatschetin 

 Am. Philos. Soc. Proc, xvii, 492, 1878. 



Achepabecha ('prairie dog'). A Crow 

 ban<l. 



Ache-pa-be'-cha. — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 159, 1877. 

 Rich Prairie Dog. — Culbertson in Smlth.son, Rep. 

 18.T0, 144. 18.=il. 



Achigan [fi^shlgfin, sing. anim. noun. — 

 Wm. Jones). A French-Canadian name 

 of the small-mouthed black bass [Mi- 

 cru])tcrns dolonilen), occasionally found in 

 English writings. The word is old in 

 French, IIennei)in using it in 1688. Ashl- 

 gan is the name of this fish in Chippewa 

 and closelv related Algonquian dialects. 



(A. K. V.) ' 



Achiligouan. A tribe or band living be- 

 tween 1640 and 1670 on the n. shore of L. 

 Huron, about the mouth of French r. 

 and westward nearly to Sault Ste Marie. 

 In 1670 they were attached to the mission 

 at the Sault. In the Jesuit Relation of 

 1640 their ])osition is given on the n. shore 

 of L. Huron, at the mouth of French r. 

 The Amikwa are mentioned in the same 

 connection as residing on this stream. 

 In the Relation of ]t>58 they appear to be 

 placed farther x. on the river, and it is 

 stated that tliey traded with the Cree. 

 In the Relation of 1670 they are said to 

 have been attached to the mission of 

 Sault Ste Marie, but only as going there 

 to fish. It is probable that they were a 

 C'hippewa or a Nipissing band. (.r. m. 



C. T.) 



Achiligouans.— Heriot. Tra\'Tels, 194, 1807. Achili- 

 goiiiane,— .Jesuit Rel., 1670, 79, 1858. Achiri- 

 gouans. — Ibid., 1646. 81. Archirigouan.^Ibid., 

 1643, 61, 1858. Atchiligoiian.— Ibid., 1640, 34, 18.58. 



