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KOUYAM KOYUKUKHOTANA 



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speaks of ' ' the cowish or biscuit root. ' ' 

 The word is derived from koirish, tlie 

 name of this njot in the Nez Perce and 

 closely related dialects of the Shahaptian 

 stock. (a. F. c. ) 



Kouyara. A village or tribe mentioned 

 by Joutel in 1687 as being n. of INIaligne 

 (Colorado) r., Tex. It is probably the 

 tribe called Caba bj^ Manzanet, which 

 may have been Coahuilteean or Karan- 

 kawan. SeeGatschet, Karankawa Inds., 

 1891. 



Cavaianes. — Barcia, Ensayo, 271, 1723. Kavagan. — 

 Joutel (1687), Jour. Voy.. 90, 1719. Kouayan.— 

 Shea, iiole iu Charlevoix, New France, iv, 78, 

 1870. Kouayon.— .loutel (1687) in French, Hist. 

 Coll. La., I, l.')2, 1846. Kouyam. — Joutel in Margrv, 

 Dt>c., ni, 288, 1878. 



Kovogzruk. A Kaviagmiut village at 

 Port Clarence, Alaska. — Eleventh Census, 

 Alaska, 162, 1893. 



Kowagmiut ('big-river people'). A 

 tribe of western Eskimo of Alaska, num- 

 bering 81 in 1890, dwelling on Kowakr. e. 

 of Kotzebue sd. Their chief food besides 

 fish and ptarmigan consists of marmots, 

 but the number of these is rapidly de- 

 creasing. Their villages are Kikiktak, 

 Kowak, Umokalukta, Unatak, and the 

 summer settlement of Sheshalik. By 

 some these Eskimo have been included 

 in the Nunatogmiut; by others, together 

 with the Selawigmiut, in the Malemiut. 

 Kooagamutes. — Petroll' in lOtli Census, Alaslca, 60, 

 map, 1884. Koo-og-ameuts. — Coo] icr, Cruise of Cor- 

 win, 26, 1880. Kowag'-miit.— Dall in Cont. N. A. 

 Ethnol., I, 12, 1877. Kowan'g-meiin. — Simpson 

 quoted by Dall, ibid. Kii-ag'mat.— Dall in Proc. 

 A. A. A. S., XXXIV, 377, 1886. Kuangmiut.— Woolfe 

 in 11th Census, Alaska, 130, 1894. Kuwu'nmiun. — 

 Murdoch in 9th Rep. B. A. E., 44, 1892. 



Kowailchew. A coast Salish tribe said 

 by Gibbs (Pac. R. R. Rep., i, 433, 1855) to 

 live N. of the Semiamo, principally if not 

 altogether in Canada. Unless intended 

 for theCowichan they are not mentioned 

 elsewhere. 



Kowak (? ' great river ') . A Kowagmiut 

 village at the mouth of Kowak r., Alaska. 

 Koovuk.— Kelly, Arct. Eskimos, 15, 1890. Kubok.— 

 Zagoskin, De.sc. Russ. Poss. in Amer.,pt. 1,73, 1847. 



Kowanga. A former Gabrieleno ran- 

 cheria near San Fernando mission, Los 

 Angeles co. , Cal. Probably identical wath 

 Okowvinjha, or with Cahuenga, q. v. 

 Kowanga. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, May 11, 1860. 

 Owongos. — Lawson in Ind. Aff. Rep., 13, 1879. 



Kowasayee. A small Shahaptian tribe, 

 speaking the Tenino language and for- 

 merly living on the n. side of Columbia r., 

 in Klickitat co., Wash., nearly opposite 

 the mouth of the Umatilla. They were 

 included in the Yakima treaty of 1855, 

 and the survivors are on Yakima res., 

 but their number is unknown. 

 K'kasawi.— Mooney in 14tli Rep. B. A. E., 739, 1896. 

 Kowasayee.— Ind. Aft'. Rep. 1856, 266, 1857. Kow- 

 wassayee.— U. S. Stat., xn, 951, 1863. Kowwas- 

 sayes.— Keane in Stanford, Compend., 518, 1878. 



