HANDBOOK OF THE INDIANS 



A ANETUN. All extinct village of the 

 •**■ Tututni, a Pacitic Atliapasoan group 

 toriiierly living on the Oregon coast. 

 ' A'a-ne'-tun.— Dorsevin Jnurn. Am. Fdlk-lore, ill, 

 2S(i, 1890. 



Aatsosni (' narrow gorge ') ■ A Navaho 

 clan. 

 Aat;6;ni. — Matthews. Navaho Legends, 30. 1897. 



Ababco. An eastern Algonqnian tribe 

 or snbtribe. Although mentioned in the 

 original records of 1741 (Bacon, Laws of 

 Maryland, 1765) in connection with the 

 Hutsawaps and Tequas.siiiioes as a dis- 

 tinct tribe, they were probably only a 

 division of the Choptank. This name is 

 not mentioned in John Smith's narrative 

 of his exjiloration of Chesain-ake bay. 

 The band lived on Choptank r. , INId., and 

 in 1741 the Colonial government con- 

 firmed them in the possession of their 

 lands on the s. side of that stream, in Dor- 

 chester CO., near Secretary cr. By 18o7 

 the entire tribe to which they belonged 

 liad dwindled to a few individuals of 

 mixed Indian and African blood, (.i. m. ) 

 Ababeves. — Kozman. Hist. Maryhiud, l. Ilri. 1837. 



Abascal. A Diegueno rancheria near 

 San Diego, s. Cal. — Ortega (179a) quoted 

 by Bancroft, Hist. Cal., i, 253, ISSH. 

 Aljuscal. — Iliid. Aguscal. — Ibid. 



Abayoa. A Tequesta village at the s. 

 extremity of Florida pen., mentioned in 

 connection with the expedition of Ponce 

 de Leon (1512). — Barcia, Ensayo, 2, 1723. 



Abbatotine ('bighorn people'). A Na- 

 haiie tribe living in upper Pelly, Mac- 

 millan, and Stewart r. vallevs, Yukon T. 

 Abbato-tena'.— Ball in Cont. N. A. Ethnol.. l, 32. 

 1877, Abba-to-tenah.— Pali in I'roc. A. A. A. .'^., 

 1>7],1870, Abbato-tinneh.— Bancroft, Nat. Races, 

 III, .'i87, 1882. Affats-tena. — Il)id., 1, 149 (mispri)it ). 

 Ah-bah-to din-ne. — Hardisty in Smith.son. Rep. 

 ls6ti, 311. 1872. Ambahtawoot.— Priohard, Phys, 

 Hist.. V, 377, 1X47. Ambah-tawut-dinni. — Latham in 

 Trans. Philol. Soe. Lond., 69, 1856 (trans. • moun- 

 tain .sheep men'). Amba-ta-ut' tine.— Riehard- 

 son, Arct. Exped., ll, 7, l&.il. Am-ba-ta-ut' tine. — 

 Petitot, Diet. Dene DindjiiJ, xx, 1876. Ambataw- 

 woot. — Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, II, 28, 18.')2. Am- 

 bawtamoot. — Ibid., ill. .52.5, 18.=i3. Ambawtawhoot- 

 dinneh. — Franl<lin, Narr., ii, 81, 1824. Ambawta- 

 whoot Tinneh. — Bancroft, Nat. Races, v, 640, 1S.S2. 

 Ambawtawoot. — (iallatin in Trans. Am, Antitj. 

 Soc, II, 19, 1836. Ambawtowhoot, — Balbi, Atlas 

 Ethnog., 821. 1826 Mountain Sheep Men.— Latham 

 in Trans. Philol. Soc. Lond,, 69, 18.56, Sheep In- 

 dians.— Franklin, Narr., ii, 84, 1824. Sheep Peo- 

 ple. — Richardson, op. cit. 



Abbigadasset. An Abnaki sachem whose 

 residence was on the coast of Maine near 

 the mouth of Kennebec r. He conveyed 

 tracts of land to P^nglishmen conjointly 



Bull. 30—05 1 



with Kennel)is. In 1667 he deeded Swans 

 id. to Humphrev Daw. — Drake, Bk. 

