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MASEWUK— MASHPEE 



[b. a. 



last definite notice of them is in Dodge's 

 list of 1779, which refers to those on the 

 Wabash in connection with the Pianka- 

 shaw and Vermilions (Kickapoo). After 

 this the Mascoutens disappear from his- 

 tory, the northern group having probably 

 been absorbed by the Sauk and Fox con- 

 federacy, and the southern group by the 

 Kickapoo. 



Notwithstanding some commendatory 

 expressions by one or two of the early mis- 

 sionaries, the Mascoutens, like the Kicka- 

 poo, bore a reputation for treachery and 

 deceit, but, like the Foxes, appear to have 

 been warlike and restless. According to 

 the missionaries, they worshiped the sun 

 and thunder, but were not much given to 

 religious rites and ceremonies, and did 

 not honor as large a variety of minor deities 

 as many other trib'es; but such early state- 

 ments regarding any tribe must be taken 

 with allowance. Their petitions to their 

 deities were usually accompanied by a 

 gift of powdered tobacco. 



The missions established among the 

 Mascoutens were St Francis Xavier and 

 St James. (.j m. c. t. ) 



Asistagueronon. — Champlain (1616), CEuvres, v, 1st 

 pt., 275, 1N70. Asistagueroiion.— Ibid. (1616), iv, 58, 

 1870. Assestagueronons, — Schoolcraft, Ind, Tribes, 

 IV, 206, 18 il, AssistaEctaeronnons.— Jes. Rel. 1670, 

 99, l.s.'i.s. Assistaeronons. — Je.s. Rel. 1670-1 quoted by 

 Schoolc-ral't, Jnd. Tiibes, iv, 244, 1854. Assistague- 

 ronon,— Sagard (1686), Hist. Can,, I, 194, 1864; 

 Champlain (1632), CEuvres, v, map, 1870. Assis- 

 taqueronons. — Champlain {ca. 1630) as quoted by 

 Schoolcraft, Ind, Tribes, iv, 244, 1854. Athistae- 

 ronnon. — Jes. Rel, 1646, 77,ls."iS. Atsistaehronons. — 

 Jes. Rel. 1641, 72, 1858. Atsistagherronnons. — Jes. 

 Rel. 1658, 22, 1858.' Atsistaheroron,— Champlain. 

 CEuvres, iv, 58, note, 1870, Atsistarhonon. —Sagard 

 (1632), Can., iv, Huron Diet., I.s66 (Huron name). 

 Attistae.— Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, iv, 244, 1854 

 (quoted from RaKueneau'.s map in Jes. Rel., 1639- 

 40). Attistaehronon.— Jes. Rel. 1640, 35, 1858. 

 Attistaeroiions. — Jes. Rel. 1640 quoted bv School- 

 craft, Ind. Tribes, iv, 244, 18.54. Fire Indians.— 

 Drake, Bk. Inds., ix, 1848. Fire Nation,— School- 

 craft, Ind. Tribes, IV, 206, 1854. Gens de Feu.— 

 Champlain (1616), CEuvres, IV,. 58, 1870. Little Prai- 

 rie Indians.— Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, i, 307,1851. 

 Machkoutench,— Jes. Rel. 1670, 99, 1858. Machkou- 

 tenck.— Ibid., 97. Machkouteng,— Ibid., 100. Ma- 

 coutens. — Vaugondv, Maj) of Am., 1778, Macou- 

 tins,— Doe. of 166.s"in French, Hist. Coll, La., ll, 

 12.5, 1875. Makoiiten.— Hervas (cii. 1785) in Vater, 

 Mith., pt. 3, sec. 3, 347, 1S16. Makoutensak. — Jes. 

 Rel. 16.58, 21, 1>6S. Makskouteng.— Ibiil., 1670, 94, 

 1858, Mascautins. — Chauvignerie (17;-!r.) in School- 

 craft, Ind. Tribes, in, .554, 18.53. Masooaties. — 

 Boudinot, Star in the West, 99, 1816. Mascontans.— 

 Morse, N. Am., 256, 1776. Mascontenec. — Browne 

 in Beach, Ind. Mi.scel., 115, 1877. Blascontens, — 

 Coxe, Carolana, 17, 1741. Mascontins. — Le Sueur 

 (1692-3) in Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., v, 419, 1885. 

 Mascontires, — McKenneyand Hall, Ind. Tribes, ill, 

 115, 1,S54. Mascordins. — Buchanan, N. Am. Inds., I, 

 139, 1,S24. Mascotens.— Gale, Upper Miss., 43, 1867. 

 Mascotins.— Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, l, 307, 18.51. 

 Mascouetechs. — I'errot {ca. 1721), Mc'moire, 127, 

 1864. Mascoutens. — LaSalle (1679) in Margry, Dc»c., 

 1,463,1875, Mascoutins. — Prise de Possession (1671) 

 in N. Y.Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 803,18.5,5. Masooutons.— 

 Boudinot, Star in the West, 127, 1816. Mashkou- 

 tens.— Baraga, Eng.-otch. Diet., 299, 1878. Mas- 

 koutechs. — I3ac(jueville de la Potherie, Hist. Am., 

 II, 49, 17.53. Maskoutecks.— Ibid., 98. Maskou- 

 teins. — Frontenac (1672) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 IX, 92, 18.55. Maskoutenek. — La Famine C'ouncil 

 (1684), ibid., 288. Maskoutens.— La Salle (1682) in 

 Margry, Dec, ii, 215, 249, 258, 1877. MaskStens.— 



Manjuette map {ca. 1678) in Shea, Miss. Val., 

 18.52. Maskoutins, — Du Chesneau (1681) in N. Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 161, 18.55. Maskuticks.— 

 McKcnney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, in, 79, 1854. 

