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fissions, 109, 1848. Criqs.— Henry, Trav. in Can., 

 214, 1809. Criques.— Charlevoi,x; (1667), New 

 France, in, 107, 1868 (so called by Canadians). 

 Oris, — Dobbs, Hudson Bay, map, 1744. Criste- 

 neaux. — Chauvignerie (1736) .quoted by School- 

 craft, Ind. Tribes, in, 556, 1853. Cristinaux, — 

 Montreal treaty (1701) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hi.st., 

 IX, 722, 18.55. Cristiueaux. — Petitot in Jour. 

 Roy. Geog. Soc, 649, 1883. Cristinos. — La Ches- 

 naye (1697)inMargry, LK^'C, vi, 7, 1S.S6. Grists,— 

 Vaudreuil (1716), ibid., 4%. Orus. — Gunn in 

 Smithson. Rep., 399, 1867. Cyiniuook, — Kingsley, 

 Stand. Nat. Hist., pt. 6, 148, 1883. Eithinyook,— 

 Gallatin in Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, ll, 23, ]83o. 

 Eithinyoowuc. — Franklin, Jour. Polar Sea, 96, 

 1824 ('men': their own name). Ennas. — Petitot 

 in Can. Rec. Sci., i, 49, 1884 ('strangers', 'ene- 

 mies': Athapascan name). Eta. — Petitot, Hare 

 MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1869 ('foe': Kawchodinne 

 name). Ethinu. — Richardson, Arct. Exped., ii, 1, 

 1851. Ethinyu.— Iljid., 34. Eythinyuwuk.— Ibid., 

 1 (own name). Guilistinons, — Jes. Rel. 1670, 79, 

 1858. Gii'tskia'we. — Chamberlain, inf'n, 1903 

 ('liars': Kutenai name). Hillini-lle'ni.— Petitot 

 in Jour. Roy. Geog. Soc, 650, 1883. Ininyu- 

 ■we-u.— Richardson, Arct. Exped., ii, 33,1851. In- 

 ninyu-wuk. — Ibid., 70 (name used by themselves), 

 lyiniwok. — Fetitot in Jour. Roy. Geog. Soc, 649, 

 1883 ('men': name used liy themselves). Ka-lis- 

 te-no. — Lewis and Clark quoted liy Vater, ISIith., 

 pt. 3, sec. 3, 408,1816. Keiscatch-ewan. — Hutchins 

 (1770) quoted by Richanlsdii, Arct. Exped., ll, 37, 

 1851 (' people of Saskatclu'wan r.'). Keiskatche- 

 wan. — Ibid., 38. Kelistenos.— Schoolcraft, Ind. 

 Tribes, vi, 33, 1857. Ke-nish-te-no-wuk. — Morgan, 

 Consang. and Aihn., 287, ls71. Ke-nis-te-noag. — 

 Warren (18.52) in Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., v, 33, 1885 

 (Chippewa name). Kenistenoo. — Ind. Aff. Rep., 

 454, 1838. Kenistenos. — Burton, City of the Saints, 

 117,1861. Kilisteno.— Prichard, Phys. Hist. Man- 

 kind, V, 410, 1817. Kilistinaux.— Jes. Rel. 1670, 92, 

 18.58. Kilistinon.— Jes. Rel. 1658, 20, 1858. Kilisti- 

 nos.— Du Lhut (16S4) in Margry, Doc, VI, 51, 1886. 

 Kilistinous, — Charlevoix quoted by Vater, Mith., 

 pt. 3, sec. 3, 407, 1816. Killestinoes. — Boudinot, Star 

 in the West, 107, 1816. Killini.— Petitot in Jour. 

 Rov. Geog. Soc, 6-50, 1883. Killisteneaux.— Army 

 oihcer (1812) quoted by Schoolcnift, Ind. Tribes, 

 III, 5.56, 18.53. Killistenoes.— Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 2d s., X, 99, 1823. Killistinaux.— Henry, Trav. in 

 Can., 247, 1.H09. Killistini, — Duponceau quoted bv 

 Petitot in Jour. Roy. Geog. Soc, 649, 1883. Killisti- 

 noer,— Vater, Mith., pt. 3, sec 3, 257, 1816 (German 

 form). Killistinoes. — Edwards(1788)inMass. Hist. 

