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Cowee (from Kmri^, abbreviated form 

 of Katci'ifi, which in possibly a contrac- 

 tion of Ani^-kaw'/}ft, ' place of the Deer 

 clan'). A former important Cherokee 

 settlement a])0ut the mouth of Cowee cr. 

 of Little Tennessee r., about 10 m. below 

 Franklin, Macon co., N. C. — Mooney in 

 19th Hep. B. A. E.,525, 1900. 

 Cowe.— Bartram, Travels, 371, 1792. 



Coweeshee. Given as a Cherokee town 

 in the Keowee district, n. w. S. C; exact 

 locality uncertain. — Doc. of 1755 quoted 

 by Royce in 5th Rep. B. A. E., 143, 1887. 



Coweset ('place of small pine trees.' — 

 Truml)ull). A small tribe or band for- 

 merly living in N. Rhode Island, w. of 

 Blackstone r. In 1637 they were subject 

 to the Narraganset, but had thrown off 

 the connection by 1660. (j. m. ) 



Cawesitt.— Gookin (1674) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 1st s., I, 147, 1S06. Corvesets.— Williams (ltiS2), 

 ibid., 2d s., vn, 76, 1818 (misprint). Cowesets.— 

 Williams (1660) in R. I. Col. Kec, i, 460, 1S56. 

 Cowwesets. — Williams and Olney (1660), ibid., i, 

 39-41. Co-wweseuck. — Williams (1643) in Mass. 

 Hist. Soe. Coll., 1st s., in, 20'i, 1794 (name n.sed bv 

 the tribe). Cowwesit.— Williams (1675), ibid., 4th 

 S., VI, 300, 1863. 



Cowiclian. A group of Salish tribes 

 speaking a single dialect and occupying 

 the s. K. coast of Vancouver id. between 

 Nonoos bay and Sanitch inlet, and tlie 



COWICHAN MAN. 



NAT. HrST. ) 



valley of lower Fraser r. nearly to Spuz- 

 ziun, Brit. Col. The various bands and 

 tribes belonging to this group aggregated 

 2,991 in 1902. The following list of Co- 

 wichan tribes is based on information 

 obtained from Boas: On Vancouver id. — 

 Clemclemalats, Comiakin, Hellelt, Ken- 

 ipsim, Kilpanlus, Koksilah, Kulleets, Lil- 



malche, Malakut, Nanaimo, Penelakut, 

 Quamichan, Siccameen, Snonowas, So- 

 menos, Tateke, and Yekolaos. On lower 

 Fraser r. — Chehalis, Chilliwack, Coquit- 

 1am, Ewawoos, Katsey, Kelatl, Kwantlin, 

 Matsqni, Musqueam,' Nicomen, Ohamil, 

 Pilalt, Popkum, Scowlitz, Siyita, Sewa- 

 then, Snonkweametl, Skawawalooks, 

 Squawtits, Sumass, Tait, Tsakuam, and 

 Tsenes. (j. r. s.) 



Caw-a-chim.— Jones (1853) in H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, 

 34th Cong., 5, 1857. Ca-witchans.— Anderson 

 quoted by Gibbs in Hist. Mag., vii, 74, 1863. 

 Cowegans.— Fitzhne in Ind. An. Rep. 18.57, 329, 



1858. Cowe-wa-chin.— Starling, ibid., 170, 1862. 

 Cowichin.— Douglas in Jour. Roy. Geog. Soc, 

 246, 1851. Cowitchens,— Mayne, Brit. Col., 247, 

 1862. Cowitchins. — Kane, Wand, in N. Am., 220, 



1859. Halkome'lEm,— Hill-Tout in Ethnol. Surv. 

 Can., 54, 1902 (name of Fraser R. Cowichan 

 for them-selves). Hue-la-muh.— Mackav quoted 

 by Dawson in Trans. Roy. Soe. Can. "for 1891, 

 sec. II, 7 ('the people': own name). Hum-a-luh.— 

 Ibid. ( ' the people' : name by which the Cowichan 

 of Yale and Hope call themselves). Kauitchin, — 

 Taylor in Cal. Farmer, July 19, 1862. K-au'itcin.— 

 Boas in 5th Rep. N. W." Tribes Can., 10, 1889. 