Kowasikka. A village formerlyoccupied 

 by the Eel River Miami until they re- 

 moved, under the treaty of Feb. 11, 1828, 



to a reserve near the mouth of Eel r. It 

 was on Sugar cr., near the present Thorn- 

 town, Boone co., Ind., and was commonly 

 known as Thorntown. (.j. m.) 



Kow-a-sik-ka. — Hough in Ind. Geol. Rep., map, 

 1883. Thorntown. — Common name. Thorntown 

 Miamies.— Drake, Ind. Chron., 205, 1836. 



Kowina. A prehistoric circular pueblo 

 on a low mesa opposite the spring at the 

 head of Cebollita valley, about 15 m. w. 

 of Acoma and 35 m. s. e. of Grant station 

 on the Santa Fe Pac. R. R., Valencia co., 

 N. Mex. The pueblo is attributed to the 

 Calabash (Tanyi) clan of Acoma and is 

 noted for the high class of masonry of its 

 remaining walls. (f. w' ii. ) 



Ka-uin-a. — Bandelier in Arch. Inst. Papers, I v, 324, 

 1892 (Acoma name). K6wi-na.— Hodge, field 

 notes, B. A. E., 1895. 



Kowsis. A tribe mentioned as roaming 

 intheTule r. country — territory occupied 

 bv Yokuts tril)es^n s. central California 

 ill 1869 (Purcell in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1869, 

 193, 1870), but not further identifiable. 



Koyeti. A Yokuts tribe formerly living 

 in s. central California, in the vicinity of 

 Tule r. and southward. Mentioned in 

 1852 as a friendly tribe on Paint (White) 

 cr., and described as possessing unusual 

 courage and intelligence. They are en- 

 tirely extinct. 



Co-ye-te.— Wessells (1853) in H. R. Ex. Doe. 76,34th 

 Cong., 3d sess., 32, 1857. Co-ye-tie.— Barbour (1852) 

 in Sen. Ex. Doc. 4, 32d Cong., spec, sess., 256, 

 1853. Ko-ya-ta.— Johnston (1851 ) in Sen. Ex. Doc. 

 61, 32d Cong., 1st sess., 23, 1852. Ko-ya-te.— Bar- 

 bour (1851) in Sen. Ex. Doc. 4, 32d Cong., spec. 

 ses.s., 122, 1853. Ko-ya-tes.— Barbour in Ind. Aff. 

 Rep., 232,18.51. Koyeti.— A. L. Kroeber.infn, 1906 

 (usual name among neighboring Yokuts tribes). 

 Ko-ye-to. — Barbour in Sen. Ex. Doc. 4, 32d Cong., 

 spec, sess., 255, 18.53. 



Koyonya. The Turkey clan of the Hopi. 

 Koyoiia winwii. — Fewkes in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 

 584, 1900 (((•/)( i(.'»^' clan'). Ko-yo'-iio wiin-wu. — 

 Fewkes in Am. Anthrop., Vii, 403, 1894. 



Koyugmiut ( Ko>/U(fmf(t ) . A division of 

 the Malemiut Eskimo on Koyuk r., 

 Alaska. — Dall in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., i, 

 16, 1877. 



Koyuhow [Ko-im-how^). A Paviotso 

 band formerlv living about McDermit, n. 

 Nev.— Powell", Paviotso MS., B. A. E., 

 1881. 



Koyuktolik. A Malemiut Eskimo vil- 

 lage on Koyuk r., Alaska. 

 Khoouchtioulik-mioute. — Zagoskin in Nouv. Ann. 

 Vov., 5th s., XXI, map. 18.50. Kusmktolik. — 

 Eleventh Census, Alaska, 162, 1893. 



Koyukuk. A Koyukukhotana village, 

 of 150 people in 1880, near the junction 

 of Kovukuk and Yukon rs., Alaska. — 

 Petroff in 10th Census, Alaska, 12, 1884. 



Koyukukhotana dieople of Koyukuk 

 river'). A division of the Unakhotana 

 inhabiting the basin of Koyukuk r., 

 Alaska. Zagoskin in 1843 attemjjted to 

 explore the Koyukuk country, but failed 

 on account of the hostility of the natives. 

 Lieut. Barnard in 1851 was killed l)y the 

 Koyukukhotana, and Nulato destroyed 

 because he sent for their chief. Maj. 

 Kennicott also visited their territory. 



