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AVATANAK AWANI 



[b. a. e. 



houses about 1895; 98 in 12 houses in 

 1901. The people are of the Aiwan di- 

 vision. 



Agvan. — Nelson in 18th Rep. B. A. E., map, 1899. 

 A'vak.— Bogoras, Chukchee, 29, 1904 (Eskimo 

 name). Awan. — KrauseinDeutseheGeog. Blatter, 

 V, 80, map, 1882 (Chukchi name for Eskimo about 

 Indian pt). Eu'nmun, — Bogoras, op. cit. (Chukelii 

 name). 



Avatanak. An Aleut village on a small 

 island of the same name, between Una- 

 laska and Unimak ids., Alaska; pop. 19 

 in 1880. 



Aiaialgutak, — Krenitzin and Levashef (1768), 

 quoted bv Baker, Geog. Diet. Alaska, 1901. Avata- 

 nak.— PetrofT, 10th Census, Alaska, 22, 1881. Avata- 

 nakskoi.— Elliott, Cond. AfT. Alaska, 225, 1875. 

 Avatanovskoe. — Veniaminoff, Zapiski, ll, 203,1840. 

 Awatanak. — liolmberg, Ethnol. Skizz., map, 152, 

 1855. 



Avaudjelling. A summer settlement of 

 Akudnirmiut Eskimo at the n. end of 

 Home bay, Baffin land. — Boas in 6th 

 Rep. B. A. E., map, 1888. 



Avavares. A former tribe of Texas, 

 possibly Caddoan, which lived "behind " 

 the Quintoles toward the interior, and to 

 which Cabeza de Vaca, in 1527-34, fled 

 from the Mariames. Their language was 

 different from that of the Mariames, 

 although they understood the latter. 

 They bartered bones, which the Mariames 

 ground and used for food, and also traded 

 in bows. While staying with the Ava- 

 vares Cabeza de Vaca and his companion 

 became noted for their successful treat- 

 ment of the sick. The people seem to 

 have been kindly disposed and different 

 in habits from the coast tribes, (a. c. f. ) 

 Ananares, — Harris, Voy. and Trav., I, 803, 1705. 

 Anavares. — Linschoten, Desc. de I'Am^rique, 6, 

 1638. Avaraes. — Cabeza de Vaca (1534) quoted by 

 Barcia, Ensayo, 13, 1723. Avares. — Herrera, Hist. 

 Gen., dec. V, 94, 1725. Avavares. — Cabeza de Vaca, 

 Smith trans., .58, 84, 1851. Chavavares. — Cabeza de 

 Vaca, Smith trans., 137, 1871. 



Avendaughbough. A former village, 

 probably of the Sewee, in South Carolina 

 in 1701.— Lawson, Hist. Car., 24, 1860. 



Avnulik. A Chnagmiut village in the 

 Yukon district, Alaska; pop. 30 in 1890. 

 Avnuligmiut. — 11th Census, Alaska, 165, 1893. 



Avolabac. A rancheria, probably Co- 

 chimi, connected with Pun'sima mission, 

 Lower California, about lat. 26° 20^— 

 Doc. Hist. Mex., 4th s., v, 189, 1857. 



Avoyelles (Fr. dim. of avoie, 'small 

 vipers' ). A tribe spoken of in the 18th 

 century as one of the nations of the Red 

 r. , having their villages near the mouth 

 of that stream, within what is now 

 Avoyelles parish. La. They probably 

 belonged to the Caddoan family, the tribe 

 representing a group that had remained 

 near the ancient habitat of its kindred. 

 The country occupied by the Avoyelles 

 was fertile and intersected by lakes and 

 bayous, one of the latter being still called 

 by their name. The tribe lived in vil- 

 lages, cultivated maize and vegetables, 

 and practised the arts common to the 



tribes of the Gulf region. Nothing defi- 

 nite is known of their beliefs and cere- 

 monies. Like their neighbors, they had 

 come into possession of horses, which 

 they bred, and later they obtained cattle, 

 for Du Pratz mentions that they sold 

 horses, cows, and oxen to the French 

 settlers of Louisiana. During the general 

 displacement of the tribes throughout the 

 Gulf states, which began in the 18th cen- 

 tury, the Avoyelles country proved to be 

 attractive. The Biloxi settled there and 

 other tribes entered and took possession. 

 Under the influences incident to the 

 advent of the white race the Avoyelles 

 mingled with the newcomers, but through 

 the ravages of wars and new diseases the 

 tribe was soon reduced in numbers. 

 Before the close of the century their vil- 

 lages and their tribal organization melted 

 away, their language became extinct, and 

 the few survivors were lost in the float- 

 ing Indian population. In 1805, accord- 

 ing to Sibley, the tribe had become re- 

 duced to two or three women, (a. c. f.) 

 Ajouelles. — Homann, Indise Oecidentalis, map, ca. 

 1740. Aouayeilles.— Margry, D^c, 230, 1886. Avo- 

 gall. — .Schermerhorn in Mass. Hist. See. Coll., 2d 

 s., II, 26, 1812. Avovelles. — JefEerys, Am. Atlas, 5, 

 1776. Avoyall. — Brackenridge, Views of La., 8S, 

 1814. Avoyellas.— Dumont, La., I, 134, 1753. Avo- 

 yelles.— Sibley (1805) in Am. State Papers, iv, 725, 

 1832. Avoyels. — Jefferys, French Dom. Am., i, 

 165, 1761. 



Awaitlala ( ' those inside the inlet ' ) . A 

 Kwakiutl tribe on Knight inlet, Brit. Col. 

 Their town is called Kwatsi. 

 A'wa-ii.ala.— Boas in Rep. Nat. Mus. 1895, 332, 1897. 

 A<^wae'i.Kla. — Boas in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 V, pt. 1, 122, 1902. Oughtella.— Brit. Col. map, 

 Ind. Afif., Victoria, 1872 (given as name of town). 



Awalokaksaksi ('at the little island'). 

 A Klamath settlement on Williamson r., 

 s. w. Oreg. — Gatschet in Cont. N. A. 

 Ethnol., II, pt. 1, xxix, 1890. 



Awani. A division of the Miwok living 

 in Yosemite valley, Mariposa co., Cal. 

 Powers states that the name Yosemite is a 

 distorted form of the Miwok uzumaiti, 

 'grizzly bear,' a term never used by the 

 Indians to designate the valley itself or any 

 part of it. Awani, the name applied by 

 the natives of the valley, was the principal 

 village, which by extension was given to 

 the whole valley and its inhabitants, who 

 occupied it when snow permitted. The 

 Awani had 9 villages, containing 450 peo- 

 ple, when the whites first came, and they 

 seem to have had a larger number at an 

 earlier period. At present the population 

 is unknown, but small. The 9 villages 

 were Awani, Hokokwito, Kumaini, Les- 

 amaiti, Macheto, Notomidula, Sakaya, 

 and Wahaka. ( h. w. h. ) 

 Ahwahnachee.— Hittell, Yosemite, 42, 1868. Ah- 

 wahnechee,— Ibid..35. Awalache.— Johnston (1851) 

 in Sen. Ex. Doc. 61, 32d Cong., 1st sess., 22, 1852. 

 Awallache.— McKee et al. (1851) in Sen. Ex. Doc. 

 4, 32d Cong., spec, sess., 74, 1853. Awanee. — Pow- 

 ers in Overland Monthly, x, 333, 1874. Oosemite, — 

 Hittell, Yosemite, 35, 1868. Oosoomite.— Ibid., 36. 



