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CAHAWBA OLD TOWNS CAHITA 



[b. a. e. 



with the Adac and Kadakaman, formerly 

 lived between San Fernando and Muleje, 

 near San Francisco Borja, w. side of 

 Lower California, lat. 29°. 

 Cagnaguet.— Taylor in Browne, Res. Pae. Slope, 

 app., 54, lS(i9. Cagnajuet.— Tavlor in Cal. Farmer 

 Jan. 17, 1.S62. 



Cahawba Old Towns. A former grouj> 

 of Choctaw settlements in I'erry co., Ala., 

 probably on Cahawl)a r. — Pickett, Ala., 

 II, 326, 1851; Halbert in Ala. Hist. Soc. 

 Trans., iii, 66, 1899. 



Cahelca ('deep pool'). A rancheria, 

 probably Cochimi, connected with Pu- 

 ri'sima (Cadegomo) mission. Lower Cali- 

 fornia, in the 18th century. — Doc. Hist. 

 Mex., 4th s., V, 189, 1857. " 



Cahelejyu (' brackish water '). A ran- 

 cheria, jirobably Cochimi, connected with 

 Purisima (Cadegomo) mission, Lower 

 California, in the 18th century. — Doc. 

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

 Cahelijyu.— Ibid. ,190. Cahelixyu.— Ibid., ISd. 



Cahelembil ('junction of waters' ). A 

 rancheria, prol)ably Cochimi, connected 

 with Purisima (Cadegomo) mission. 

 Lower California, in the 18th century; it 

 lay a league from the Pacific coast. — Doc. 

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



Cahelmet ( ' water and earth ') . A ran- 

 cheria, probably Cochimi, connected with 

 Purisima (Cadegomo) mission, Lower 

 California, in the 18th century. — Doc. 

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



Cahiague. A Huron village in Ontario, 

 where the Jesuits had the mission of St 

 John the Baptist in 1640. 

 Cahiague.— ( 'ha mplain (1615), CEuvres, iv, 29, 1870. 

 S. lean Baptiste.— .Tes. Rel. for 1640,90,1858. 



Cahinnio. A tribe visited by Cavelier 

 de la Salle on his return from Texas in 

 1687, at which time they probably re- 

 sided in s. w. Arkansas, near Red r. They 

 were possibly more closely allied to the 

 northern tribes of the Caddo confed- 

 eracy (the Xadohadacho, Natchitoches, 

 Yatasi, etc. ) than to the southern tribes, 

 with whom, according to Joutel, they 

 were at enmity. During the vicissitudes 

 of the 18th century the tribe moved n. w., 

 and in 1768 were on upper Arkansas r. , 

 near their old allies, the Mento. By 

 the close of the 18th century they were 

 extinct as a tribe. (a. c. f. ) 



Cabinoios.— MeKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, in, 

 81, 1854. Cahainihoua.— .loutel (1687) in French, 

 Hist. Coll. La., I, 169, 1846. Cahainohoua,— Jontel 

 (1687) in Margry, Dec, iii, 41:^, 1878. Cahayno- 

 houa.— .loutel in French, Hist. Coll. La., i, 172 

 1846. Cahinnio.— Le Clercq (1691), First Estab' 

 Faith, II, 265, l.ssi. Cahinoa.— Carver, Trav., 

 map, 1778. Cahirmois. — Bondinot, Star in the 

 West, 126, 1816. Cakainikova,— Barcia, Ensavo, 

 279, 1723. Chininoas.— McKennev and Hall, Ind. 

 Tribes, in, 81, 18,54. Cohainihoua,— .loutel in 

 French, Hist. Coll. La., 1, 169, 1846. Cohainotoas.— 

 Barcia, Ensayo, 279, 1723. Kahinoa.— Jefferys 

 (1763), Am. Atlas, map, 5, 1776. 



Cahita. A group of tribes of the Pinian 

 family, consisting chiefly of the Yaqui 

 and the Mayo, dwelling in s. w. Sonora 



and N. Av. Sinaloa, Mexico, principally 

 in the middle and lower portions of the 

 valleys of the Rio Yaqui, Rio Mayo, 



MAYO (cahita) man. (hRDLICKa) 



and Rio Fuerte, and extending from the 

 Gulf of California to the Sierra Madre. 

 Physically the men are usually large and 



MAYO (cahita) woman AND CHILD. (hRDLICKa) 



well formed; their complexion is of me- 

 dium brown, and their features, though 

 somewhat coarse, are not unpleasant. 

 The dre.ss of both sexes is coarse and sim- 



