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MALEMIUT MALHOKSHE 



[b. a. e. 



(lant'e, and feast until day reappeared. 

 They were elothed in beaver skins." 



p]ariy in the 17th century Ft La Tour 

 was built on St John r., which became 

 the rallying point of the tribe, who there 

 learned the use of firearms, and first ob- 

 tained cooking vessels of metal and the 

 tools and instruments of civilized life. 

 The few French settlers on this river in- 

 termarried with the Indians, thus forming 

 a close alliance, which caused them to 

 become enemies of the New England set- 

 tlers, between whom and the French 

 there was almost constant warfare. After 

 the P^nglish came into possession of the 

 country there were repeated disputes be- 

 tween them and the Malecite in regard 

 to lands until 1776. Afterward lands 

 were assigned them. In 1856, according 

 to Schoolcraft, "the Tobique river, and 

 the small tract at Madawaska, Mecluctic 

 Point, and Kingsclear, with their small 

 rocky islands near St John, containing 15 

 acres," constituted all the lands held or 

 claimed by them in the country which 

 was formerly their own. In 1884 they 

 numbered 767, of whom 584 were in New 

 Brunswick and the others in Quebec 

 province. According to the report of 

 Canadian Indian Affairs for 1904 their 

 number was 805, of whom 103 were in 

 Quebec province and 702 in New Bruns- 

 wick. (.1. M. c. T. ) 

 Amalecites.— Chauvignerie (1736) in N. Y. Doe. 

 Col. Hist., IX, 10.52, 1855. Amalicites— Clinton 

 (1749), ibid., vi, 540, 1.S55. Amalingans.— Shea, 

 Cath. Miss., 144, l,s56. Amalistes.— Am. Pioneer, i, 

 257, 1842. Amelestes. — Kucliaiian, N. Am. Inds., 

 156, 1824. Amelicks.— Smith (17S5) in Sehoolcraft, 

 Ind. Tribes, in, 553, l.s53. Amelingas. — Vetromile, 

 Abnakis, 50, 1866. Amelistes.— Hutehins (1764) in 

 Schoolcraft, Ind.Tribe.s, in, 553, 1853. Amelistis. — 

 Imlay, West Terr., 293, 1797. Amenecis. — Writer 

 of 1757 in Lettres Editianies, i, 698, 1838. Amili- 

 cites. — Keane in Stanford, Compend., 522, 1878. 

 Canoemen. — Gallatin in Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, 

 II, 31, 1836. Echemins.— Am. Pioneer, I, 408,1842. 

 Estechemains. — Champlain (1003), a<:uvres, ll, 49, 

 1870. Estechemines. — Barton (probably from De 

 Laet, ;1633), New Views, x.xxvii, 1797! Esteche- 

 mins. — Champlain, Giiivres, ii, 8, 1870. Etche- 

 mins. — La Galissoniere (17.50) in N. Y. Doc. Col. 

 Hist., .\, 227, 1858. Etchemons.— Champlain (ca. 

 1604) inSchooleraft, Ind. Tribes, V, 674^18.5.5. Etch- 

 imins. — Ibid. ,22 (said to be derived from tchinem, 

 'men'). Etchmins. — McKenney and Hall, Ind. 

 Tribes, III, 79, 1854. Etechemies.— Bobi5 (1723) in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ix, 913, ]8r)5. Etechemin.— Jes. 

 Rel. 1611,5, 1858. Etechemines— Vater,Mith.,pt. 3, 

 sec. 3, 389, 1816. Etecheminii. — flu Creu.x map 

 (1660), >?e Vetromile, Abnakis, 21, 1866. Eteche- 

 neus. — McKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, ill, 79, 

 1854. Etemankiaks. — Maurault, Hi.stoiredes Abe- 

 nakis, 5, 1X66 ( 'those of the countrvof theskinsfor 

 rackets'). Eteminquois.— .les. Rel. 1611, 8, 1858. 

 Etichimenes. — Lords ol Trade (1721) in N. Y. Doc. 

 Col. Hist., V, 592, 185.5. Etschimins— Vetromile, Ab- 

 nakis, 1'30, 1866. Kiukusweskitchimi-uk — Cham- 

 berlain, Malesit MS., B. A. L., 1.S82 ( = 'mu8krat 

 Indians'; one of the names applied to them by 

 the Miciiiac.on account of their hunting the musk- 

 rat). Mahnesheet. — .lames in Tanner, Narrative, 

 333,1830. Malacite.— French trans, in N. Y. Doc. 

 Col. Hist., VI, .564, 18.55. Malecetes.— Dawson, 

 Inds. of Canada, 2, 1.H77. Malechites.— Baraga. 

 Eng.-Otch. Diet., 299, 1878. Malecites,— Vaudrenil 

 (1722) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ix, 912, 1,855. Male- 

 sit.— Chamberlain, Male-sit MS., B. A. E., 1882. 

 Malioetes.— McKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, ill, 



79, 1.S.54. Malicites.— Begon (1715) in N. Y. Doc. 

