796 



MAMTUM MANDAN 



[B. A. 



Mamtum. Given as the name of a Ijody 

 of Indians on Cowitchin lake, s. end of 

 Vancouver id. (Brit. Col. map, Ind. Aff., 

 Victoria, 1872). Perhaps the Quamichan 

 or the Comiakin of Cowitchin valley. 



Mamun-gitunai {Ma'm-hi git-hid'-i, 'Gi'- 

 tuns of Mamun r.'). The most im- 

 portant division of the Gituns, a family 

 of the Eagle clan of the Haida, living at 

 Masset, Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. 

 They derived their name from that of a 

 small stream which falls into Masset inlet 

 near its head, where they used to camp. 

 A sul)division in the town of Yaku 

 Avas called Ao-gitunai. — Swanton, Cont. 

 Hc.ida, 275, 1905. 



Manabush, Manabozo. See Nanahozo. 



Manahoac { Algonquian: 'they are very 

 merry.' — Tooker). A confederacy or 

 group of small tribes or bands, possibly 

 Siouan, in n. Virginia, in 1608, occupying 

 the country from the falls of the rivers to 

 the mountains and from the Potomac to 

 North Anna r. They were at war with the 

 Powhatan and Iroquois, and in alliance 

 with the Monacan, but spoke a language 

 different from any of their neighbors. 

 Among their tribes Smith mentions the 

 Manahoac, Tanxnitania, Shackaconia, 

 Ontponea, Tegninateo, Whonkenti, Steg- 

 araki, and Hassinunga, and says there 

 were others. Jefferson confounded them 

 with the Tuscarora. Mahaskahod is the 

 only one of their villages of which the 

 name has been preserved. Others may 

 have borne the names of the tribes of the 

 confederacy. The Mahocks mentioned 

 by Lederer in 1669 seem to be identical 

 with them. See Mooney, Siouan Tribes 

 of the East, 18, 1894. 



Manahoac. A tribe or band of the 

 Manahoac group. According to Jefferson 

 they lived on Rappahannock r. in Stafford 

 and Spottsylvania cos., Va. 

 Mahoc— Lederer, Discov., 2, 1672 (possibly identi- 

 cal, altliough given as distinct). Mahocks. — 

 Lederer (Ititiy) as quoted by Hawks, N. C, n, 44, 

 1858. Managog.— Lederer, Diseov., 2, 1672 (mis- 

 print). Manahoacks. — Loudon, Selec. Int. Nar.,ii, 

 235, 1S08. Manahoacs. — Jefferson, Notes on Va., 

 134, 1794. Manahoaks.— Am. Pioneer, n, 189, 1843. 

 Manahocks. — Simons in Smith, Va , I, 188, 1819. 

 Manahokes.— Smith, Va , I, 74, 1819. Hannahan- 

 nocks.—Kingsley, Stand. Nat. Hist.,pt. 6,151. 18S3. 

 Mannahoacks. — Straehey, Va., 37, 1849. Manna- 

 hoags. — Domenech, Deserts N. Am., i, 442, 1860. 

 Mannahoaks.— Straehey, Va., 104, 1849. Manna- 

 hocks.— Ibid. ,41. Mannahokes.— Smith, Va., 1, 120, 

 1819. Monahoacs. — Jefferson quoted bv Bozman, 

 Md.. I, 113, 1837. 



Manam, A tribe that formerly lived 

 on the road from Coahuila to the Texas 

 country; possibly the people elsewhere 

 referred to as Mazames, and probably be- 

 longing to the Coahuiltecan linguistic 

 stock.— Manzanet, MS. (1690), cited bv 

 H. E. Bolton, inf'n, 1906. 



Manamoyik. A former Nauset village 

 near Chatham, Barnstable co., Mass. 



In 1685 it contained 115 Indians over 12 

 years of age. In 1762 the population had 

 be(!ome reduced to fewer than 30 under 

 the chief Quasson and were known as the 

 Quasson tribe. (j. m. ) 



Manamoiak,— Bradford (ca. 1650) in Mass. Hist. 