 Kawatskins.— Sliea, Cath. Miss., 475, 1855. Kawi- 

 chen,— Scouler (1846) in Jour. Ethnol. Soc. Lond., 

 I, 234, 1848. Kawitchen. — Scoulcr in Jour. Geog. 

 Soc. Lond., I, 224, 1841. Kawitshin.— Hale in U. 

 S. Expl. Exped., vi, 221, 1846. Kawitskins.— Smet, 

 Oregon Miss., 59, 1847. Kowailchew.— Gibbs in 

 Pac. R. R. Rep., l, 433, 1S55. Kow-ait-chen.— 

 Stevens in Ind. Aff. Rep., 4.55, 18.54. Kowitch- 

 ans. — Keane in Stanford, Compend., 578, 1878. 

 Kowitsin.— Gibbs in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., I, 181, 

 1S77. Qauitcin.— Boas, MS., B. A. E., 1887. Qua- 

 mitchan.— Can. Ind. Aff. Rep., Ix, 1877. 



Cowichan Lake. A local name for 

 Nootka Indians who in summer live on a 

 reservation at the n. end of Cowichan 

 lake, s. Vancouver id. There were only 

 2there in 1904.— Can. Ind. Aff., 1902,1904. 



Cowish. See Kouse. 



Cowlitz. A Salish tribe formerly on the 

 river of the same name in s. w. Washing- 

 ton. Once numerous and powerful, they 

 were said ])y Gibbs in 1853 to be insignifi- 

 cant, numbering with the Upper Che- 

 halis, with whom they were mingled, not 

 more than 165. About 1887 there were 

 127 on Puyallup res.. Wash. They are 

 no longer known by this name, being 

 evidently officially classed as Chehalis. 



(j. R. S. ) 

 Ca-walitz. — Lee and Frost, Oregon, 99, 1844. Co- 

 neliskes. — Domenech, Deserts of N. A., 401, 1860. 

 Cowelits.— Hale in U. S. Expl. Exped., vi. 211, 1846. 

 Cowelitz. — Farnham, Travels, 112, 1843. Cow-e- 

 na-chino.— Starling in Ind. Aff. Rep., 171. 1852, 

 Cowlitch.— Scoulcr (1846) in Jour. Ethnol. Soc. 

 Lond., I, 235. 184.\ Cowlits.— Meek in H. R. Ex. 

 Doc. 76, 30th Cong., 1st .sess., 10, 1S4S. Cowlit- 

 sick. — Drake, Bookof Inds., vii, 1S48 Cowlitsk. — 

 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 84. 1851-54. Cow- 

 litz.— Smet, Letters, 230, 1843. Kaoulis.— Duflot 

 de Mofras, Oregon, ii, 95, 1.844. Kau'-lits.— Me- 

 Caw, Puyallup IMS. vocab., B. A. E., 18,s5 ( Puyallup 

 name). Kawelitsk.— Hale in U. S. Expl. Exped., 

 VI, 211, 1.S46. Kowalitsks.— Townsend, Narr., 175, 

 18:^9. Kowelits —Latham in Trans. Philol. Soc. 

 Lond., 71, 1856. Kowelitsk.— Gallatin in Trans. 

 Am. Ethnol. Soc, it, 119, 1848. Kowlitz,— Gibbs in 

 Cont. N. A. Ethnol., i, 164, 1877. Nii-so-lupsh.— 

 Ibid., 172 (name given by Indians not on Sound 

 to Upper Cowlitz and Upper Chehalis: refers to 

 rapids). 



