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DESHU DHATADA 



[b. a. e. 



Lane in Ind. Aff. Rep., 160, 1850. Des Chutes.— 

 Wilkes in Pac. R. R. Rep., I, 417, 1855. Des Chute's 

 River.— Gibbs in Pac. R. R. Rep., I, 417, 1855. 

 Deshoot.— Palmer in Ind. Aff. Rep., 194, 1855. 

 Deshoots.— Palmer in H. R. Ex. Doc. 93,34th Cong., 

 1st .'iess.,23, 185tj. Fall Indians.— Parker, Jour., 137, 

 1842. Falls Indians.— M'Vickar, Hist. Exped. 

 Lewis and Clark, n, 386, note, 1842. 



Deshu. A former Chilkat town at the 

 head of Lynn canal, Alaska. 



Dashu. — Emmon.s in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 Ill, pi. V, 1903. Decu'.— Swanton, field notes, B. 



A. E., 1904. 



Deshuhittan ( ' people of the house at the 

 end of the road' ). A Tlingit clan at Kil- 

 lisnoo, Alaska, belonging to the Raven 

 phratry. Formerly they lived at Angun. 

 bashiton. — Emmons in Mem.' Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 Ill, pi. xiii, 1903. De'citan. — Swanton, field notes, 



B. A. E., 1904 (contracted form of name). 

 Decu'hit tan. — Ibid. Deschitan. — Krause, Tlinkit 

 Ind., 118, 188.5. 



Desnedekenade ('people of the great 

 river ' ) . A tribe of the Chipewyan group 

 of the Athapascan family living along the 

 banks of Great Slave r., Athabasca, Can- 

 ada. There M'ere 122 enumerated at Ft 

 Resolution and 256 at Smith Landing in 

 1904. 



Des-nedhe-kke-nade. — Petitot, Aiitour du lac des 

 Esclaves, 363, 1.S91. 



Desnedeyarelottine ( ' people of the great 

 river below'). An Etchareottine divi- 

 sion living on the banks of upper Mac- 

 kenzie r., I'ritish America. 

 Des-nedhe-yape-l'Ottine. — Petitot, Autour du lac 

 des Esclaves, 363, 1891. Gens du Fort Norman. — 

 Petitot, Diet. DenO-Dindji(5, xx, 1876. Tess-chotin- 

 neh.— Ross ciuoted by Gibbs, MS., B.A. E., 1866. 

 Tpi-kka-Gottine. — Petitot, Autour, op. cit. ('peo- 

 ple on the water'). 



Best. A former village, probal)ly Tim- 

 uquanan, in Florida, lat. 28° 30^, near 

 a small lake. — Bartram, Voy., i, map, 

 1799. 



Destcaraguetaga. Named by La Salle 

 (Margry, D6c., ii, 149, 1877) with the 

 Mahican, Manhattan, Minisink, and oth- 

 ers as a New England tribe in 1681. 

 Unidentified. 



Destchetinaye ( ' tree in a spring of wa- 

 ter ' ) . A Coyotero band or clan at San 

 Carlos agency, Ariz., in 1881; consid- 

 ered by Bourke (Jour. Am. Folk-lore, 

 III, 112, 1890) to be an offshoot of a 

 former clan of which the Titsessenaye 

 also formed part. 



Destchin ( ' red paint ' ) . An Apache band 

 or clan at San Carlos agency and Ft 

 Apache, Ariz., in 1881 (Bourke in Jour. 

 Am. Folk-lore, iii. 111, 1890); coordinate 

 with the Chie of the Chiricahua and the 

 Theshchini of the Navaho. 

 Deshtchin.— Gatschet, Apache MS., B. A. E., 1883. 

 Dis-cheine.— White, Apache Names of Ind. Tribes, 

 MS., B. A. E. 



Detsanayuka {Defsdndyiika, 'bad camp- 

 ers'). A division of the Comanche, for- 

 merly called Nokoni ('wanderers'), but 

 on the death of a chief bearing the latter 

 name their designation was changed. In 

 1847 they were said to number 1,750, in 

 250 lodges, evidently a gross exaggeration; 



in 1869 their number was 312, and in 1872 

 they were reported at 250. Their present 

 population is unknowai, as no official ac- 

 count is now taken of the various Coman- 

 che divisions, (j. M. ) 

 Detsanayuka. — Moonev in 14th Rep. B. A. E., 1044, 

 1896. Go-about band.— Sen. Ex. Doc. 0, 39th Cong., 

 lstsess.,4,lS66. Nacanes. — Penicaut (1712) in Mar- 

 gry, D6c., V, 504, 1883. Nacanne.— Jefferys (1763), 

 Am. Atlas, map 6, 1776. Naconomes. — Rivera, Di- 

 ario, leg. 2,602, 1736. Nacunes.— Boudinot, Star in 

 theWest, 127,1816. Na-ko-nies.— Neighbors in Ind. 