 Mathkoutench,— Jes. Rel. 1671, 25, 1858. Mauscou- 

 tens. — n)erville (1702) in Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 I, 341, 1872. Meadow Indians. — Howe, Hist. Coll., 

 118, 1851. Mecontins.— Le Sueur {ca. 1690) in Shea, 

 Early Voy., 92, 1861. Mecoutins.— Neill, Hist. 

 Minn., 1.54, 18.58. Messcothins. — Boudinot, Star 

 in the West, 127, 1816. Miscothins,— Hutchins 

 (1778) in Jefferson, Notes, 144, 1825, Miscotins.— 

 Croghan (1765) in Monthly Am, Jour. Geol., 272, 

 1831. Moshkos.— Ruttenbe'r, Tribes Hudson R., 

 336, 1872 (.same?). Mosquitans. — Hough, map in 

 Ind, Cieol, Rep., 1883. Mosquitos. — Domenech, 

 Deserts, I, 442, 1860. Motarctins. — St Co.sme 

 (1699) in Shea, Early Voy., 50, l,s61. Muscoten.— 

 (•iale. Upper Miss., inap, 1867. Muscoutans,— Hil- 

 dreth, Pioneer Hist., 129, 1848. Mushkodains.— 

 Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, i, 307, 1851. Mush-ko- 

 dains-ug, — Ibid. (Ottawa name). Muskautins. — 

 Tanner, Narrative, 315, 1830 (French name). 

 Musketoons. — Writer of 1778 in Schoolcraft, Ind. 

 Tribes, iii, 561, 1853 (collective term for Wea, 

 Piankashavv, etc.). Muskoghe. — Maximilian, 

 Travels, 81, 1843 (nicorrectly so called). Musko- 

 tanje.— Tanner, Narrative, 315, 1830 (Ottawa 

 name). Muskoutings. — Rasle {ca. 1723) in Ma.ss. 

 Hist. Soc. Coll., 2d s., VIII, 2.51, 1819. Muskulthe,— 

 Dalton (1783), ibid., 1st s., X, 123, 1809. Mus- 

 kutawa.— Gatschet, Fox MS., B. A. E., 1882. 

 ( = ' prairie people': Fox name, nsed collectively 

 for themselves and the Wea, Piankashaw, Pe- 

 oria, andKaskaskia). Musquetens, — Conf. of 1766 

 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., vii, 860, 1856. Musqui- 

 tans.— Writer of 1812 in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, 

 III, 554, 1S53, Musquitoes.— Knox (1792) in Am. 

 State Papers, Ind. Aff., 1,319,1832. Musquitons.— 

 Hutcliins (177S) in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, vi, 

 714, 18.57. Nation du Feu.— Jes. Rel. 1641, 72, 1858. 

 Nation of Fire. — Jetferys, French Doms., pt. 1, 48, 

 1761. Odistastagheks.— Boudinot, Star in the West, 

 99, 1816. 



Masewuk. A former Chumashan vil- 

 lage near Santa Barbara, Cal. — Taylor in 

 Cal. Farmer, May 4, 1860. 



Mashawauk [Mlshdwag^, 'elks', for 

 McsJidirlsiidug', 'they who go by the 

 name of the elk.' — W. J. ). A gens of the 

 Sauk and Foxes. See Sauk. 

 Ma shawa-uk'.— Morgan, Anc. Soc, 170, 1877. 

 Meshawisutcig'. — Wm. Jones, inf'n, 1906. 



Mashekakahquob. See Little Turtle. 



Mashematak {Md-she'-md-tdk, 'big 

 tree' ). A gens of the Sauk and Foxes. — 

 Morgan, Anc. Soc, 170, 1877. See»b'«HA-. 



Masherosqueck. A village on or near 

 tlie coast of INIaine in 1616, probably be- 

 longing to the Abnaki. — Smith (1616) in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3ds., vi, 107, 1837. 



Mashik. An Aleut village at PortMol- 

 ler, Alaska penin., Alaska; pop. 40 in 1880, 

 76 in 1890. 



Mashik. — Petroff, Rep. on Alaska, 45, 1881. Me- 

 shik,— nth Census, Alaska, 164, 1893. 



Mashpee (from musm-pee or missi-pi, 

 'great pool. ' — Kendall ) . A former settle- 

 ment on a reservation on the coast of 

 Marsh pee tp., Barnstable co., Mass. The 

 reservation was established in 1660 for 

 the Christian Indians of the vicinity, 

 known as South Sea Indians, but it was 

 afterward recruited from all s. e. Massa- 

 chusetts, and even from Long Island. In 

 1698 they numbered about 285, and their 

 population generally varied from 300 to 

 400 up to the 19th century. They inter- 

 married with negroes and afterward with 



