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Hessianp; in 1792 the mixed-bloods formed 

 two-thirds of the whole body, and the 

 negro element was then increasing, while 

 the Indians were decreasing. In 1832 the 

 mixed race numbered 315. (j. m. ) 



Marshpaug. — Cotton (1674) in Mass. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., Ists., I,2U4, ISOe. Marshpee.— Coffin (1761) in 

 Maine Hist. Soc. Coll., iv, 271, 1S5(). Mashpah,— 

 Rawson and Danforth (1698) in Mass. Hist. Soc 

 Coll., 1st s., X, 133, 1809. Mashpee,— Bourne 

 (1674), ibid., l, 197, 1806. Mashpege,— Eliot (1673), 

 ibid., X, 124, 1809. Mashpey.— Hinckley (1685), 

 ibid., 4th s., v, 133, 1861. Masphis.— Alcedo, Die. 

 Geog., in, 458, 1788. Massapee.— Hawlev (1762) in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., x, 113-14, 1S09. Old 

 Colony Indians. — Eliot (j noted by Davis (1819), 

 ibid., 2d s., ix, xxv, 1822. Southern Indians, — 

 Ibid. South Sea Indians. — Freeman (1802), ibid., 

 1st ,s., vin, 127, 1802. 



Masi. The Masauu (Death-god) clan 

 of^ the Hopi of Arizona. 



Masauwuu. — Votli, Hopi Proper Names, 93, igori 

 (trans, 'skeleton'). Masiwinwu. — Fewkesin 19th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 5SJ, 1900 ()r/;7ic!! = 'clan'). Ma-si 

 wiin-wu. — Fewkes in Am. Anthrop., vny 404, 1894. 

 Massauwu. — Dorsey and Voth, Oraibi Soyal, 13, 

 1901 (trans, 'skeleton'). 



Masiaca. A settlement of the Mayo, 

 apparently on the Rio Mayo, under the 

 municipality of Proinontorios, in the dis- 

 trict of Alamos, s. w. Sonora, Mexico. 

 The total population was 364 in 1900. See 

 Orozeo y Berra, Geog., 608, 1864; Censo 

 del Estado de Sonora, 1901. 



Masikota {MasVkotd, sing. MasV'kot, ap- 

 parently from a rootdenoting 'shriveled,' 

 'drawn up' ). A principal division of the 

 Cheyenne, q. v. (.i. m. ) 



Grasshoppers. — Dorsey in Field Columb. Mus. 

 Pub. no. 103, 62, 1905." Mah sihk' ku ta.— Grinnell, 

 Social Org. Cheyennes, 143, 1905. Ma sSa kuh ta. — 

 Ibid,, 136. Matsi'shkota. — Clark quoted by Mooney 

 in 14th Rep. B. A. E., 1026, 1896. 



Masilengya. The Drab Flute clan of 

 the Hopi of Arizona. 



Macilenya wiiiwu. — Fewkes in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 

 .583, 1901 {u'iriwi'(='c\a.n'). Ma-si'-len-ya wiiii-wii. — 

 Fewke.s in Am. Anthrop., vn, 401, 1894. 



Masipa ('coyote'). Given by Bourke 

 (Jour. Am. Folk-lore, ir, 181, 1889) as a 

 gens of the Mohave who are said to 

 have been originally a band of the Mari- 

 copa. 



Maskasinik. A division of the Ottawa, 

 mentioned in the Jesuit Relation for 

 1657-58 with the Nikikouek, the Miche- 

 saking (Missisauga), and others, as nations 

 long known to the French in Canada. 

 There is no other known reference to 

 them. They may possibly be the same 

 as the Achiligouan. (,t. n. b. h.) 



Maskeg. See Muskeg. 



Maskegon {Musk'igdk, 'they of the 

 marshes or swamps. ' — W. J. ) . An Algon- 

 (juian tribe so closely related to the Cree 

 that they have appropriately been called 

 a subtril)e. According to Warren the 

 Maskegon, with the Cree and the Monsoni, 

 form the northern division of the Chip- 

 pewa group, from which they separated 

 about eight generations before 1850. The 

 traders knew them as Swampy Crees. 

