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ALBERDOZIA ALEUT 



iB. A. E. 



Alberdozia. A provinceof Florida, prob- 

 al^ly TimiKiuanan. — Linschoten, Descr. 

 (le TAin., 0, 1638. 



Albivi. (iiveii by Hervas in 1785 (Va- 

 ter, Mith., pt. 3, sec. 3, 347, 1816) as a 

 division of the Illinois, but that is doubt- 

 ful. 



Alcalde ( 8pan. : a mayor of a town who 

 also administei's justice). A Papago vil- 

 lage, probal)ly in Pima co., s. Ariz.; pop. 

 250 in I860.— Poston in Ind. Aff. Rep. 

 1863, 385, 186-4. 



Alcash. A former Chumashan village 

 at La Goleta, or, as stated by a Santa 

 Barbara Indian, on INloore's ranch, near 

 Santa Barbara, Cal. 



Alcax.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Apr. 24, 1863. 

 Al-ka-a'c, — Henshaw, Buenaventura MS. vocab., 

 B. A. K., 1884. 



Alchedoma. A former Yuman tribe 

 which, according to Father Garces, spoke 

 the same language as the Yuma proper, 

 and hence belonged to the same closely 

 related Yuman division as the Yuma, 

 Maricopa, and Mohave. As early as 

 1604-05 Juan de Onate found them in 8 

 rancherias (the northernmost with 2,000 

 people in 160 houses) below the mouth 

 of the Gila on the Rio Colorado, but by 

 1762 (Rudo Ensayo, 130, 1894) they occu- 

 pied the left bank of the Colorado be- 

 tween the Gila and Bill Williams fork, 

 and l)y Garces' time (1776) their ran- 

 cherias were scattered along the Colorado 

 in Arizona and California, l)eginning 

 about 38 m. 1)elow Bill Williams fork and 

 extendinji the same tlistance downstream 

 (Garces, Diary, 423-428, 450, 1900). At 

 the latter date they were said to number 

 2,500, and wliile well disjaosed toward 

 other surrounding tribes, regarded the 

 Yuma and Mohave as enemies. (Jarces 

 sfiys of them: "These Jalchedun [Alche- 

 doma] Indians are the least dressed, not 

 only in such goods as they themselves 

 possess, but also in such as they trade 

 with the Jamajabs [Mohave],. Genigue- 

 ches [Serranos], Cocomaricopas [Mari- 

 copa], Yabipais [Yavapai], and Moquis 

 [Hopi], obtaining from these last manias, 

 girdles, and a coarse kind of cloth (sai/al), 

 in exchange for cotton." This statement 

 is doubtless an error, as the Alchedoma 

 raised no cotton, while the Hopi were 

 the chief cultivators of this plant in the 

 entire S. W. According to Kroel)er the 

 Alchedoma were absorbed by the Mari- 

 copa, whom they joined before fleeing 

 from the Rio Colorado before the Mohave. 

 Asumpcion, Tjagrimas de San Pedro, San 

 Antonio, and Santa Coleta have been 

 mentioned as rancherias. (f. w. h.) 

 Achedomas. — Venegas, Hist. Cal., ll, 185. ITiSQ. 

 Alchedomes. — Taylor in ("al. Farmer, Dec. 6, 1861. 

 Alchedum.— GareC'S (1775-6). Diary, 488, 1900. 

 Alchedumas. — Consag (1746) nuoted by Bancroft, 

 Nat. Races, l, .588, 1882. Alchidomas. — Alecdo, Die. 

 Geog., I, 48, 1786. Algodomes. — Heintzolman 

 (18.53) in H. R., Ex. Doc. 76, 34th Cong., 42, 1857 

 (seems to be local name here). Algodones, — 

 glalvc in Pf^c, li. R. Rep., v, IVi, 1856. Algodon- 



nes,— Derby, Colorado R., map, 18,52. Chidumas.— 

 Garces (after Escalante, 1775) , Diary (1775-76). 474, 

 1900. Halchedoma, — Zarate-Salmeron (rn. 1629), 

 Rel., in Land of Sunshine, 106, .Tan., 1900. Hal- 

 chedumas. — Bancroft, Ariz, and N. Mex., 156, 348, 

 1889. Halchidhoma.— A. L. Kroeber, infn, 1905 

 (Mohave name). Hudcoadamas. — Rudo Ensavo 

 (1762), 24, 1863 (probably the same). Hudcoadan.— 

 Rudo Ensayo (1762), Guiteras transL, 130, 1894. 

 Hudcoadanes, — Orozeo y Berra, Geog., .59, 353, 1864. 

 Jakechedunes. — Hinton, Handbook to Ariz., 28, 

 187S. Jalchedon. — Arricivita (1792) quoted bv 

 Bandelier in Arch. Inst. Papers, v, 100, 189(). 

 Jalchedum. — Orozeo y Berra, Geog., 38, 1864, (mis- 

 quoting Garces). Jalchedunes,— (iarces (177.5-76), 

 Diary, 308, 1900. Talchedon. —Forbes, Hist. Cal., 

 162, 1839 (misprint). Talchedums.— Domenech, 

 Deserts, l, 444, 1860. Yalchedunes.— Pac. R. R. 

 Rep., HI, pt. 3, 124, 1856. 



Alcoz. A former village of the Kalin- 

 daruk division of the Costanoan family 

 in California. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, 

 Apr. 20, 1860. 



Aleksashkina. A former Kaniagmiut 

 Eskimo settlement on Wood id. in St. 

 Paul harbor, Kodiak id., Alaska. 

 Aleksashkina. — Tebenkof quoted by Baker, Geog. 

 Diet. Alaska, 1901 (called a Chiniak settlement). 

 Tanignag-miut. — Ru.ss. Am. Co. map quoted by 

 Baker, iljid. (called an Aleut settlement). 



Aleta. A former village, i)resumably 

 Costanoan, connected with Dolores mis- 

 sion, San Francisco, Cal. — Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. 

 Aleytac. — Ibid. 



Aleut. A branch of the Esquimauan 

 family inhabiting the Aleutian ids. and 

 the N. side of Alaska pen., w. of Ugashik r. 

 The origin of the term is obscure. A 

 reasonal)le sup]i()sition is given l)y Engel 

 (quoted liy Dall in Smithson. Contrib., 

 xxii, 1878) that Aliut is identical with 

 the Chukchi word alud, 'island.' The 

 early Russian explorers of Kamchatka 

 heard from the Chukchi of islanders, 

 aliuit, beyond the main Asian shore, by 

 Avhich the Chukchi meant the Diomede 

 islanders; but when the Russians found 

 people on the Aleutian ids. they supposed 

 them to be those referred to by the 

 Chukchi and called them by the Chukchi 

 name, and the Chukchi often adopt the 

 Russian name, Aleut, for themselves, 

 though as.serting that it is not their own. 

 According to Dall, Unhng'un, 'people,' is 

 the generic term which the Aleut apply 

 to themselves, it being probably a form 

 of the Eskimo Inniiin, plural of Iming, 

 Iniik. 



It is stated by various authorities that 

 the Aleut differ markedly from the Es- 

 kimo in character and mental ability as 

 well as in many practices. According to 

 Dall the Aleut possess greater intellect- 

 ual capacity than the Eskimo, but are far 

 inferior in personal independence, and 

 while the Aleuts' physiognomy differs 

 somewhat from that of the typical Es- 

 kimo, individuals are often seen who 

 can not be distinguished from ordinary 

 Iimuit. Notwithstanding the differences, 

 there is no doubt that the Aleut are 

 an aberrant offshoot from the great 

 Es(juiinauau stock, and that however 