 Col. Hist., IX, 932, 185.5. Malisit— Chamberlain, 

 .Malesit MS., B. A. E., 1882 (Micmac name; pL, 

 Malisitchik). Haneus. — Chauvignerie (1736) in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ix, 1052, 1855. Marachite.— 

 Drake, Bk. Inds., vi, 1848. Marashites. — Wood 

 (1769) quoted by Hawkins, Missions, 361, 1845. 

 Marechites. — Macauley, N. Y., ii, 162, 18'29. Mare- 

 schites.— Vetromile, Abnakis, '23, 1866 (old French 

 name). Marisizis.— Cadillac (1692) inN.Y'. Doc. 

 Col. Hist., IX, 548, 185.5. Melecites.— Schoolcraft, 

 Ind. Tribes, v, 38, 1855. Melicite.— Chamberlain, 

 Malesit MS., B. A. E., 1.SS2. Melisceet.— Brinton, 

 Lenape Legends, 11, 1885. Milicetes. — Keane in 

 Stanford, Compend., 522, ls78. Milicite. — School- 

 craft, Ind. Tribes, v, 674, ls.56. Mouskouasoaks. — 

 Rouillard, Noms Gc>ographiques, 11, 1906 ('water- 

 rats': .-ibnaki name). 8arasteg8iaks. — Mau- 

 rault, Histoire des Akenakis, 6, 1866 (includes 

 Norridgewock in part). St. John's (tribe). — 

 Penhallow (17'26) in N, H, Hist. Soc. Coll., i, 

 123, 18'24. St. John's river [Indians] .—Gyles ( 1726) 

 in Me. Hist. Soc. Coll., in, 357, 1853. TJlastekwi.— 

 Gatsehet, Penobscot MS., B. A. E., 18,87 (Penob- 

 scot name; pi. Ulastekwiak). Wu'lastuk'-wiuk.— 

 Chamberlain, MalesitMS., B. A. E.,1882 ( = 'dwell- 

 ers on the beautiful river'; name used by them- 

 selves. Boyd (Ind. Local Names, 1885) gives the 

 Indian name of the river as Looshtook, 'long 

 ri ver ' ) . 



Malemiut. An Eskimo tribe occupying 

 the coast of Norton sd., n. of Shaktolik 

 and the neck of Kaviak penin., Alaska. 

 They have established jiermanent or sum- 

 mer settlements at points on Kotzebue 

 sd., where they have become mixed with 

 tribes of Kaviak penin. and the islands 

 that visit their villages for barter and so- 

 cial enjoyment. Th( )se of pure blood j)re- 

 sent the squat type of the Arctic Eskimo, 

 with scant hair, broad Hat noses, and high 

 cheek bones with a thick covering of 

 flesh. The tribe numbered 630 in 1900. 

 Once more numerous and powerful, its 

 villages now lie scattered among those of 

 the tlnaligmiut and Kavigmiut. Subdi- 

 visions are the Atteinniut, Inglutalige- 

 miut, Koyugmiut, Kugaramiut, Kungu- 

 gemiut, Shaktoligmiut, and Tapkach- 

 miut. Their villages are Akchadak, At- 

 ten, Chamisso, Kongik, Koyuktolik, Ku- 

 galuk, Kviguk, Kvinkak, Kwik(2),Nub- 

 viakchugaluk, Nuklit, Shaktolik, Taap- 

 kuk, Ulukuk, and Ungalik. 

 Mahlemoot.— Elliott, Our Arctic Prov., 444, 1886. 

 Mahlemutes.— Dall in Proc. Am. A. A. S., '266, 

 1869 (between Kotzebue sd. and Norton bay). 

 Mahlemuts.— Dall in Proc. Cal.Acad.Sci.,iv,35,18'73. 

 Malegmjuti. — Erman quoted bv Dall in Cont. 

 N. A. Ethnol., 17, 1877. Maleigmjuten.— Holm- 

 berg, Ethnog. Skizz., 6, 1855. Maleimioute.— Za- 

 goskin in Nouv. Ann Voy., 5th s., xxi, map, 

 18.50, Malemukes.— Whymper in Jour. Roy. Geog. 

 Soc , '220, 1868. Malemut.— .Nelson in 18th Rep. 

 B. A. E., passim, LS9'.), Malemutes. — Whymper, 

 Trav, in Alaska, 143, 318, 1868. Maliegmut.— 

 Holmberg quoted by Da]l in Cont. N. A. 

 Ethnol., I, 16, 1877. Malimiut.— Wrangell quoted 

 bv Dall, ibid. Malimuten.— Wrangell, Ethnog. 

 Nachr., 122, 1839. Malimyut.— Turner in 11th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 178, 1,894. Malmiut.— Tikhmenief 

 quotedby Dallin COnt, N. A. Ethnol., i, 16, 1877. 

 Mamelute.— Whymper in Trans. Ethnol. Soc. 

 Lond.,vir, 167, 1869. Tschuagmuti.— Erman quoted 

 by Dall in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., i, 16, 1877. 



Malhokshe (3/oW?o^--ce). A formerChu- 

 inashan village in the interior of Ventura 

 CO., Cal., at a place called Cuesta de la 

 Mojonera. — Henshaw, Buenaventura MS. 

 vocab., B. A. E., 1884. 