 Inds., bk. 3, 101,"l837. 



Abechiia ( a Tewa onomatope represent- 

 ing the screech of an owl. — E. L. Hew- 

 ett). A prehistoric' Tewa pueblo at a 

 place called La Puente, on a bluff close to 

 the s. l)ank of Kio Chama, 3 m. s. e. of the 

 present town of Abitiuiu, Rio Arriba co., 

 X. Mex. — Bandelier in Arch. Inst. Papers, 

 IV, 56, 58, 1892. 



Abe-chiu. — Bandelier, op. eit., 39 (aboriginal 

 name). Oj-po-re-ge. — Ibid. ,,.58 (Santa Clara name: 

 • place where metates are made rough.') 



Abercronk. A former (Potawatomi?) 

 village on L. Michigan, in n. e. Porter 

 CO., Ind. — Hough, map in Indiana Geol. 

 Rep. for 1882-3, 1883. 



Aberginian. A collective term used 

 by the early settlers on Massachusetts 

 l)ay for the tribes to the northward. 

 Johnson, in 1654, says they consisted of 

 the "Massachuset," "Wippanap," and 

 "Tarratines." The name may be a cor- 

 ruption of Abnaki, or a misspelling for 

 " aboi'igines." The \Vipj)aiiaii are evi- 

 dently the Al)naki, while the Tarratines 

 are the same Indians, or a part of them. 



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Abarginny. — .Johnson (1628) in Mass. Hist. Soe. 

 Coll., 2d s., 11, 66, 1814. Abergeny. — Williams 

 (1643), ibid.. 1st s., iii, 204, 1794. Aberginians.— 

 Wood (lb34) quoted bv Sehoolcraft, Pers. Mem., 

 644,18.51. Aberieney.— Levett (1628) in Mass. Hist. 

 Soe. Coll.. 3d s., vill, 174. 1843. Aborginnjr.— 

 Humphrey's Acc't, '281, 1730 (incorrectly quoting 

 .Johnson, 1628). 



Abihka. One of the oldest of the LTpper 

 Creek towns; exact location unknown, 

 l)ut it was near upper Coosa r., Ala. 

 Abacoes. — ten Kate, Reizen in N. A., 462, 1885. 

 Abchas. — McKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, iii, 

 79, 185J (probably a misprint of Abekas). Abe- 

 caes. — Coxe, Carolana, 25, 1741. Abecas. — Ibid., 

 map. Abecka. — Romans, Florida, 309, 1775. Abei- 

 cas, — Alcedo, Dice. Geogn'ifica. i, 3, 1786. Abei- 

 kas.— Penicaut (1708) in F-ench, Hist. Coll. La., 

 U.S., 1,101, 1869. Abekas.— Bossn (17.59), Travels in 

 Louisiana. l, 229. 1771. Abicas.— La Harpe (1703) 

 in French, Hist. Coll. La.. lll,^9, 1851, Abi'hka.— 

 (iatschet. Creek Migr, Leg,, l, 124, 1884. Abikas.— 

 La Harpe (1707) in French, Hist. Coll. La., in, 

 36, 1.S51. Abikaws.— Rivers. Karlv Hist. So. Car., 

 94,1874. Albikas.— La Harpe (ltl4) in French. 

 Hist. Coll. La., in, 43, 1851. Apiscas,— Williams, 

 Florida, 75, 1837 (same?). Au-be-cuh,— Hawkins 

 (1799), Sketch of Creek Country, 42, 1848. 

 Aubocoes. — Macomb (1802) in Am. State Papers, 

 Ind. Aff., I, 680, 1832. Becaes.— Coxe, Carolana, 

 '25, 1741. Beicas.— Gatschet. Creek INIigr. Leg., I. 

 1'25, 1884. Obekaws.— Von dcr Reck in J'rlsperger, 

 Au.sfiihrliche Nachricht von dcu Saltzburgischen 

 Emigranten, 871, 1735. Obika.— Ciatsehet, Creek 

 Migr. Leg., i, 1'25, 1884. Sak'hvitka.— Gatschet, in- 