 From the time the Maskegon became 

 known as a distinct tribe until they were 



placed on reserves by the Canadian gov 

 ernment they were scattered over the 

 swampy region stretcliing from L. Win- 

 nipeg and L. of the Wo(xis to Hudson 

 bay, including the basins of Nelson, Hays, 

 and Severn rs., and extending s. to the 

 watershed of L. Superior. They do not 

 appear to be mentioned in the Jesuit 

 Relations or to have been known to the 

 early missionaries as a distinct people, 

 though the name "Masquikoukiaks" in 

 the Proces-verl)al of the Prise de Posses- 

 sion of 1671 (Perrot, Mem., 293, 1864) 

 may refer to the Maskegon. Tailhan, 

 in his notes to Perrot, gives as doubtful 

 equivalents "Mikikoueks on Nikikou- 

 eks," the Otter Nation (see Amikioa), 

 a conclusion with which Verwyst (Mis- 

 sionary Lal)ors) agrees. Nevertheless 

 their association with the "Christinos" 

 (Cree), " Assinipouals" (Assiniboin),and 

 "all of those inhabiting the countries of 

 the north and near the sea" (Hudson 

 bay), would seem to justify identifying 

 .them with the Maskegon. If so, this is 

 their first appearance in history. 



Their gentes probably differ but little 

 from those of the Chippewa. Tanner 

 says that the Pezhew (Besheu) or Wild- 

 cat gens is common among them. No 

 reliable estimate can be formed of their 

 numbers, as they have generally had no 

 distinct official recognition. In 1889 

 there were 1,254 Maskegon living with 

 Chippewa on reservations in Manitoba at 

 Birch, Black, Fisher,"Berens, and Poplar 

 rs., Norway House, and Cross lake. The 

 Cumberland, Shoal lake. Moose lake, 

 Chemewawin, and Grand Rapids bands 

 of Saskatchewan, numbering 605 in 1903, 

 consisted of Maskegon, and they formed 

 the majority of the Pas band, numbering 

 118, and ])art of the John Smith, James 

 Smith, and Cumberland bands of Duck 

 Lake agency, numbering 35(1 There were 

 also some under tlie INIanitdwpah agency 

 and many among the 1,075 Indians of St 

 Peter's res. in Manitoba. (.i. m. ) 



Big-Heads.— Donnelly in Can. Ind. Aff. for 1883, pt. 

 1, 10, 1884 (but see Trirs de Boule). Coast Crees.— 

 Back, Arct. Land Exped., app., 194, 1836. Cree of 

 the lowlands.— Morgan, Consan?. and Affin., 287, 



1871. Mashkegonhyrinis. — Baciincvillo de la Po- 

 therie. Hist. Am., l, 168,1753. Mashkegons.— Bel- 

 conrt (m. 1850) in INIinn. Hist. Soc. Coll., I, 227, 



1872. Mashkegous.— Pctitot in Can. Rec. Sci., i, 

 48, 1884. Mas-ka-gau. — Kane, Wanderings of an 

 Artist, 105, 1859. Maskego.— Writer of 1786 in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., in, 24, 1794. Mas- 

 kegonehirinis. — Bacqueville de la Potherie, Hist. 

 Am., I, 177, 17.53. Maskegons.— Henry, Trav., 26, 

 1809. Maskegous. — Petitot in .lour. Roy. Geog. 

 Soc, 649, 1883. Maskegowuk.— Hutchins (1770) 

 quoted l)y Richardson, Arct. Exped., li, 37,1851. 

 Maskigoes. — Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, ii, 36, 1852. 

 Maskigonehirinis. — Dobbs, Hudson Bay, 25, 1744. 

 Masquikoukiaks. — Prise de Possession (1671) in Per- 

 rot, Memoire. '293, 1864. Masquikoukioeks. — Prise 

 de Possession (1671) in Margry, Dec, I, 97, 1875. 

 Meskigouk. — Long, Exjied. St Peter's R., n, 151, 

 1824. Mis-Keegoes.— Ross, Fur Hunters, ll, 220, 

 1855. Miskogonhirinis. — Dobbs, Hudson Bay, 23, 

 1744. Muscagoes. — Harmon, .Jour., 84, 1820. Mus- 