 Soc. Coll., 1st s., IX, 92, 1804. Killistinons. — Henry, 

 Trav. in Can., 247, 1809. Killistinous.— Jefltervs, 

 Fr. Doms., l, 44, 1760. Killistins.— Ibid., map. 

 Kinishtinak. — Belcourt (before 1853) in Minn. Hist. 

 Soc. Coll., I, 227, 1872 (trans.: 'being held by the 

 winds'). Kinishtino. — Baraga, Eng.-Otch. Diet. ,63, 

 1878 (Chippewa name) . Kinisteneaux. — Macken- 

 zie (1801) quoted by Kendall, Trav., ii, 289, 1809. 

 Kinistinaux.— Henry, Trav. in Can., 214, 1809. 

 Kinistineaux. — Ibid., '247. Kinistinoes. — Harmon, 

 Jour., 67, 1820. Kinistinons.— Jes. Rel. 1672, .54, 

 18.58. Kinistinuwok. — I'ctitut iu Jour. Roy. Geog. 

 Soc, 649, 1883 (Chippewa name). Kinstenaux, — 

 Lewis and Clark, 'Trav., 105, 1840. Kinstinaux. — 

 Gallatin in Trans. Am. Ethnol. Soc, ii, 104,1848. 

 Kiristinon.— Jes. Rel. 1640, 34, 1858. Kislistinons.— 

 DuChesneau(16si)inN. Y. Doc. Col. Hist ,ix,161, 

 1855. Kisteneaux. — Ramsey in Ind. Aff. Rep., 71, 

 1850. Klistinaux.— Gallatin in Trans. Am. Antiq. 

 Soc, II, 23, 1,S36. Klistinons.— Jes. Rel. (1671) 

 quoted by Ramsey in Ind. Aff. Rep., 71, 1850. 

 Klistinos.— Petitot inJour. Roy. Geog.Soc, 649,1883. 

 Kneestenoag. — Tanner, Narr., 315, 1830 (Ottawa 

 name). Knisteaux.— Howe, Hist. Coll., 3,57, 1851. 

 Knistenaus. — Lewis and Clark, Trav., 45, 1806. 

 Knistenaux. — Schermcrhorn (lsr2) in Ma.ss. Hist. 

 Soc.Coll.,'2ds.,ll,ll, 1S14. Knisteneau, — Farnham, 

 Trav., 32, 1843. Knisteneaux. — Gass, Jour., 42, 

 note, 1807. Knisteneux, — Harmon, Jour., 313, 18'20. 

 Knisteno.— Wrangell, Ethnol. Nachr., 100, 1839. 

 Knistenoos. — Brackenridge, Views of La., 86,1815. 

 Knistinaux. — (Jallatin in Trans. Am. Antiq., Soc. 

 II, '23, 18:w. Knistineaux.— Shea, Cath. Miss., 141^ 

 1855. Knistinos. — Kingsley, Stand. Nat. Hist., pt. 6, 

 148, 1883. Krees.— Henry," MS. vocab. (1812), Bell 



copy, B. A. E. Kricqs, — Bacqueville de la Poth- 

 erie. Hist. Am., i, 170, 1753. Kries.— Baudry des 

 Lozieres, Voy. a la Le., 242, 1802. Kriqs. — Lettres 

 Edif., I, 645, 1695. Kris.— Jert'erys, Fr. Doms, I, map, 

 1760. Kristenaux. — Kingsley, Stand. Nat. Hist., 

 pt. 6, lis, 1S83. Kristeneaux. — Franklin, Jour, to 

 Polar Sea, 96, 1824. Kristinaux. — Gallatin in 

 Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, ll, 23, 1836. Kristino.— 

 Morse, Rep. to Sec. War, ;34, 1X22. KjrristinSns.— 

 Jes. Rel. 1641, 59,1858. Mehethawas. — Keane in 

 Stanford, Compend., 521, 1878. Ministeneaux. — 

 Boudinot, Star in the West, 127, 1816 (misprint). 

 Naehiaok. — Kingsley, Stand. Nat. Hist., pt. 6, 14.S, 

 1883. Nahathaway.— West, Jour., 19, 1824. Na- 

 heawak.— Long, Exped. St Peter's R., I, 376, 1824. 

 Nahhahwuk, — Tanner, Narr., 315, 1.S30 (said to be 

 their own name). Kahiawah. — Prichard, Phvs. 

