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KUTCHLOK KOTENAI 



[b. a. 



which are begun by Uttle boj-s, those 

 next in strength coming on in turn until 

 the strongest or freshest man in the band 

 remains the final victor, after which the 



women go through the same progressive 

 contest. They are exceedingly hospita- 

 ble, keeping guests for months, and each 

 head of a family takes his turn in feasting 



KUTCHIN MAN, 



the whole band, on which occasion eti- 

 quette requires him to fast until the guests 

 have departed (Hardisty in Smithson. 

 Rep. for 1866, 313). The Kutchin tribes 



are Tenankutchin, Natsitkutchin, Ku- 

 tchakutchin, Hankutchin, Trotsikku- 

 tchin, Tutchonekutcliin, Vuntakutchin, 

 Tukkuthkutchin, Tatlitkutchin, Nako- 

 tchokutchin, and Kwitchakutchin. 

 Dehkewi.— Petitot, Kutchin ]MS. vocab., B. A. E., 

 1S09 (Kuwchodinneh name). Dendjye.— Petitot, 

 MS. voeab., B. A. E., 1865. Di-go-thi-tdinne.— 

 liichardson, Aret. Exped., I, 378, 1851 (Kaw- 

 cliudinneh name). Bindjie. — Petitot in Bui. 

 Soc. de G(>og-. Paris, chart, 1875. Dindjie.— 

 I'etitot, Autour du lac des Eschives, 361, 1891. 

 Dindjie Loucheux.— Ibid., 289. Erkileit.— Ibid., 163 

 ((Greenland Eskimo name). Irkpeleit. — Ibid. 

 Koochin.— Anderson (1858) in Hind, Lab. Peiiin. 

 ii,2H0, 1863. Koo-tchin'. — Morgan in N.Am. Rev., 

 58, 1870. Kuchin. — Ibid. Kutchin. — Richardson, 

 Aret. Exped., 214, 1851. Ku-fqin.—Morice, Notes 

 on W. DtJnes, 15, 1893. Kutshi.— Latham, Nat. 

 Races, 293, 1854. Kutshin.— Ibid., 292. Loo-choos.— 

 Scliooleraft, Ind. Tribes, ii, 27,1852. Loucheux.— 

 Franklin, Journ. Polar Sea, n, 83,1824 (Canadian 

 French, 'squint-eyes'). Louchioux.— Ross, MS. 

 notes on Tinne, B. A.E. Louchoux.— Ibid. Quar- 

 relers. — Scliooleraft, Ind. Tribes, ll, 27, 1852. 

 Sharp-eyed Indians. — Richardson in Franklin, 

 Second Exped. Polar Sea, 165, 1828. Squint 

 Eyes.— Franklin, Journ. Polar Seas, ii, 83, 1824. 

 Zanker-Indianer. — Buschmann, Spuren der aztek. 

 Sprache, 713,1859. 



Kutchlok. A former Aleut village on 

 Unalaska, Aleutian ids., Alaska. 

 Ikutchlok.— Coxe, Russ. Discov., 160, 1787. Kutch- 

 lok. -Ibid., 1.58. 



Kutek. A settlement of East Greenland 

 Eskimo on the s. e. coast of Greenland, 

 lat. 60° 45'. — Meddelelser om Gronland, 

 X, 24, 1888. 



Kutenai (corrupted form, possibly by 

 way of the language of the Siksika, of 

 Kutondqa, one of their names for them- 

 selves). A people forming a distinct 

 linguistic stock, the Kitunahan family 

 of Powell, who inhabit partsof s. e. British 

 Columbiaand n. Montanaand Idaho, from 

 the lakes near the source of Columbia r. 

 to Tend d'Oreille lake. Their legendsand 

 traditions indicate that they originally 

 dwelt E. of the Rocky mts., prol>ably in 

 iMontana, whence they were driven west- 

 ward l)y the Siksika, their hereditary 

 enemies. The two tribes now live on 

 amical)le terms, and some intermarriage 

 has taken place. Before the buffalo dis- 

 appeared from the plains they often had 

 joint hunting expeditions. Recollection 

 of the treatment of the Kutenai by the 

 Siksika remains, however, in the name 

 they give the latter, Sahantla ( ' bad 

 people'). They entertained also a bad 

 opinion of the AssinilK)in (Tlutlamaeka, 

 'cut-throats'), and the Cree (Gutskiawe, 

 'liars' ). 



The Kutenai language is spoken in two 

 slightly differing dialects, Upper and 

 Lower Kutenai. A few uncertain jwintsof 

 similarity in grammatical structure with 

 the Shoshonean tongues seem to exist. 

 The language is incorporative both with 

 respect to the pronoun and the noun ob- 

 ject. Prefixes and suthxes abound, the 

 prefix aq{k)- in nouns occurring with 

 remarkable frequency. As in the Algon- 



