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OHEBONTES CHEaWALTS 



[b. a. e. 



Algonquian stock, probably Narraganset 

 or Massachuset. (a. f. c. ) 



Chebontes. A tribe mentioned iu 1853 

 (Wessells in H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, 34th 

 Cong., 3d sess., 32, 1857) as living s. e. 

 of Tulare lake, Cal. Supposed from the 

 location and association to be Mariposan, 

 though possibly Shoshonean. 



Cheboygan {KicJiihwagan, 'a large 

 pipe.' — Hewitt). An Ottawa band for- 

 merly living on Cheboygan r., Cheboy- 

 gan CO. , Mich. By treaty of July 31, 1855, 

 they were granted 2 townships about 

 Burts lake; subsequently lands were al- 

 lotted to them in severalty and the surplus 

 restored to the public domain by acts of 

 Congressof JunelO, 1872, andMay23, 1876. 

 Chebbigan band.— Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, l, 478, 

 18.'):?. Cheboygan. -Detroit treaty (1855) in U.S. 

 Ind. Treat., 615, 1873. Cibaiigan.— W. Jones, inf n, 

 1905. 



Chechawkose, A Potawatomi chief of 

 this name formerly lived at a village 

 connnonly called " Chechawkose's vil- 

 lage," oil the s. side of Tippecanoe r., 

 about Harrison tp., Kosciusko co., Ind. 

 The reserve w^as sold in 1836. The name 

 is also spelled Cheechawkose and Chit- 

 chakos. (j. M. ) 



Chechelmeii. A Squawmish village 

 community on Burrard inlet, Brit. Col. 

 Tcetce'lmen.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Brit. A. A. S., 474, 

 1900. 



Chechilkok. A Squawmish village com- 

 munity at Seymour cr., Burrard inlet, 

 Brit. Col. ; pop. 44 in 1902. 

 Creek.— Seymour in Can. Ind. Aff.,pt.n, 160,1900. 

 Tcetcilqok,— Hill-Tout in Rep. Brit. A. A. S., 475, 

 1900. 



Checbinquamin. See Chinquapin. 



Cbecopissowo. A village of the Pow- 

 hatan confederacy, in 1608, on Rappa- 

 hannock r. , above Tobacco cr. , in Caroline 

 CO., Va. — Smith (1629), Virginia, i, map, 

 repr. 1819. ' 



Checout. See ChichvH. 



Cbedtokbanye ('big buffalo bull'). A 

 subgens of the Arukhwa, the Buffalo gens 

 of the Iowa. 



Tce-}o' qa°'-ye,— Dorsey In 15th Rep. B. A. E., 239, 

 1897. 



Cbedtoyine (' young buffalo bull'). A 

 subgens of the Arukhwa, the Buffalo gens 

 of the Iowa. 



Tce-^o yiii'-e.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 239, 

 1897. 



Chedung-a ('buffalo bull,' or 'buffalo 

 with dark hair ' ) . A Kansa gens, the 6th 

 on the Yata side of the tribal circle. Its 

 subgentes are Chedunga and Yukhe. 



Buffalo.— Morgan. Anc. Soc, 156, 1877. Buffalo 

 bull.— Dorsev in Am. Natural., 671, July, 1885. 

 Che-dong-ga,"— Stubbs, Kaw MS. vocab., B. A. E., 

 1877. Mo-e-kwe-ah-ha,— Morgan, Anc. Soc, 1.56, 

 1877. Si-tanga.— Dorsev, Kansa MS. vocab., 

 B. A. E.,1.S82 (sig. 'bigtoot'). Tcedunga.— Dorsey 

 in Am. Natural., 671, July, 188.5. Wadjiitatanga.— 

 Dorsey, Kansa MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1882 (sig. 

 ' big quadruped'). 



Cbedunga. A subgens of the Chedunga 

 gens of the Kansa. 

 Tcedunga.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 232, 1897. 



Cheechawkose. See Chechawkose. 



