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LAJUCHU LAMSIM 



[b. a. e. 



Lajuchu. A former Chuinashan village 

 near Puri'sima inisgion, Santa Barbara co., 

 Cal.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. 



Lake Indians. A term used by English 

 writers of the 18th century to designate 

 the Indians living on the great lakes, es- 

 pecially the Chippewa and the Ottawa. 



Lakisumne. A village of California 

 whose language, according to Pinart, 

 showed differences from that of the Cholo- 

 vone (Mariposan stock), but was undet"- 

 stood by them. If not related to the 

 Cholovone, this village was probably 

 Moquelumnan. 



Lacquesumne.— Pinart, Cholovone MS., B. A. E., 

 1880. Lakisumne. — Bancroft, Nat. Races, i, 450, 

 1874. Sakisimme.— Ibid. 



Lakkulzap ('on the town'). A mod- 

 ern Chimmesyan town, founded in 1872 

 by a Mr (ireen from Niska, the inhabit- 

 ants having been drawn from the villages 

 of Kitaix and Kitkahta. Pop. 183 in 

 1902, 145 in 1904. 



Greenville.— Can. Ind. Aft", for 1889, 272 (name 

 given by whites). Kach-als-ap. — Dorsey in Am. 

 Antiq., xix, 281, 1S97 (misquoted from Can. 

 Ind. Aff.). Lachalsap.— Can. Ind. Aff., 416, 1898. 

 Lack-al-sap.— Ibid., 272, 1889. lak-kul-zap.— Dor- 

 sey in Am. Antiq., Xix, 281, 1897. 



Lakloukst {LaqWulst). A Niska divi- 

 sion of the Lakskiyek clan, living in the 

 town of Kitwinhilk, on Nass r., Brit. 

 Col. -Boas in 10th Rep. N. W. Tribes 

 Can., 49, 1895. 



Lakmiut. A Kalapooian tribe formerly 

 residing on a river of the same name, a 

 western tributary of the Willamette, in 

 Oregon. They are now on Grande Ronde 

 res., where they were officially stated to 

 number 28 in 1905. They are steadily 

 decreasing. The following were Lakmiut 

 bands as ascertained byGatschetin 1877: 

 Ampalamuyu, Chantkaip, Chepenafa, 

 Mohawk, Tsalakmiut, Tsampiak, Tsan- 

 tatawa, and Tsantuisha. 



Alakema'yuk.— Grttschet, Atfalati MS., B. A. E. 

 (Atfalatl name). Chelukamanches. — Ind. Aff. Rep. 

 1864, 503, 1865. Chelukimaukes.— Ind. Aff. Rep., 

 221, 1861. Lakmiuk. — Gatsehet in Jour. Am. 

 Folk-lore, xn, 213, 1899. Lakmiut.— Gatschet, 

 Atfalati MS., B. A. E., 1877 (own name). Luck- 

 a-mi-ute. — Pres. Mess., Sen. Ex. Doe. 39, 32d Cong., 

 Istsess., 2, 1852. Luckamuke.— Palmer in Ind. Aff. 

 Rep. 18.56, 196, 1857. Luckamutes.— Keane in 

 Stanford, Compend., .519, 1878. Luckiamut. — Smitli 

 in Ind. Aff. Rep., 5(i, l,s75. Luckiamute. — Victor in 

 Overland Montlily, vil, 316, 1S71. Luckimiute. — 

 McClane in Ind. Aff. Rep., 184, 1887. Luckimute.— 

 Huntington in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1867, 62, 1868. 

 Lukemayuk.— Gatschet, Atfalati MS., B. A. E., 1877 

 (Atfalati name). Sackanoir. — Schoolcraft, Ind. 

 Tribes, vi, 701, 1857 (after Lane). Suchamier.— 

 Ibid., 689. Suck-a-mier. — Lane in Ind. Aff. Rep., 

 161, 18,50. 



