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KUKGUGEMIUT KUSA 



[B. A. E. 



Kungugemiut. A division of the Male- 

 miut Eskimo on Buckland r., Alaska. 

 Kangoot Mutes. — Kolly, Arctic Eskimo, chart, 

 1890. Kanikgmut.— Zagoskin, Desc. Russ. Poss. 

 in Am., pt. l, 73, 1847. Kongigamut. — Nelson in 

 IStli Rep. B. A. E., map, 1899. Kongigamute.— 

 Petroffi in 10th Censns, Alaska, 4, issi. Kotso- 

 khotana. — Zagoskin, Desc. Russ. Poss. in .\ra., ]it. i, 

 73, 1847 (Tinneh name). Kungeeg-ameuts. — Hoo- 

 per, Cruise of Corwin, 26, 1880. Kiingugemut. — 

 Dall in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., l, 16, 1,S77. 



Kungya. The Turquoise clans of the 

 Tewa pueblos of San Juan, Santa Clara, 

 San Ildefonso, and Tesuque, N. Mex. See 

 Kiii/atiive. 



Kcya-tdoa.— Hodge in Am. Anthrop., ix, 352, 1896 

 (Tesuque form; Trfda=' people'). Kunya-tdoa. — 

 Ibid. (San Juan and Santa Clara form). Ku^ye- 

 tdoa. — Ibid. (San Ildefonso form). 



Kungyi. The Ant clan of Nambe pueblo, 

 N. Mex. 



Kunyi-tdoa. — Hodge in Am. Anthrop., ix, 348, 1896 

 {td6a= 'i>eople'). 



Kunhalas ( Ku^nxalas). A former Haida 

 town or camp just inside of Cumshewa pt., 

 Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. It be- 

 longed to tlie Kona-kegawai. — Swanton, 

 Cont. Haida, 278, 1905. 



Kunhittan {KTm-hitfan, ' people of 

 flicker house ' ) . Given bv Krause ( Tlin- 

 kit Ind., 120, 1885) as a Tlingit division, 

 but in reality it is merely a name for the 

 inhabitants of a house at Kuiu belonging 

 to the Nastedi, q. v. 



Kunipalgi (^'?mo, ¥ono, 'skunk'; algi, 

 ' people ' ) . A Creek clan. 



Ku'-mu. — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 161, 1877. Kuni- 

 palgi.— Gat.schet, Creek Migr. Leg., i, 155, 1881. _ 



Kunjeskie. A Tlingit settlement in 

 Alaska; location not given; pop. 150 in 

 1835, according to Veniaminoff. 



Koonjeskie.— Elliott, Cond. Aff. Alaska, 227, 1875 

 (transl. from Veniaminoff). 



Kunkhogliak. A Kaiyuhkhotana vil- 

 lage on Yukon r., Alaska, containing 11 

 people in 1844. — Zagoskin quoted bv 

 Petroff in 10th Cen.sus, Alaska, 37, 1884. 



Kunkia {Q.'A^nkia). A former Haida 

 town on the n. coast of North id.. Queen 

 Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. — Sw"anton, Cont. 

 Haida, 281, 1905. 



Kunmiut ( ' river people ' ) . An Eskimo 

 tribe living on Kok r. above Wainwright 

 inlet, Alaska. They have been displaced 

 by Nunatogmiut immigrants, and in 1890 

 had only 3 settlements left, each contain- 

 ing from 1 to 4 families. One of these 

 was Kilimantavie. 



Kilauwitawi'nmiun.— Murdoch in 9th Rep. B. A. E., 

 44, 1892. Kooagomutes.— Elliott, Our .\rct. Prov., 

 map, 1886. Koogmute. — Kelly, Arct. Eskimos, 14, 

 1890. Kooq Mutes. — Ibid., " chart. Kugmiut. — 

 Eleventh Census, Alaska, 162, 1893. Ku'nmiun.— 

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



Kunnas-liadai(A'im5;ffl.s.7iarf'«'/, 'whale- 

 house people'). Given by Boas (Fifth 

 Report N. W. Tribes Canada, 27, 1889) 

 as the name of a subdivision of the Yaku- 

 lanas, a family of the Raven clan of the 

 Haida, but in reality it is only a house 

 name belonging to thatgroup. (.i. e. s. ) 



Kunnesee. See Draggmg-canoe. 