 Aff. Rep., 577, 1848. No-co-me. — Leavenworth 

 (1868) in H. R. Misc. Doc. 139, 41st Cong., 2d sess., 

 6, 1870. Noconee.— Neighbors in Ind. Aff. Rep. 

 1856, 175, 1857. Noconi.— Pimentel, Cuadro Desc, 

 II, 347, 1865 (or Yiuhta, confused with Ute). Noconi 

 Comanches. — Leavenworth in Sen. Ex. Doc. 60, 

 40th Cong., 2d sess., 3, 1869. No-coo-nees.— Butler 

 in H. R. Doc. 76, 29th Cong., 2d sess., 6, 1847. 

 No'koni. — Hoffman in Proc. Am. Philos. Soc, 

 XXIII, 300, 1S86 (trans, 'movers'). No-ko-nies. — 

 Neighbors in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, ii, 127, 1852. 

 People in a Circle.— Butler in H. R. Doc. 76, 29th 

 Cong., 2d sess., 6, 1.S47. Tist'shinoie'ka.— Hoff- 

 man in Proc. Am. Philos. Soc, xxiii, 299, 1886 

 (tnins. 'bad movers'). Tistshnoie'ka. — Ibid., 300. 

 Tiixtchenoyika. — Gatschet, Comanche MS., B. A. 

 E., 1893 (trans, 'people removing from place to 

 place'). Wanderers. — Alvord in H. R. Ex. Doc. 

 240, 41.st Cong., 2d sess., 151, 1870. 



Devil. See Religion. 



Devil's Medicine-man Band. A Sihasapa 

 band; not identified. — Culbertson in 

 Smithson. Rep. 1850, 141, 1851. 



Deyodeshot ('there is a spring,' from 

 the neighboring Avon Springs. — Hewitt). 

 A modern Seneca settlement that formerly 

 stood about 2 m. s. e. of the present site 

 of East Avon, on the site of the ancient 

 Seneca settlement of Keinthe. (j. m. ) 

 De-o'-de-sot?. — Morgan, League Iroq., 468, 1851. 

 Deyode's'hot. — Hewitt, inf'n, 1886 (correct Seneca 

 form). Dyudoosot. — Shea, note in Charlevoix, 

 New France, lll, 289, 1868. Gandachioragon. — 

 Jes. Rel. 1672, '24, 1858. Gandachiragou. — Jcs. 

 Rel. 1670, 69, 1858. Gannondata. — Denonville 

 (1687) quoted by Morgan, League Iroq., 316, 1851. 

 Gannounata. — Denonville (1687) in N. Y. Doc. Col. 

 Hist., IX, 367, 1855. Ganochiaragon.— La Salle (1682) 

 in Margry, Dec, ii, 217,1877. Keint-he.— Green- 

 halgh(1677)in N.Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 111,251,1853. 

 Onnenatu. — Belmont (1687) quoted by Conover, 

 Kanadesaga and Geneva MS., B. A. E. Ounne- 

 natu. — Ibid. Saint Jean. — Mi.ssion name about 

 1670. Saint John. — The same. Tanochioragon. — 

 Writer of 1686 in Margry, DtSc, ii, 99, 1877. 



Deyohnegano ('at the cold spring'). 

 (1) A former Seneca village near Caledo- 

 nia, N. Y. ; (2) A former Seneca village 

 on Allegany res., Cattaraugus co., N. Y., 

 near Allegheny r. 



Allegany Village.— Morgan, League Iroq., 466, 

 1851. Cananouagan. — La Tour, map, 1779. Cold 

 Spring Village.— Brown, West. Gaz., 355, 1817. 

 Deonagano. — Morgan, League Iroq., 466, 1851. 

 Deyo-hne-ga'-no. — Hewitt, inf'n, 1886. Dune- 

 ■wangua.— Procter (1791) in Am. State Papers, 

 Ind. Aff., I, 152, 1832. 



Deyonongdadagana ( 'two little hills close 

 together. ' — Hewitt) . An important Sen- 

 eca village formerly on the w. bank of 

 Genesee r. near Cuylerville, N. Y. The 

 tract was sold by the Indians in 1803. 

 De-o-nun'-da-ga-a. — Morgan, League Iroq., 426, 

 1851. De-yo-non-da-da-gai'-a. — Hewitt, inf'n, 

 1886. Little Beard's Town.— Morris deed (1797) in 

 Am. State Papers, Ind. Aff., I, 627, 1832. 



Dhatada. One of the four gentea of the 

 Hangashenu subdivision of the Omaha. 



