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CHINCAPIN CHINOOK 



[b. a. b. 



humare, in the Sierra Madre, w. Chi- 

 huahua, Mexico. 



Chinatu.— Orozco v Berra, Geog., 322, 1864. Chis- 

 mal. -Ibid., 324. 



Chincapin. See Chinquapin. 



Chinchal. A Yamel band that formerly 

 lived on Dallas or., a w. tributary of Wil- 

 lamette r., Oreg. 

 Tch'intchiil. — Gatschet, Lakmiut MS. , B. A. E., 1877. 



Chincomen. See Chinquapin. 



Chincoteague {('liingua-tegwe, 'large 

 stream,' 'inlet.' — Hewitt). A village, 

 probably belonging to the Accohanoc 

 tribe of the Powhatan confederacy, 

 formerly about Chincoteague inlet in Ac- 

 comack CO., Va. In 1722 the few re- 

 maining inhabitants had jomed a Mary- 

 land tribe. Cf. Ciiiquaetecl; Cinquoteck. 



Chingoteacq.— Herrman, map (1670) in Maps to 

 Accompany Kept, of Comrs. on the Bdy. bet. Va. 

 and Md.,1873. Chingo-teagues. — Bozman, Md., I, 

 102, 1837 (the villagers). Gingo-teque. — Beverly, 

 Virginia, 199, 1722. 



Chingigmiut. An Eskimo tribe inhab- 

 iting the region of C. Newenham and 

 C. Peirce, Alaska. Their women wear 

 birdskin parkas; the kaiakshaveno hole 

 through the l)ow like those of the Kusk- 

 wogmiut. The villages are Aziavik and 

 Tzavahak. 



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

 1899. Tschinjagmjut.— Holmberg, Ethnol. Skizz., 

 map, 142, IS.'j.'i. 



Chiniak. A Kaniagmiut village at the 

 E. end of Kodiak id., Alaska; pop. 24 in 

 1880. — Petroff, 10th Census, Alaska, map, 

 1884. 



Chinik. A Kaviagmiut village and mis- 

 sion on Golofnin bay, Alaska; pop. 38 

 in 1890, 140 in 1900. 



Cheenik. -Baker, Geog. Diet. Alaska, 1901. Chilli- 

 miut.— 11th Census, Alaska, 162, 1893. Chinigmut.— 

 Zagoskin, De.scr. Russ. I'oss. in Am., pt. i, 73, 

 1847. Dexter. — Baker, op. cit. Ikaligvigmiut, — 

 Tikhmenief quoted by Baker, op. cit. Ikalig- 

 ■wigmjut. — Holmberg, Ethnol. Skizz., map, 1855. 

 Tchinimuth. —Zagoskin in Nouv. Ann. Voy., 5th s., 

 x.xi, map, 1850. 



Chinik. A Kaiyuhkhotana village on 

 the E. bank of Yukon r., at the junction 

 of Tall)iksok. 



Tchinik. — Zagoskin in Nouv. Ann. Voy., 5th s., 

 XXI, map, 1850. 



Chinila. A Knaiakhotana village of 15 

 persons in 1880, on the e. side of Cook 

 inlet, Alaska, near the mouth of Kaknu r. 



Chernila.— Petroff, 10th Census, Alaska, 29, 1884. 

 Chernilof.— Ibid., map. Chinila.— Ibid., 29. 



Chinipa. A term used in different 

 senses by early Spanish authors; by 

 some, as Eibas, the Chinipa are men- 

 tioned as a nation distinct from the Var- 

 ohio, and by others it is applied to a group 

 of villages. It is also used to designate a 

 particular village on an upper affluent of 

 the Rio del Fuerte, in Varohio territory, 

 lat. 27° 30^ long. 108° 30^ in w. Chihua- 

 hua, Mexico, and by Hervas as that of a 

 dialect of the Tarahumare. Curepo was 

 a Chinipa rancheria in 1601. 

 Chinipa.— Hervas, Cat., I, 319, 1800. Chinipas.— 

 Ribas, Hist. Triumphos, 255, 1645. San Andres 



Chinipas.— Orozco y Berra, Geog., 324, 1864 (the 

 settlement). 



Chinits. A Karok village on the s. bank 

 of Klamath r., just below Tsofkara, Hum- 

 boldt CO., Cal. 



Chee-nitch. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Mar. 23, 

 1860. T'cheh-nits.— Gibbs, MS. Misc., B. A. E., 

 18.52. 



Chinkapin. See Chinquapin. 



Chinklacamoose ( possibly Chingua-kla- 

 kanioos, ' large laughing moose.' — Hewitt). 

 A village, perhaps belonging to the Dela- 

 wares, on the site of Clearfield, Clearfield 

 CO., Pa., before 1805. It probably took 

 its name from a chief. The Seneca of 

 Cornplanter's village also frequented the 

 neighborhood. 



Chingleclamouche. — Royce in 18th Rep. B. A. E., 

 pi. clx, 1900. Chingleolamolik. — La Tour, map, 

 17S4. Chingleolamuk, — Giissefeld, map, 1784. 

 Chinklacamoose.— Day, Hist. Coll. Pa., 231, 1843. 

 Chinklacamoose's Oldtown. — Ibid. 



Chinko. A former division of the Illi- 

 nois tribe. 



Chinko.— Allouez (1680) in Margry, D^c, n, 96, 

 1877. Chinkoa.— La Salle (1681), ibid., 134. 



Chinkopin. See Chinquapin. 



Ckinlak. A former village of the Tan- 

 otenne at the confluence of Nechaco and 

 Stuart rs., Brit. Col., which had a flour- 

 ishing population that the Tsilkotin 

 practically annihilated in one night. 

 Tcinlak.— Morice, Notes on W. Den^s, 25, 1893. 



Chinnaby's Fort. In 1813, at the time 

 of the Creek rebellion, Chinnaby, aCreek 

 chief friendly to the United States, had a 

 "kind of fort" at Ten ids, on Coosa 

 r., Ala. 



Chinnaby's Fort.— Drake, Bk. Inds. IV, 55, 1848. 

 T<- Chinnabie.— Royce in 18th Rep. B. A. E.,Ala. 

 map, 1900. 



Chinook (from Tsiniik, their Chehalis 

 name). The best-known tribe of the Chi- 

 nookan family. They claimed the territory 

 on the N. side of Columbia r. , Wash. , from 

 the mouth to Grays bay, a distance of 

 about 15 m., and n. along the seacoast as 

 far as the n. part of Shoalwater bay, where 

 they were met by the Chehalis, a Salish 

 tribe. The Chinook were first described 

 by Lewis and Clark, who visited them 

 in 1805, though they had been known to 

 traders for at least 12 years previously. 

 Lewis and Clark estimated their number 

 at 400, but referred only to those living 

 on Columbia r. Swan placed their num- 

 ber at 112 in 1855, at which time they 

 were much mixed with the Chehalis, with 

 whom they have since completely fused, 

 their language being now extinct. From 

 their proximity to Astoria and their in- 

 timate relations with the early traders, 

 the Chinook soon became well known, 

 and their language formed the basis for 

 the widely spread Chinook jargon, which 

 was first used as a trade language and is 

 now a medium of communication from 

 California to Alaska. The portion of the 

 tribe living around Shoalwater bay was 

 called Atsmitl, The following divisions 