Lakseel ( Laqse'el, ' on the ocean ' ) . A 

 Niska division belonging to the Kanhada 

 clan, living in the towns of Andeguale and 

 Kitlakdamix on Nass r. , Brit. Col. — Boas 

 in 10th Rep. N. AV. Tribes Can., 49, 1895. 



Lakskiyek {IjiUjukl' nek, 'on the eagle'). 

 One of the 4 Chimmesyan clans. Local 

 subdivisions l)earing the same name are 

 found in the Niska towns of Lakkulzap 

 and Kitlakdamix, andinthe Kitksantown 



of Kitwingacli.— Boas in 10th Rep. N. W. 

 Tri))esCan., 49, 50, 1895. 



Laktiaktl ( Laqf Idnv-tl) . A Niska divi- 

 sion of the Lakyebo ( Wolf) clan, settled in 

 the town of Kitwinshilk, on Nass r., Brit. 

 Col.— Boas in 10th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 

 49, 1895. 



Laktsemelik {Laqts' Eme^ltu, 'on the 

 beaver'). A Niska division of the Lak- 

 skiyek clan, living in the town of Kitlak- 

 damix, on Nass r., Brit. Col. — Boas in 10th 

 Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 49, 1895. 



Lakungida (perhaps a Haida name). A 

 Niska town near the mouth of Nass r., 

 Brit. Col. In 1870 its inhabitants, ex- 

 ceeded 400, but in 1897 it contained not 

 more than 50. — Dorsey in Am. Antiq., 

 XIX, 279, 1897. 



Lakweip (Niska: LcufuyVp, 'on the 

 prairie.' — Boas). An isolated Athapas- 

 can tribe, related totheTahltan, formerly 

 living on Portland canal, Alaska, but hav- 

 ing quarreled with the Niska are now on 

 the headwaters of Stikine r., Brit. Col. 

 Their chief village is Gunakhe. 



Lackweips.— Scott in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1869, 563, 1870. 

 Laq'uyi'p.— Boas in luth Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 

 34, 1895. Naqkyina— Ibid. (Tsetsaut name: 'on 

 the other side' ). 



Lakyebo ( Laqlyehd, ' on the wolf ) . One 

 of the 4 clans into which all the Chimme- 

 syan are divided. The name is applied 

 specifically to various local subdivisions 

 as well, there being one such in the Niska 

 town of Lakkulzap and another in the 

 Kitksan town of Kishpiyeoux. — Boas in 

 10th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 49, 50, 1895. 



Lalauitlela [La'lduiLEla, 'always cross- 

 ingthesea' ). Agensof theTlatlasikoala, 

 subdivided into the Gyegyote and PLahe- 

 kolatl.— Boas in Rep. ISTat. Mus. 1895, 329, 

 1897. 



Lamasconson. One of several tribes or 

 bands disi)laced from their homes in St 

 Mary and Charles cos., Md., in 1651, and 

 settled on a reservation at the head of 

 Wicomico r. (Bozman, Maryland, ii, 421, 

 1837). Perhaps a small branch of the 

 Conoy. 



Lamochattee. iseQWeatherford, William. 



La Montagne ( Fr. : ' the mountain ' ) . A 

 mission village established in 1677 for 

 Caughnawaga and other Catholic Iro- 

 quois on a hill on Montreal id., Quebec. 

 They were afterward joined by others, 

 many of whom were not Christians. The 

 village was temporarily deserted in 1689 on 

 account of the Iroquois. In 1696 apart of 

 the converts established a new mission vil- 

 lage at Sault an Recollet, and were joined 

 by the others until in 1704 La Montagne 

 was finally abandoned. (.i. m. ) 



The Mountain.— Shea, Cath. Miss., 309, 1855. 



Lamps. See Illumination. 



Lamsim. A former village, presumably 

 Costanoan, connected with Dolores mis- 

 sion, San Francisco, Cal. — Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. 