Kunniwunneme ( K nn-nV -ivun-ne' -me) . 

 An Oregon tribe e. of the Tillamook (Dor- 



sey, Naltunnetunne MS. vocab., B. A. E., 

 1884), identified as in Athapascan terri- 

 tory, but otherwise unknown. 



Kunnupiyu {K'un-niy-pi-yu'). A for- 

 mer Yaquina village on the n. side of 

 Yaquina r., Oreg. — Dorsey in Jour. Am. 

 Folk-lore, iii, 229, 1890. 



Kunstamish {Kun-sta-mhh). A village 

 of the Guauaenok Kwakiutl on the e. side 

 of Clay don bay, Wells passage, Brit. Col. — 

 Dawson in Trans. Roy. Soc. Can. for 1887, 

 sec. II, 73. 



Kuosugru (Kuosu^gru). A summer vil- 

 lage of the Utkiavinmiut Eskimo, on a 

 dry place inland from Pt Barrow, Alas- 

 ka.— Murdoch in 9th Rep. B. A. E., 83, 

 1892. 



Kupimithlta ( Ku-dV -mtql-W ) . A former 

 Siuslaw village on Siuslaw r., Oreg. — 

 Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 230, 

 1890. 



Kuping. The Coral clans of the Tewa 

 pueblos of San .Juan, Santa Clara, San Il- 

 defonso, and Tesuque, N. Mex. That of 

 Tesuque is extinct. 



Kopin-tdoa.— Hodge in Am. Anthrop., ix, 349, 1896 

 (San Juan form; ^fW« = 'people' ). Kupin-tdoa. — 

 Ibid. (San Ildefonso form). Kupi"-tdoa. — Ibid. 

 (Tesuque form). Kupi-toda.— Ibid. (Santa Clara 

 form; ^jrfffl misprinted for ?(?oa). 



Kupkipcock. A village of the Powhatan 

 confederacy on Pamunkeyr., King Wil- 

 liam CO., Va., in 1608. 



Kaposecocke. — Strachey (ra. 1612), Virginia, 62, 

 1849. Kupkipcock.— Sriiith (1629) .Virginia, I, map, 

 repr. 1819. 



Kuptagok. A former Aleut village on 

 Agattu id., Alaska, one of the Near id. 

 group of the Aleutians, now uninhabited. 



Kurni. The Goose clan of the Tigua 

 pueblo of Isleta, N. Mex. 

 Kurni-t'ainin. — Lummis quoted by Hodge in Am. 

 Anthrop., ix, 350, 1896 (t'ainhi = 'people'). 



Kurts. The Antelope clans of the Kere- 

 san puel)los of Laguna, Acoma, Sia, San 

 Felipe, and Cochiti, N. Mex. The Ante- 

 lope clan of Laguna claims to have come 

 originally from Zufii and to form a phra- 

 try with theTsits ( Water) clan, while that 

 of Acoma forms a ijhratry with the Water 

 clan of that pueblo. The Antelope clan 

 of Cochiti is extinct. (f. w. h. ) 



Kur'ts-hanoqrii.— Hodge in Am. Anthrop., I.x, 348, 

 IS'.Ki ( Acnina form; /id7iO(/'^'i = 'people'). Kiir'tsi- 

 hano' I'— Ibid. ( Laguqa form). Kurtz.— Stevenson 

 in llth Rep. B. A. E., 19, 1894 (Sia name)-, Ku'ts- 

 hano. — Hodge, op. cit. (Sia form). Kii'ts-hanuch. — 

 Ibid. ( ("ochiti form). Kuuts-hano. — Ibid. (San Fe- 

 lipe form). 



Kusa (Gatschet suggests kosa, the name 

 oi a small forest bird resembling a spar- 

 row, oro'.tcY, o.sri, 'pokeweed,' as the origin 

 of the word; but if the people of Kusa 

 are identical with the Conshac of the 

 French, the name would mean 'cane,' 

 'reed,' or 'reedbrake.' See Conslutc). 

 A former town of the Upper Creeks, 

 on the high e. bank of Coosa r., 

 between Columbiana and Talladega, in 

 Talladega co., Ala., between the points 

 Avhere Talladega and Tallahatchie crs. 

 Join the Coosa, and on the site of the 



