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Chactoo. A body of Indians, possibly 

 related to the Attacapa, mentioned in 

 1753 as living in Louisiana. In 1805 they 

 were on Bayou Boeuf, about 10 m. s. of 

 Bayou Rapide, toward Opelousas, and 

 numbered 30 men. They were not 

 Choctaw, and in addition to their own 

 tongue they spoke the Mobilian trade 

 language. (a. s. g.) 



Chacchoux. — Dumont, La., 1, 134, 1753. Chactoos. — 

 Sibley, Hist. Sketches, 84, 1806. Chaetoos.— Seher- 

 merhom in Mass. Hist. Soe. Ctill., 2d s., ii, 27, 

 1814. Chattoos,— Lewis and Clarli, Jour, 1.S6, 1840. 



Chafalote. An Apache tribe or band of 

 Sonora, JNlexico, mentioned in connection 

 with the Gilefios and Faraones by Orozco 

 y Berra (Geog., 59, 1864) and l)y Malte- 

 Brun (Congres Amer., ii, 37, 1877); 

 otherwise unknown. 



Chagee. A former Cherokee settlement 

 near the mouth of Chatooga cr., a tribu- 

 tary of Tugaloo r., at or near the site of 

 the present Ft Madison, in the s. w. part 

 of Oconee co., n. w. S. C. It was destroyed 

 during the Revolutionary war. (.i. m. ) 



Chagindueftei. An Atfalati band for- 

 merly living between Hillsboro and 

 Sauvies id., Washington co., Oreg. 



Tchagi'nduefte-i.— Gatschet, Atfalati MS., B. A. E., 



1877. 



Chagu ('lungs'). A division of the 

 Yankton Sioux. 



Band of the lights. ^Culbertson in Smithson. 

 Rep. 1850, 141, 18i=>l. Cagu.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. 

 B. A. E., 217, 1897. Tcaxu.— Ibid. 



Chaguate. A village, probably belong- 

 ing to a division of a southern Caddoan 

 tribe, formerly situated in the region of 

 Washita r.. Ark. ; visited by Moscoso and 

 his troops in the summer of 1542. See 

 Gentleman of Elvas (1557) in French, 

 Hist. Coll. La., ii, 193, 1850. 



Chagunte. A former village, presum- 

 ably Costanoan, connected with Dolores 

 mission, San Francisco, Cal. — Taylor in 

 Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. 



Chagvagchat. A Kaiyuhkhotana village 

 near the headwaters of Anvik r. , Alaska. 



Tchagvagtchatchachat, — Zagoskin in Nouv. Ann. 

 Voy., 5tli s., XXI, map, 1850. 



Chahelim (/(e//m= 'outdoors'). An At- 

 falati band formerly settled in Chehelim 

 valley, 5 m. s. of Wapatoo lake, Yamhill 

 CO., Oreg. 



Cheiialim. — Lvman in Oreg. Hist. Soc. Quar., i, 

 323, 1900. Tcha helim.— Gatschet, Atfalati MS., 

 B. A. E., 1877. 



Chahicliic {che-chen, a variety of mos- 

 quito; chik, or chiki, 'place of). A 

 Tarahumare rancheria near Palanquo, 

 Chihuahua, Mexico. — Lumholtz, inf'n, 

 1894. 



Chahtliulelpil. A body of Salish of the 

 old Victoria superintendency, Brit. Col.; 

 pop. 104 in 1881. —Can. Ind. Aff., 258, 1882. 



Chaicclesaht {Td'e'k'tUsath, 'large-cut- 

 in-bay people'). A Nootka tribe on 

 Ououkinsh and Nasparte inlets, w. coast 

 of Vancouver id., numV)ering 105 in 1902. 

 Acous is their principal town. 



Chaic-cles-aht.— Can. Ind. Aff., 357, 1S97. Chay- 

 kisaht.— Sproat, Sav. Life, 308, 1868. Checklesit.— 

 Can. Ind. Aff., 158, 1901. Naspatl.— Jacob in Jour. 