 Soc. Coll., 4ths., ni, 97, 1856. Manamoick.— Drake, 

 Bk. Inds., bk. 2, 15, 1848. Manamoyck.— Wins- 

 low (1622) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., l.st s., vui, 249, 

 1802. Manamoyet.—Hincklev (1685), ibid., 4th s., 

 V, 133, 1861. Manamoyik.— Bourne (1674), ibid., 

 1st s., I, 197. 1S06. Mannamoyk.— Gookin (1674), 

 ibid., 148. Maramoick.— Monrt (1622), ibid., 2d s., 

 IX, 53, 1822. Monamoy.— Treat (1687), ibid., 4th s., 

 V, 186, 1861. Monamoyik.— Drake, Bk. Inds.,bk, 2, 

 118, 1848. Monimoy.— Rawson and Danforth (1698) 

 in Ma.ss. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., x, 133, 1809. Mono- 

 moy.— Freeman (1685), ibid., 4th s., v, 132, 1861. 

 Monymoyk.— Stiles (1762?), ibid., l.sts.,X, 114, 1809. 

 Quasson,— Stiles (1762), ibid. 



Mahanosay. See Maninose. 



Manato (Ma-nu-ti/, 'snake'). A gens of 

 the Shawnee (q. v. ). — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 

 168, 1877. 



Manchaug (Tooker suggests deriva- 

 tion from menuhkhikook, 'ye shall be 

 strengthened' ). A village of Christian In- 

 dians, in 1674, in Nipmuc territory, near 

 the i)resent Oxford, Worcester co., Mass. 

 Manchage. — Gookin (1674) in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 

 1st s. I, 189, 1806. Manchauge.— (iookin (1677) in 

 Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, ii,467, 1S36. Mauchage. — 

 Gookin in Mass. Hist. Sue. Coll., 3d s., ll, 59, 1830 

 (misprint). Mauchaug. — Barber, Hist. Coll., 593, 

 1839 (misprint?). Monuhchogok.— Eliot quoted 

 by Trumbull, Ind. Names Conn., 21, 1881. 



Manckatawangum. A former Iroquois 

 town near the site of Barton, Bradford co.. 

 Pa., about 10 m. below Tioga. 

 Fitzgerald's Farm.— Lieutenant Beatty's Journal 

 (1779) in Jour. Mil. Exped. Maj. Gen. Sullivan, 

 25,1887. Mackatowando.— Camptield (1779), ibid.,' 

 55. Macktowanuck. — Major Norris' Journal (1779), 

 ibid., 230. Manckatawangum. — Note to Beatty's 

 Journal, ibid., 25 (misprint ). Mauckatawangum, — 

 Lieutenant Jenkin's Jciurnal (1779), ibid., 171, 

 Mohontowonga. — Map cited, ibid., 25. 



Mandan. A Siouan tribe of the north- 

 west. The name, according to Maxi- 

 milian, originally given by the Sioux is 

 believed l)y JNIatthews to be a corruption 

 of the Dakota Mawatuni. Previous to 

 1830 they called themselves simply 

 Numakiki, 'people' (Matthews). Max- 

 imilian says "if they wish to particu- 

 larize their descent they add the name 

 of the village whence they came origi- 

 nally." Hayden gives Miah'tanes, 'peo- 

 ple on the bank,' as the name they apply 

 to themselves, and draws from this the 

 inference that "they must have resided 

 on the banks of the Missouri at a very 

 remote period." According to Morgan 

 (Syst. Consang. and Affin., 285), the na- 

 tive name of the tribe is Metootahiik, 

 ' South villagers.' Theirrelations, sofaras 

 known historically and traditionally, have 

 been most intimate with the Hidatsa; yet, 

 judged by the lingnistictest, their position 

 must l)e nearer the Wmnebago. Mat- 

 thews appears to consider the Hidatsa and 

 Mandan descendants from the same im- 

 mediate stem. Their traditions regarding 

 their early history are scant and almost 



