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BOGAN BOMAZEEN 



[B. A. 



either the Buffalo clan or gens of some 

 tribe or one of the buffalo-hunting tribes 

 of the W. (j. M.) 



Bogan. A marshy cove by a stream; 

 called also bogan hole (Ganong in Proc. 

 and Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., 209, 1896). 

 In a letter (Apr. 8, 1908) Ganong says 

 further: "A word very nnich used by 

 guides and others who go into the New 

 Brunswick woods is bogan, a still creek 

 or bay branching from a stream. Ex- 

 actly the same thing the Indians call a 

 pokologan." He thinks bogan, like lagan, 

 probably the common name in Maine 

 for the same thing, a corruption of jwko- 

 logan. Both words, Ganong notes, are 

 in good local use and occur in articles 

 on sporting, etc. It is possible that 

 "bogan hole " maybe a folk etymologiz- 

 ing of pokologan. In the Chippewa lan- 

 guage a marsh or bog is to'togun. 



(a. f. c. ) 



Boguechito ( ' big bayou ' ) .' A Choctaw 

 band formerly residing in Neshoba co.. 

 Miss., in a district known by the same 

 name. — Gatschet, CreekMigr. Leg., i, 108, 

 1884. 



Bogue Chittos.— Claiborne (1843) in Sen. Doc. 168, 

 28th (^cinK., 1st sess., 91, 1844. 



Bogue Toocolo Chitto (Bok tuklo chitto 

 'two big bayous'). A former Choctaw 

 town, which derived its name from its 

 location at the confluence of Running 

 Tiger and Sukenatcha crs., about 4 m. 

 N. w. of De Kalb, Kemper co.. Miss. — 

 Halbert in Miss. Hist. Soc. Publ., vi, 424, 

 1902. 



Bohnapobatin. [BoJinapo-batin, 'western 

 many houses'). The name applied by 

 the Pomo living in the region of Clear 

 lake, Cal., to those living along the upper 

 course of Russian r. — Gibbs (1851) in 

 Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, in, 110, 1853. 



Bokea. A former Pomo village situ- 

 ated in what is known as Rancheria val- 

 ley, on the headwaters of Navarro r., 

 Mendocino CO., Cal. (a. l. k. s. a. b. ) 

 Boch-heaf. — Gibbs in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, 

 III, 11'2, 1.S53. 



Bokninuwad ( in part from bok, ' to find ' ) . 

 A Yokuts tribe formerly living on Deer 

 cr., Tulare co., Cal. They ceded lands to 

 the United States by treaty of May 30, 

 1851, and went on a reservation on Kings 

 r. (a. l. k. ) 



Go-ke-nim-nons.— Wessells (1853) in H. R. Ex. Doc. 

 76, 34th Cong., 32, 18.'i7. Po-ken-well.— Rovce in 

 18tli Rep. B. A. E., 782, 1900. Po-ken-welle.— Bar- 

 bour in Sen. Ex. Doc. 4, 32d Cong., spec, sess., 

 255, 1853. Pokoninos.— Bancroft, Nat. Races, I, 

 456, 1874. Po-kon-wel-lo.— Johnston in Sen. Ex. 

 Doe. 61, 32d Cong., 1st sess., 23, 1852. 



Bokongehelas. See Buckongahelas. 



Bolas (Span.: 'balls'). A hunting 

 weapon consisting of two or more balls 

 of heavy material attached to the end of 

 a cord by means of shorter cords. The 

 type weapon is that used by the tribes 

 of the pampas of South America to en- 



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tangle the legs of animals. The only 

 weapon of this character found in North 

 America is that used by the western Es- 

 kimo for hunting birds, especially water- 

 fowl. It consists of from 4 to 10 blocks, 

 or shaped pieces of bone or ivor)', about 

 the size of a walnut, each attached to a 

 sinew or rawhide cord 24 to 30 in. long, 

 and gathered and secured to a short 

 handle made of grass stems or feathers, 

 forming a grip. In throwing 

 the bolas it is swung around 

 the head once or twice, then 

 released like a sling. During 

 the first part of their course 

 the balls remain bunched, but 

 when they lose speed or come 

 in contact with an object they 

 diverge and entangle. In the 

 hands of the Eskimo the 

 weapon is effectual at 40 to 50 

 yds. The bolas is analogous ^^'""° bir" bo- 

 to the slungshot, to the casse- 

 tete of the Plains Indians, 

 and to the cast-net of s. e. Asia. Zuni 

 children have a toy which resembles the 

 bolas. Consult Murdoch in 9th Rep. 

 B. A. E., 245, 1892; Nelson in 18th Rep. 

 B. A. E., 134, 1899. (w. h.) 



Bolbone. A subdivision of the Cholovone, 

 the northernmost group of the Mariposan 

 family, residing e. of San Joaquin r. and 

 N. of Tuolumne r., Cal. (a. l. k.) 



Bolbon.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. 

 Bolbones.— Cliamisso in Kotzebue, Voy., in, 51. 

 1821. Bulbones. —Bancroft, Nat. Races, i, 4.'i3, 

 1874 (niis((Uotcrt from Cliamisso). Pulpenes. — 

 Tavlor in Cal. Farmer, Mar. 30, 1860. Pulpones,— 

 Ibid. Volvon.— Ibid., Oct. 18, 1861. 



Boleck. — See Bowlegs. 



Bolinas. A name formerly applied to 

 the people living in the region of Bolinas 

 bav, s. of Pt Reyes, Marin co., Cal. Tav- 

 lor (Cal. Farmer, Mar. 30, 1860) gives 

 Bollanos, an incorrect spelling of Bolinas, 

 as the name of a small division of the 

 Olamentke (Moquelumnan stock) for- 

 merly "near BoUenos bay, Tamales bay, 

 Punto de los Reyes, and probably as far 

 up as Bodega bay." (s. a. b. ) 



Bolshoigor. A Koyukukhotana village 

 on Yukon r., 25 m. above the mouth of 

 Koyulsuk r., Alaska.— Petroff (1880), 

 10th Census, Alaska, map, 1884. 

 Bolshoiger,— Baker, Geog. Diet. Alaska, 1901 

 (after i'etroff). 



Bomazeen. A chief or sachem of the 

 Kennebec tribe whose residence was at 

 Norridgewock, Kennebec r.. Me., the an- 

 cient capital or principal village of the 

 tribe. He is mentioned as early as 1693 

 and is known to have died in 1724. 

 He made a treaty with Gov. Phips in 

 1693; wentto the fortatPemaquid, Me. , in 

 1694undera flagof truce, and wastreacher- 

 ously seized and cast into prison in Bos- 

 ton. After his release he waged war for 

 a time on the settlements, attacking 



