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CHICKASAW — CHICK WIT 



[b. a. e. 



Wild cat; (2) Hatakfushi, Bird; (3) 

 Nunni, Fish; (4) Issi, Deer. II. — Ish- 

 panee, Spanish: (1) Shauee, Raccoon; 

 (2) Ishpanee, Spanish; (3) Mingko, 

 Eoyal; (4) Hushkoni, Skunk; (5) Tunni, 

 Squirrel; (6) Hochonchabba, Alligator; 

 (7) Nashola, Wolf; (8) Chuhhla, Black- 

 bird. 



The list given by Gibbs (Gatschet, 

 Creek Migr. Leg., i, 96, 1884) follows: 



I. — Panther phratrv, Koa: (1) Koin- 

 tchush. Wild cat; (2') Fushi, Bird; (3) 

 Nanni, Fish; (4) Issi, Deer. II. — Span- 

 ish phratry, Ishpani : ( 1 ) Shawi, Rac- 

 coon; (2) Ishpani, Spanish; (3) Mingo, 

 Royal; (4) Huskoni; (5) Tunni, Squir- 

 rel; (6) Hotchon tchapa. Alligator; (7) 

 Nashoba, Wolf; (8) Tchu'hla, Black- 

 bird. 



Mingos or chiefs could be chosen only 

 from the "Spanish" gens, and were he- 

 reditary in the female line. The name 

 must formerly have been different or this 

 rule must have been established after 

 the coming of the Spaniards. 



The following are the old Chickasaw 

 towns so far as recorded: Ackia, Ama- 

 lahta, Ashukhuma, Chatelaw, Chuca- 

 lissa, Chukafalaya, Chula, Hykehah, 

 Latcha Hoa, P'halachehs, Pontotoc, 

 Shatara, Taposa, Tuckahaw, Tuskawillas, 

 Yaneka. (a. s. g. c. t. ) 



Ani'-Tsi'ksu.— Mooney in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 509, 

 1900 (Cherokee name; sing., Tsi'ksfl). Ceicka- 

 saw. — Simpson, Report, 11 , 1K50. Chekaihas. — Shea, 

 Relat. Miss, on Miss. R., 28, 1S61. Chekasaws.— Im- 

 lav, West. Terr., 290, 1797. Chiacasas.— Gii.ssefeld, 

 Mkpof U.S.,17,S4. Chicafa.— Gentl. otElva9(1557) 

 in Hakluvt Soc. Works, ix, 81, 1851. Chicachas. — 

 La Salle ("l()S2) in Margry, D^c, l, 553, 1875. Chi- 

 cachos.— Chavivignerie (1736) in Schoolcraft, Inrl. 

 Tribes, in, ,5.55, 1853. Chicaksaws. — Schoolcraft, 

 ibid., 45. Chicasan.— Morse, Hist. Am., map, 

 1798. Chicasas.— Croghan (17.59) in Proud, Penn., 

 11,297,1798. Chicasauus.— Alcedo, Die. Geog., 

 I, 197, 1786. Chicasaws. — Barton, New Views, 

 xlvii, 1798. Chicasou,— Mandrillon, Spect. Am., 

 map, 178.5. Chicassas.— French, Hist. Coll. La., 

 111,237, 1851. Chicawchaws. — Perrindu Lac.Voy., 

 368, 1805. Chicaza.— Biedma (1.545) in Smith, Col. 

 Doc. Fla., I, .55, 18.57. Chichacas.— Robin, Voy. ;\ la 

 Louisiane, I. 54, 1807. Chichasau.— Mollhaiisen, 

 Reisen, l, 343, 1858. Chichasaws.— Imlay, West. 

 Terr., 13, 1797. Chichashas.— Gamelin (1790) in 

 Am. State Pap., Ind. Aff., I, 93, 1832. Chicka- 

 saws.— Niles (1760) in Mass. Hist. Coll., 4th s., v, 

 549, 1861. Chickassas. — Domenech, Deserts, I, 440, 

 1860. Chickesaw.— Frink (1764) in Hawkins, 

 Mi.ssns., 101, 1845. Chicketaws.— Rogers, North 

 America. 201, 1765. Chickisaw. — Bollaert in 

 Jour. Ethnol. Soc. Lond., ll, 280, 18.50. Chickka- 

 sah. — Boudinot, Star in the West, 109, 1816. Chick- 

 sas. — Cnighan (17.59) in Kanffman, West. Pa., 146, 

 18.51. Chicksaws.— Bossu (1751 ), Travels La., I, 92, 

 1771. Chicksha.— Penhallow (1726) in N. H. Hist. 

 Coll., Ists., 79, 1824. Chickshau.— Nilcs (1760) in 

 Mass. Hist. Coll., 4th s., v, 333, 1861. Chigasaws.— 

 Catesby, Nat. Hist. Car., ii, x, 1743. Chikachas.— 

 Vater,'Mith., Ill, 245, 1816. Chikakas.— Shea, 

 Relat. Miss, on Miss. R., 34, 1861. Chikasahs.— 

 Prichard, Phvs. Hist., v, 401, 1847. Chikasaws.— 

 Drake, Ind. Chron., 215, 1836. Chikasha.— ten 

 Kate, Reizen in N. A., 402, 18,85. Chikitaws.— 

 Rogers, North America, 149, 1765. Chikkasah. — 

 Barton, New Views, xlvii, 1798. Chikkesah, — 

 Boudinot, Star in the West, 231, 1816. Chiksah,— 

 Tanner, Narr., 327, 1830. Chiquacha.— Hennepin 

 (1680) in French, Hist. Coll. La., I, 206, 1846. 