Cbee-Chinook. See ('lii nook jargon. 



Cheerno. A 1 )ody of Songish at Beecher 

 bay, s. E. end of Vancouver id. It per- 

 haps includes the Keka3'aken gens. Pop. 

 48 in 1902. 



Cheerno.— Can. Ind. Aflf., 66, 1902. Tche-a-nook.— 

 Can. Ind. Aff., 308, 1879 (probably the same). 



Cheeshateaumuck. The onlj' New Eng- 

 land Indian who completed his studies 

 at Harvard College, taking his degree in 

 1666. He died of consumption. { a. f. c. ) 



Cheesoheha. A former Cherokee settle- 

 ment on a branch of Savannah r. , in upper 

 South Carolina; destroyed during the 

 Revolutionary war. (j. m. ) 



Cheewack. A body of Salish under Wil- 

 liams Lake agency, Brit. Col. ; pop. 9 in 

 1891, when the name last appears. 



Chawack.— Can. Ind. Aff. 78, 1878. Cheewack.— 

 Ibid., 251, 1891. 



Chefixico's Old Town. A Seminole set- 

 tlement formerly on the s. side of Old 

 Tallahassee lake, 5 m. e. of Tallahassee, 

 Fla.— Roberts, Florida, 1763. 



Chefoklak. A Chnagmiut village near 

 the head of the Yukon delta, Alaska; 

 pop. 26 in 1880. 



Chefokhlagamute.— Petroff, 10th Census, Alaska, 

 54, 1SS4. 



Chegbita ( ' eagle ' ) . A Missouri gens 

 with the Wakanta, Khra, Kretan, and 

 Momi subgentes. — Dorsey in 15th Rep. 

 B. A. E., 240, 1897. 



Eagle people.— Dorsey, Tciwere MS. vocab., B. A. 

 E., 1879. Tce'xi-ta.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 

 240, 1897. Thunder-bird,— Dorsey, Tciwere MS. 

 vocab., B. A. E., 1879. Wakanta.— Ibid. 



Cheghita. An Oto gens. 

 Eagle. — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 156, 1877. KHa'-a.— 

 Ibid. (=' eagle' [?]; cf. A7tm). Tce'-xi-ta.— Dor- 

 sey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 240, 1897. 



Cheghita. An Iowa gens. Its sub- 

 gentes are Nachiche, Khrahune, Khra- 

 kreye, and Khrapathan. 

 Cheh'-he-ta.— Morgan, Anc. Soc, 156, 1877. Ea- 

 gle, _ibid. Tce'-xi-ta.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. 

 A. E.,238, 1897. 



Cheghulin ('village on the open 

 prairie ' ) . A former Kansa village on the 

 s. side of Kansas r. , Kans. 

 Tcexulio.— Dorsev, Kansa MS. vocab., B. A. E., 

 18.S2. 



Cheghulin. A Kansa village, evidently 

 named after the earlier settlement of that 

 name; situated on a tributary of Kansas 

 r., on the n. side, e. of Blue r., Kans. 

 Tcexuli°.— Dorsey, KansaMS. vocab., B. A. E.,1882. 



Chegnakeokisela ('half breechcloth'). 

 A division of the Hunkpapa Teton Sioux. 



Born in the middle.— Culbertson in Smithson. Rep. 

 1850, 141, 1851. Cegnake-okisela.— Dorsey in 15th 

 Rep B A. E., 221, 1897. Ce'-ha-na-ka'.— Hayden, 

 Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. Valley, 376, 1862 ('three- 

 cornered cloth ' ) . Half breech clout people. -Cul- 

 bertson, op. cit. Tcegnake-okisela. —Dorsey, op. cit. 



Chegoli. A former town on the e. bank 

 of Tallapoosa r., Ala. (Bartram, Trav., 

 I, map, 1799). Not identified, but prob- 

 ably Creek. 



Chegwalis ( ' spotted frog ') . A gens of 

 the Abnaki. 



