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KUSKUSSU KUTAUWA 



[b. a. h. 



castle. In 1758 Knskuski was composed 

 of 4 distinct settlements, having a total 

 population of about 1,000 souls, (j. m. ) 



Cachecacheki.— Vaudreuil (1759) in N. Y. Doc.Col. 

 Hist., X, 9-19, 18.58. Cachekacheki.— Ibid. Cas,- 

 cagh,sa,gey. — Clinton (17.50), ibid., vi, 549, 1855. 

 Coscosky.— Weiser (1748) in Rupi), West. Pa., 

 app., 14, 1846. Cuschcushke. — Heckewelder in 

 Trans. Am. Pliilos. Soc, n. s., i v, 395, 1834. Cuscus- 

 kie.— Croglian (17.50) in Rupp, West. Pa., app., 

 27, 1846. Cuskcaskking.— Pa. Archives, iii, 525, 

 1853. Cuskuskus.— Knpp., op. cit., 138 (pi. form 

 used for the inhabitants) . Cususkey. — Day, Pa., 62, 

 1843. Kaschkaschkung. — Lerov and Leininger 

 (1755) in Pa. Mai,'. Hist. and'Biog., xxix, 412, 

 1905. Kaskaskunk.— Lnskiel, Miss. United Breth., 

 pt. 3, 55, 1794. Kaskuskies.— Gist (17.53) in Mass. 

 Hist. Sof. Coll., ;!d s., V, 103, 1836. Kishkuske.— 

 Hutchin'snjap ( 17i;4 ) in Smith, Bouquet's Exped., 

 1766. Kshkushking.— Post (1758) in Rupp, West. 

 Pa., app.. 116, 1846 (u omitted). Kushcushkec. — 

 Post (17.58) in Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 6, 39, 1848. 

 Kushkushkee. — Post (1758) in Rupp, West. Pa., 

 app., 80, 1846. Kushkushking.— Post (1758) in 

 Rupp, West. Pa., app., 103, 1S46. Kushkuskies. — 

 Smith, Bouquet's E.xped., 67, 1766. Kuskuschki. — 

 Heckewelder in Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., n. s., iv, 

 366, 1834. Kuskuskas.— Washington (1753) in 

 Rupp, West. Pa., app., 39, 1846. Kuskuskees.— 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., x, 949, note, 18.58. Kuskus- 

 kies. — Lotter, map. ca. 1770. Kuskuskin. — Alden 

 (1834) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d s., vi, 144, 1837. 

 Kuskusko Town.— Washington (1753) in Rupp, 

 West. Pa., app., 41, 1846. Kuskusky.— Peters (1760) 

 in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s., ix, 2.58, 1871. Mur- 

 dering town. — Washington (1753) in Rupp, West. 

 Pa., app., 48, 1846. Murthering Town.— Gist (17.53) 

 in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d s., v, 103, 1836. 



Kuskussu {Kus^-kus-siV). A former Si- 

 uslaw village on Siuslaw r. , Greg. — Dorsey 

 in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, iii, 230, 1890. 



Kuskwogmiut. An Eskimo tribe in- 

 habiting the shores of Kuskokwim bay 

 and the banks of Kuskokwim r. and its 

 tributaries as far as Kolmakof, Alaska. 

 They are the most numerous of the tribes 

 and the least modified through contact 

 with whites. They live in underground 

 huts, with frames of driftwood covered 

 with sods. They hunt the walrus, the 

 beluga, and the hair seal. Sea birds 

 provide them with meat and eggs, and 

 the feathered skins with clothing. The 

 streams and lakes of the interior abound 

 in trout, and herds of reindeer feed on the 

 tundra. Their fuel is driftwood. They 

 drink the foul water of the lagoons, yet 

 are healthy and strong. Every male has 

 a kaiak. Above tide water they use 

 birch-bark canoes. They catch salmon 

 and whitefish in wicker weirs, and trap 

 foxes and otters. There is little that the 

 natives can obtain to sell, and therefore 

 they remain in their aboriginal condition. 

 They are skillful carvers of ivory and 

 wood. The dwellers on the tundra, 

 where wild fowl and berries are plenty, 

 repair with their kaiaks in the summer 

 to trap and dry their winter supply of 

 salmon. Villages on the upper reaches 

 are built of wood, and each has its large 

 ceremonial house in which masked dances 

 take place in winter. Besides the sum- 

 mer houses roofed with sod there are the 

 usual underground winter habitations 

 reached by a tunnel. 



The tribe numbered 3,287 in 1899. 