 Hist. Mankind, v, 410, 1817. Nahioak.— Maxi- 

 milian, Trav., 1, 4.54, 1839. Nakawawa.— Hutchins 

 (1770) quoted by Richardson, Arct. Exiied., n, 38, 

 1851. Naka-we-wuk, — Ibid. Nathehwy-within- 

 yoowuc. — Franklin, Journ. to Polar Sea, 96, 1824 

 (•southern men'). Nathe'-wywithin-yu, — Ibid., 

 ■71. Nation du Grand-Rat. — La (_'hesnaye (1697) in 

 Margrv, Dec, vi, 7, 18>i6. Ne-a-ya-6g. — Hayden, 

 Ethnoi. and Philol. Mo. Val., 235, 1S62 ( ' those who 

 speak the .same tongue': own name). Ne-heth- 

 a-wa. — Umfreville (1790) in Maine Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 VI, '270, 1859. Nehethe-wuk.— Ricliardson, Arct. 

 Exped., II, 36, 1851 ('exact men': own name). 

 Nehethowuck. — Shea, note iu Charlevoix, New 

 Fr., Ill, 1U7, 1868. Nehethwa,— Umfreville (1790) 

 quoted by Vater, Mith., pt. 3, sec. 3, 418, 1816. 

 Nehiyaw. — Baraga, Ojibwa Diet., 1878 (Chippewa 

 name). Nehiyawok. — Lacombe, Diet, des Cris, X, 

 1874 (own name; fmm ii/iniwok,' those of the first 

 race'). Nenawehks. — Keane iu Stanford, Com- 

 pend., 5'25, 1878. Nenawewhk. — Walch, map, 1805. 

 Nena Wewhok. — Harmon, Jour., map, 18'20. Ni- 

 the-wuk. — Hind, Lab. Penin., ll, 10, 1S63. Northern 

 TJttawawa, — Hutchins (1770) quote<I by Richard- 

 son, Arct. Exped., II, 38, 1851. O'pimm'itish Inini- 

 ■wuc— Franklin, Journ. Polar Sea, 56, 1824 ('men 

 of the woods'). Quenistinos. — Iberville (1702) in 

 Minn. Hist. SocColl., I, 342,1872. Queristinos.— Iber- 

 ville in Margrv, Dec, iv, 600, 1880. Re-nis-te-nos. — 

 Culbertson iii Smithson. Rep. 1850, 122, 1H51. 

 sa-he'.— M atthews, Hidatsa Inds.,2()0, 1877( Hidatsa 

 name). Saie'kuiin. — Tims, Blackfoot Gram, and 

 Diet., 124, 1889 (Siksika name; sing.). Schahi. — 

 Maximilian, Trav., ii, 234, 1841 (Hidatsa name), 

 sha-i-ye.— Matthews, Hid;itsa Inds., '200, 1877 (As- 

 siniboin name). Shi-e-a-la. — Hayden, Ethnog. 

 and Philol. Mo. Val., 235, 1862 (Sioux name). 

 Shi-e-ya. — Ibid. ( .\.ssiniboin name: 'enemies,' 

 'strangers'). Southern Indians. — Dobbs, Hudson 

 Bay, 95, 1744 (so called by the Hudson bay 

 traders). 



Creek Pat^i (transl. of Ku^sa-niiTind^hl). 

 A former important Cherokee settlement, 

 including also a number of Creeks and 

 Shawnee, where the trail from the Ohio 

 rej^ion to the Creek country crossed Ten- 

 nessee r., at the present Guntersville, 

 Marshall co., Ala. It was later known 

 as Gunter's Landing, from a Cherokee 

 mixed-blood named Gunter. — Mooney in 

 19th Kep. B. A. E., 526, 1900. 



Creeks. A confederacy forming the 

 largest division of the Muskhogean fam- 

 ily. They received their name from the 

 English on account of the numerous 

 streams in their country. During early 

 historic times the Creeks occupied the 

 greater portion of Alabama and Geor- 

 gia, residing chiefly on Coosa and Talla- 

 poosa rs., the two largest tributaries of 

 Alabama r., and on Flint and Chatta- 

 hoochee rs. They claimed the territory 

 on the E. from the Savannah to St .Johns r. 

 and all the islands, thence to Apalache 