 Anthrop. Soc. Lond., xi, Feb., 1864. Naspatle, — 

 Latluim, Nat. Hist. Man, 301, 1850. Naspatte.— 

 ScoukT (IM(i) in Jour. Ethnol. Soc. Lond., i, 234, 

 184S. Nespods.— Grant in Jour. Rov. Geog. Soc, 

 293, 1857. To'e'k'tlisath.— Boas, 6th Rep. N. W. 

 Tribes Can., 1890. 



Chaik. A Kaviagmiut village on the n. 

 shore of Norton sd., Alaska. 

 Chaimut. — Zagoskin, I)e.scr. Russ. Poss. in Am., pt. 

 I, 73, 1847. Tchaimuth, — Zagoskin in Nouv. Ann. 

 Voy., 5th s., XXI, map, 18.50. 



Chaikikarachada ( ' those who call them- 

 selves the deer ' ). A Winnebago gens. 

 Cha'-ra.— Morgan, Anc. Soc. 157, 1877. Tea'i-ki'- 

 ka-ra'-tca-da,— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 241, 

 1S97. 



Chailkutkaituh. A former Hupa village 

 on or near Trinity r., Cal. 

 Chail'-kut-kai-tuh. — Powers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., 

 Ill, 73, 1877. 



Chainiki. A Karok village on the s. 

 bank of Klamath r. , x. Cal. , about midway 

 between the Trinitv and the Salmon. 



Tshei-nik-kee.— Gibl)S MS., B. A. E., 1852. 



Chainruk. A Kaviagmiut village at Pt 

 Clarence, Alaska. — 11th Census, Alaska, 

 162, 1893. 



Ckaizra. The Elk clan of the Ala-Leng- 

 ya phratral group of the Hopi. 

 Tcaizra wiiiwu, — Fewkes in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 

 583, 1901 (?c=ch; wmw'M='clan'). Toai'-zri-sa 

 ■wiin-wii. — Fewkes in Am. Anthrop., vii, 401, 1894. 



Chak ( ' eagle ' ). A name given by the 

 northern Tlingit to one of the two phra- 

 tries into which they are divided. 

 Chethl'.— Dall, Alaska, 414, 1870. Teak!.— Swan- 

 ton, field notes, B. A. E., 1904. 



Chakankni. A Molala band formerly 

 settled in the Cascade range, n. w. of 

 upper Klamath lake, on the headwaters 

 of Rogue r., Oreg. In 1881 they were 

 rapidly becoming absorbed by the neigh- 

 boring tribes and had practically given 

 up their own language for that of the 

 Klamath. (l. p.) 



Tchakankni.— Gatschet in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., ii, 

 426, 1890. Tchakenikni. — Ibid. (Modoc name). 



Chakawech. A Modoc camping place 

 near Yaneks, on Sprague r., Klamath 

 res., s. w. Oreg. 



Tchakawetch,— Gatschet in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., ii, 

 xxxi, 1890. 



Chakckiuma ( Choctaw : snktchi ' craw- 

 fish,' huma 'red,' probably referring to a 

 clan totem). A tribe speaking a Choc- 

 taw-Chickasaw dialect, formerly living 

 on Yazoo r. Miss., and, according to 

 Iberville (Margry, Dec, iv, 180, 1880), 

 between the Taposa below them and the 

 Outapo or Ibitoupa above, in 1699. At that 

 time they were probably the most popu- 

 lous of the Yazoo tribes, and spoke the 

 Chickasaw language. They were an im- 

 portant tribe at the time of De Soto's 

 expedition ( 1540—41 ) and lived in a walled 

 town. During the 18th century they 

 were included in the Chickasaw confeder- 

 acy, and had the reputation of being war- 

 like. Adair (Hist. Am. Inds., 66, 362, 

 1775) mentions a tradition that they came 