 The Kuskwogmiut villages are as fol- 

 lows: Agomekelenanak, Agulakpak, Agii- 

 liak, Agumak, Akiachak, Akiak, Ak- 

 lut, Akmiut, Anagok, Apahiachak, Apo- 

 kak, Atchaluk, Bethel, Chimiak, Chuar- 

 litilik, Ekaluktaluk, Etoluk, Igiakchak, 

 Iliutak, Kahmiut, Kakuiak, Kakuikak, 

 Kaltshak, Kaluktuk, Kamegli, Kanagak, 

 Kanak, Kenachananak, Kiktak, Kinak, 

 Kinegnagak, Kinegnak, Klchakuk, Kle- 

 guchek, Klutak, Kolmakof, Kongiganak, 

 Kuilkluk, Kukluktuk, Kulvagavik, Kus- 

 kok, Kuskokvak, Kweleluk, Kwik, Kwi- 

 kak, Kwilokuk, Kwinak, Lomavik, 

 Mumtrak, Mumtrelek, Nak, Nakolkavik, 

 Napai, Napaiskak, Napakiak, Nochak, 

 Novoktolak, Okaganak, Oknagak, Oyak, 

 Papka, Shevenak, Bhimiak, Shokfak, 

 Takiketak, Togiaratsorik, Tuklak, Tular- 

 ka, Tuluksak, Tunagak, TTgovik, Ukna- 

 vik, Ulokak, Vinasale, and Yakchilak. 

 Agulmiit.— Holmberg quoted by Dall in Cont. 

 N. A. Ethnol., l, 18, 1.877. Inkaliten.— Wrangell 

 quoted bv Dall, ibid. Koskoquims. — Elliott, Cond. 

 AIT. in Alaska, 29, 1875. Kouskokhantses,— Lutke, 

 Voyage, i, 181, 1835 (seemingly identical). Kusch- 

 kukchwak-muten. — Wrantrell, Ethnog. Nachr., 127, 

 1839. Kushokwagmut.— NeLxoninlSthRep.B.A.E., 

 map, 1899. Kusko kuax tana.— Doroschin in Rad- 

 loff, Wch-terb.d. Kinai-Spr., 29, 1874 (Kinai name). 

 Kuskokwagmut. — Nelson in 18th Rep. B. A. E., pi. 

 ii, 1899. Kuskokwigmjuten. — Holmberg, Ethnog. 

 Skizz., 5, 18.55. Kuskokwim. — Nelson in Soc. Roy. 

 Beige de Geog., 318, 1901. Kuskokwimer. — Wran- 

 gell, Ethnog. Nachr., 121, 1839. Kuskokwimjuts.— 

 Turner quoted by Dall in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., I, 

 18, 1877. Kuskokwims. — Latham (1845) in Jour. 

 Ethnol. Soc. Lond., i, 185, 1848. Kuskokwimtsi. — 

 Worman quoted by Dall in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., 

 I, 18, 1877. Kuskutchewak. — Richardson, Arct. 

 Exped., I, 364, 1851. Kuskutshewak.— Latham, 

 Elem. Comp. Philol., 386, 1862. Kuskwogmuts.— 

 Dall in Proc. A. A. A. S., 267, 1869. 



Kustahekdaan {KAstaxe^xda-dn). A for- 

 mer Tlingit town in the Sitka country, 

 Alaska. (j. r. s. ) 



Kustatan. A Knaiakhotana village, of 

 45 natives in 1890, on the w. side of Cook 

 inlet, Alaska. — 11th Census, Alaska, 163, 

 1893. 



Kuta. Said to be a clan of the pueblo 

 of Santo Domingo, N. Mex. The name 

 refers to either the sagebrush or the sun- 

 flower. — ^Bourke, Moquis of Arizona, 13, 

 1884. 

 Shjpi. — Bourkc, ibid. (Kuta or). 



Kutaiimiks {Knt'-ai-'lm-iks, 'they do not 

 laugh'). A. division of the Piegan tribe 

 of the Siksika, q. v. 



Don't Laugh. — Grinnell, Blackfoot Lodge Tales, 

 225, 1892. Ka-ti'-ya-ye-mix.— Morgan, Anc. Soc, 

 171, 1877 ( = 'never laugh'). Ko-te'-yi-miks. — 

 Hayden, Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. Val., 264, 1862 

 ( = ' the band that do not laugh ' ) . Kut'-ai-im-iks. — 

 Grinnell, op. cit., 209. The People that don't 

 laugh.— Culbcrtsiin in Smithson. Rep. 1850, 144, 

 1851 . 



Kutaisotsiman ( 'no parfleche' ). A divi- 

 sion of the Piegan trilie of the Siksika. 

 Kut-ai-sot'-si-man. —Grinnell, Blackfoot Lodge 

 Tales, 209, 1892. No Parfleche.— Ibid., 225. 



Kutauwa. A former Alsea village on 

 the N. side of xVlsea r., Oreg., at its mouth. 

 Ku-tau'-wa. — Dorsev in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, iii, 

 '229, 1890. Necketo.— Lewis and Clark, Exped., ii, 



