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

 1877. 



Chatakuin {atahuui refers to a tree). 

 A former Atfalati settlement 7 m. n. of 

 Hillsboro, Washington co., Oreg. 

 Teh' atakuin.— Gatschet, Atfalati MS., B. A. E., 

 1877. 



Chatamnei. An Atfalati band, long ex- 

 tinct, that lived 10 m. n. of Wapatoo 

 lake, in Washington co., Oreg. 



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

 1877. 



Chatchini. A camping place not far from 

 the Haida town of Kasaan, s. w. Alaska. 

 As John Work gives it as the name of a 

 town, the people of Kasaan may have had 

 a permanent settlement there at one time. 

 In 1836-41 it contained 249 inhabitants 

 and 18 houses. — Swanton, field notes, 

 1900-01. 



Chal-chu-nie, — Kane, Wand. N. A., app., 1859 (after 

 Work, 183t;-41). Chasinskoe. — Veniaminoff, Za- 

 piski, II, pt. 3, 30, 1840. Chatcheeni. — Dawson, 

 Queen Charlotte Ids., 173b, 1880 (simpliticd from 

 Work). Chat-chee-nie, — Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, 

 V, 489, 18.5.5 (after W'ork). Chatounic— Can. Ind. 

 Aff., 8, 1872. Chatsinahs.— Scott in Ind. Aff. Rep., 

 312, 1868. Tcatci'ni.— Swanton, Cent. Haida, 282, 

 190.5. 



Chatelaw ( said to mean ' copper town' ). 

 A former Chickasaw town in n. Missis- 

 sippi. — Komans, Fla., 63, 1775. 



Chatelech ( ' outside water ' ) . The pres- 

 ent town of the Seechelt Indians on Trail 

 bay, at the neck of Seechelt penin., Brit. 

 Col. As a permanent settlement it dates 

 only from Bishop Durien's time {ca. 

 1890), not having been occupied before 

 for fear of the Lekwiltok. 

 TcatEletc— Hill-Tout in Jour. Anthrop. Inst., 21, 

 1904. 



Chatilkuei. An Atfalati band formerly 

 residing 5 m. w. of Wapatoo lake, in 

 Yamhill co., Oreg. 



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

 1877. 



Chatinak. A Chnagmiut Eskimo village 

 near the mouth of Yukon r., Alaska; 

 pop. 40 in 1880. Petroff, 10th Census, 

 Alaska, 12, 1884. 



Catinakh.— Elliot, Our Arct. Prov., map, 1886. 

 Chatinak.— Petroff, 10th Census, Alaska, 12, 1884. 

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



1899. 



Chatoksofki ( Chdt aksufki, ' rock bluff ' ) . 

 A former Upper Creek town in Talladega 

 CO., Ala., with 143 families in 1833. 

 Chatoksofki, Abikudshi, Niuyaka, and 

 Oakfuskee were anciently considered 

 one town whose people met at one place 

 for their annual busk, q. v. In former 

 times these were the greatest ball play- 

 ers of the Creeks. The few survivors are 

 consolidated with the Eufaula in the 

 Creek Nation, Ind. Ter., where a modern 

 town known as Chatoksofki now exists. 



(A. S. G.) 

 Chattoesofkar.— H. R. Ex. Doc. 276, 24th Cons., 140, 

 183G. Chattofsofker.— Crawford (1836)inH.R. Doc. 

 274, 25tli Oing., 2d sess., 24, 1838. Chat-tok-sof-ke.— 

 Wyso, iljid., GI. Chattoksofker,— .Tones et al., ibid., 

 101, Chattossofkins.— Campl)ell,ibid.,20. Chotok- 

 saufk. — Taylor, ibid., 71. Old Merrawnaytown, — 

 H. R. Ex. Doc. 276, 24th Cong., 333, 1836. 



Chatot. A tribe or band which the 

 French settled s. of Ft St Louis, on 

 Mobile bay, Ala., in 1709. Bienville, 

 wishing to change his settlement, "se- 

 lected a jjlace where the nation of the 

 Chatots were residing, and gave them in 

 exchange for it a piece of territory front- 

 ing on Dog r., 2 leagues farther down" 

 (Penicaut, 1709, in French, Hist. Coll. La., 

 I, 103, 1869). According to Baudry des 

 Lozieres (Voy., 1794) the Chatot and 

 Tohome tribes were related to the Choc- 

 taw and spoke the French and Choctaw 

 languages. 

 Chactots. — Jefferys, French, Dom. Am., 162, 1761. 



Chata-hada,! {Teats xd''da-i, 'Teats river 

 people'). A subdivision of the Koetas, 

 a Haida family belonging to the Kaigani 

 group. They were probably so named 

 from a camping place. — Swanton, Cont. 

 Haida, 272, 1905. 



Chattahoocliee (Creek: chdtu 'rock,' hut- 

 clias 'mark, design': 'pictured rocks'). 

 A former Lower Creek town on the upper 

 waters of Chattahoochee r., to which it 

 gave its name; seemingly in the present 

 Harris co., Ga. So called from some pic- 

 tured rocks found at that point. The 

 town was above Huthlitaiga, or War-ford, 

 and it had probably been abandoned prior 

 to Hawkins' time (1798-99), as he alludes 

 to it as the "old town Chattohoche," not 

 as an occupied village. (a. s. g. ) 



Catahouche. — Gussefel<i, map of U. S.,1784. Cato- 

 hoche. —Jefferys, French Dom. Am., 134, map, 1761. 

 Cattagochee. — Lattri", map U. S., 1784. Chatahoo- 

 chas. — Romans, Florida, I, 280,1775. Chatahoosie. — 

 Swan (1791) in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, v, 262, 

 18.55. Chatahouchi.— Alcedo, Die. Geog., I, 477, 

 1786. Chata Uche.— Bartram, Travels, 462, 1792. 

 Chat-to-ho-che.— Hawkins (1798-99), Sketch, 52, 

 1848. Katahooche. — Jefferys, Am. Atlas, 5, 1776. 

 Tchattaouchi.— De I'lsle, "map, in Winsor, Hist. 

 Am., II, 29.5, 1886. 



Chattanooga (Cherokee: Tsatdnu'gt, 

 meaning unknown. ) The Cherokee name 

 for a point on the creek entering Tennes- 

 see r. at the city of Chattanooga, Tenn. 

 The ancient name for the site of the pres- 

 ent city of Chattanooga was A'tlil^nuw^, 

 from tWnuiiu '(hawk) hole.' So far as 

 is known there was no Cherokee settle- 

 ment at the place, although some promi- 

 nent men of the tribe lived in the vicin- 

 ity.— Mooney in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 412, 

 413, 1900. 



Chattooka. A village of the Neuse In- 

 dians, formerly on the site of Newbern, 

 N. C. Graffenried bought the tract from 

 the owners in 1710 and planted a German 

 colony on it, the Indians withdrawing 

 proVjably to the Tuscarora, with whom 

 they were on intimate terms, (j. m. ) 

 Chatoueka.— Graffenried (1711) in N. C. Rec.,i,978, 

 1886. Chattauqua.— Du Four (1885), ibid. Chat- 

 tawka.— Graffcnreid (1711), ibid., 910. Chattoka,— 

 Lawson, map (1710) in Hawks, N. C, ii, 18.5s. 

 Chattoocka. — Graffenried, op. cit., 933. Chattooka. — 

 Lawson (1710), Hist. N.C., 384, 1860. 



Chatuga (also Chattooga, a corruption 

 of the Cherokee Tsatu^gl, possibly mean- 



