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[B. A. E. 



thews, Navaho Leg., 116, 1897). From 

 some points the rock is visible 50 m. 

 away. Cortez (Pac. R. R. Rep., iii, pt. 

 3, 119, 1856) mentioned it as a Navaho 

 settlement in 1799. (f. w. h.) 



Cerro Chato (Span.: 'flat-topped hill'). 

 Mentioned by Cortez in 1799 (Pac. R. R. 

 Hep., Ill, pt. 3, 119, 1856) as a Navaho 

 settlement, but it is probably only a geo- 

 graphic name. 



Cerro Chiquito (Span.: 'little momi- 

 tain') . A village, probably of the Pima, 

 on the Pima and Maricopa res., Gila r., s. 

 Ariz.; pop. 232 in I860.— Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, June 19, 1863. 



Cexeninuth. A tribe or division about 

 Queen Charlotte sd., Brit. Col.; possibly 

 a Gyeksem gens of the Kwakiutl. 



Cex-e-ni-nuth. — Kane, Wand, in N. Am., app., 

 1859. Ex e ni nuth. — Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, v, 



488, 1855 (misspelt). 



Chaahl ( Tdd'al). A former Haidatown 

 on the N. w. coast of Moresby id.. Queen 

 Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. This seems to 

 have been the Kow-welth of John Work, 

 who assigned to it 35 houses with 561 

 inhabitants in 1836-41. Old people re- 

 call the names of 28 houses, but many 

 more are said to have existed before a 

 great fire which destroyed a large part 

 of the town. In later times the people 

 moved to New Gold Harbor, on the e. end 

 of Maude id., and thence into Skide- 

 gate. — Swanton, Cont. Haida, 280, 1905. 

 Cha-atl.— Dawson, Q. Charlotte Ids., 168b, 1880. 

 Kaw-welth. — Kane, Wand, in N. Am., app., 18.59 

 (probably thesame; misprint from Work, 1836^1). 

 Kow-welth.— Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, V, 489, 1855 

 (probably the same; from Work's table). 



Chaahl (Tc.'d^at). A former Haida 

 town on the e. coast of North id.. Queen 

 Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. It was occu- 

 pied by a family of the same name who 

 afterward moved to Alaska and settled 

 at Howkan. — Swanton, Cont. Haida, 281, 

 1905. 



Chaahl -lanas ( Tc.'d'al Wnas, ' Chaahl 

 town people'). A Haida family of the 

 Eagle clan, one of those which moved 

 to Alaska and constituted the Kaigani. 

 They are said to have l)ranched off from 

 the Kaiahl-lanas, but derived their name 

 from the place on North id. where 

 their town stood before they moved to 

 Alaska. In the latter country they 

 owned the town of Howkan. There 

 are said to have been 4 subdivisions: 

 Stulnaas-hadai, Lanagukunhlin-hadai, 

 Skahene-hadai, and Hotagastlas-hadai.— 

 Swanton, Cont. Haida, 276, 1905. 

 Ts'atl la'nas.— Boas, .5th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 

 26, 1S89. 



Chabanakongkomun ('boundary fishing 

 place.' — Trumbull). A village of Pray- 

 ing Indians established about 1672 near 

 Dudley, Worcester co., Mass. In 1674 it 

 contained about 45 inhabitants. In later 

 times the Indians about Dudley were 



known as the Pegan tribe and continued 

 to live there after the settlement of the 

 town. Ten of them were still on a reser- 

 vation in Dudley in 1793. They were 

 classed as Nipmuc. (j. m. ) 



Chabanakongkomun, — Gookin (1674) in Mass. Hist. 

 Soc. ('(ill., 1st s., I, 189-190, 1806. Chanagongum.— 

 Trumbull, Conn., i, 346, 1818. Chaubunakongko- 

 muk.— Eliot (1668) quoted by Trumbull, Ind. 

 Names Conn., 9, 1881. Chobonakonkon.— Gookin 

 (1677) in Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, ii, 467, 1836. 

 Chobone-Konhonom. — Ibid., 477. Chobonokono- 

 mum. — Ibid., 443. Pegans. — Drake, Bk. Inds., x, 

 1848. 



Chabin (from qe, 'mountain'). A 

 division of the Assiniboin. — Maximilian, 

 Trav., 194, 1843. 

 Gens des Montagnes. — Ibid. 



Chacacants. A village, possibly Cad- 

 doan, formerly on Red r., at the mouth of 

 a N. aftiuent, in what is now Oklahoma. — 

 De risle, map (1707) in French, Hist. 

 Coll. La., Ill, 1851. 



Chacacantes, — Baudry des Lozieres, Voyage k la 

 La., 242, 1802. Chacakante, — De I'lsle, map of La. 

 (1701?) in Winsor, Hist. Am., ii, 294, 1886. 



Chacat. Mentioned by Pike (Exped., 

 3d map, 1810) as a Navaho settlement. 

 It is probably identical in name with that 

 of Chaco canyon, n. w. N. Mex. 



Chachambitmanchal. An Atfalati band 

 formerly living Zh m. n. of Forest Grove, 

 Washington co., Oreg. 



Tcha tchambit mantchal. — Gatschet, Atfalati MS., 

 B. A. E., 1877. 



Chachanim. An Atfalati band formerly 

 living on Wapatoo Lake prairie, Washing- 

 ton CO., Oreg. 



Tcha tchannim.— Gatschet, Atfalati MS., B. A. E., 

 1877. 



Chachat. A former village connected 

 with San Carlos mission, Cal., and said 

 to have been Esselen. — Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, Apr. 20, 1860. 



Chachaubunkkakowok. A village of 

 Christian Indians in e. Massachusetts in 

 1684.— Eliot (1684) in Mass. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., Ists., Ill, 185, 1794. 



Chachemewa. An Atfalati band for- 

 merly residing at Forest Grove, 6 m. from 

 Wapatoo lake, Yamhill co., Oreg. 

 Tcha-tchemewa, — Gatschet, Atfalati MS.,B. A. E., 

 1877. 



Chachif. An Atfalati band formerly 

 livingon Wapatoo lake, Yamhill co., Oreg. 



Tch'atchif.— Gatschet, Atfalati MS., B. A. E.,1877. 

 Chachimahiyuk (refers to a swamp 

 grass) . An Atfalati band formerly living 

 between Wapatoo lake and Willamette 

 r., in Washington co. , Oreg. 

 Tcha tchimmahiyuk. — Gatschet, Atfalati MS., B. 

 A. E., 1877. 



Chachimewa. An Atfalati band formerly 

 living on or near Wapatoo lake, Yamhill 

 CO., Oreg. 

 Tcha tchmewa.— Gatschet, Atfalati MS., B. A. E., 



1877. 



Chachokwith (refers to a small shell). 

 An Atfalati band formerly living at a 

 place of the same name n. of Forest 

 Grove, in Washington co., Oreg. 

 Tcha tchokuith.— Gatschet, Atfalati MS., B. A. E., 

 1877. 