 Chixaxia,— French writer (1761) in Mass. Hist. 



Coll., 4th s., IX, 428, 1861. Chukesws.— Buchanan, 

 N. Am. Inds., 1.55, 1824. Cicaca.— La Salle (1679) 

 in Margry, D(5c., ii, 41, 1877. Cikaga. — Hennepin, 

 New Discov., 141, 1698. Kasaha unan.— Gatschet, 

 inf'n (Yuchi name; abbreviated from Chikasalid 

 iniiiit). Ohikkasaw. — I^atham, Opuscula, 278, 1860. 

 Sicacas.— La Salle (1680) in Margry, D(5e., i, 487, 

 1875. Sicacha. — Hennepin, New Discov., 1.52, 1698. 

 Sicachia — Ibid., 311. Sikacha.— Ibid., 152. 

 Tchaktchan. — Gatschet, inf'n (Arapaho name). 

 Tchicachas.— Bossu, Travels La., i, 92, 1771. 

 Tchikasa.— Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., ii, 126, 1888 

 (Creek name, pi. Tchicasalgi). Tci'-ka-sa'. — 

 Dorsey, Kansa MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1882 (Kan.sa 

 name). Techichas.— Duquesne (17.54) in N. Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist., X, 263, 18.58. Ti-ka'-ja.— Dorsey, 

 Kwapa MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1891 ( Kwapa name). 

 Tsi'-ka-ce. — Dorsey, O.sage MS. vocab., B. A. E., 

 1883 (Osage name). Tsi'ksu. — Mooney in 19th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 509, 1900 (Cherokee name, pi. Ani'- 

 Tsi'ksft). Tsik-u-sii, — Grayson, Creek MS. vocab., 

 B. A. E., 1885 (Creek name). 



Chickasaw Half Town. Mentioned as a 

 Choctaw town in the report of the Ft 

 Adams conference in 1801. — Macomb in 

 Am. State Pap., Ind. Aff., i, 661, 1832. 



Chickasawhay. A former Choctaw town 

 which stood, according to tradition, on the 

 E. side of Chickasawhay r. about 3 m. 

 below the present town of Enterprise, 

 Clarke co., Ga. It also gave its name to 

 a subdivision between Chickasawhay and 

 Buckatunna rs. — Halbert in Rep. Ala. 

 Hist. Soc, Misc. Coll., i, 379, 1901. 

 Chicasahay. — Romans, Florida, 86, 1775. Chicka- 

 sawhays. — Ibid. ,73. Chickasawka. — Ker, Travels, 

 331, 1816. Tchicachae.— Jeffervs, French Dom. 

 Am., 13.5, map, 1761. Tchikachae, — D'Anville, 

 map ica. 1732) discussed bv Halbert in Miss. Hist. 

 Soc. I'ubl., Ill, 367, 370, 1902. 



Chickasaw Old Fields. A place on the 

 N. side of Tennessee r., opposite Chicka- 

 saw id., about 4 m. below Flint r., in 

 s. E. Madison co., Ala.; claimed by the 

 Chickasaw as one of their ancient village 

 sites.— Treaty of 1805 in U. S. Ind. Treat., 

 116, 1837. 



Chickataubtit ( ' house afire ' ) . A Massa- 

 chuset sachem of the region about Wey- 

 mouth, Mass., whose enmity against the 

 English was early aroused by their dep- 

 redations on the tribal cornfields and 

 desecration of his mother's grave (Drake, 

 Inds. N. Am., 107, 1880). In 1621, with 

 several other chiefs, he submitted to 

 the English authority, and in 1631 vis- 

 ited Gov. Winthrop at Boston, behaving 

 "like an Englishman." In 1632 he 

 served against the Pequot and died the 

 next year of smallpox. He was a man 

 of note and influence. (a. f. c.) 



Chickwit. A name of the weakfish 

 (Lahriis squefeague) still used, according 

 to Bartlett (Diet, of Americanisms, 112, 

 1877), in parts of Connecticut and Rhode 

 Island. This word, spelled also chiek- 

 wick, chequet, etc., is generally thought 

 to be a further corruption of squefeague, 

 another name of this fish. Trumbull 

 (Natick Diet., 21, 1903) cites the forms 

 cheqnlt and diecouf, and suggests a deri- 

 vation from c//o/ii-(, signifying, 'spotted,' 

 in the Massachuset dialect of Algon- 

 quian. (a. f. c. ) 



