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mination in return. They were gathered 

 on a reservation near C. Mendocino for 

 a time, and some of them were afterward 

 taken to Hupa Valley res. A few still 

 live in their old territory. They differ 

 somewhat from their Athapascan neigh- 

 bors in language and culture; they burn 

 the dead; the men tattoo a distinctive 

 mark on the forehead, but in other respects 

 they are similar to the Hupa. ( p. e. c;. ) 

 Matole.— Bancroft, Nat. Races, ni, 643, 1874. Mat- 

 toal.— Powers in Cont. N. A. EthnoL, in, 107, 1877. 

 Mattole.— Ind. Afl. Rep. 1864, 119, 1865. Tul'bush.— 

 Powers, op. cit., 124 ('foreigners': Wailakiname). 



Mattowacca. A name of the hickory 

 shad ( Clupea mediocris) , found from New- 

 foundland to Florida; probably from one 

 of the southeastern dialects of the Al- 

 gonquian stock. (a. f. c. ) 



Matyata (or Mdk'yana, contracted from 

 Mdk'yanawin, 'country of the salt lake.'— 

 Gushing). Described by Fray Marcos de 

 Niza in 1539, under the name Marata, as 

 a provinces, e. of Cibola (Hakluyt, Voy., 

 Ill, 440), although Coronado, in the fol- 

 lowing year, asserted that "the kingdom 

 of Marata is not to be found, neither have 

 the Indians any knowledge thereof." 

 Bandelier and Gushing identify Marata 

 with Matyata, or Makyata, "the name 

 given by the Zuni to a cluster of now 

 ruined pueblos which they declare to 

 have been occupied by a branch of their 

 own people. After long dissensions and 

 even warfare with the inhabitants of the 

 Zuni basin, those of Matyata were com- 

 pelled to submit, and to join the former 

 in their settlements. The group of ruins 

 called Matyata or Makyata lies s. e. of 

 Zuni on the trail leading to Acoma; and 

 the condition of the ruins (described by 

 Alvarado in 1540) shows that their aban- 

 donment is more recent than that of other 

 ancient pueblos in that region. ' ' Accord- 

 ing to Gushing descendants of the former 

 inhabitants of Matyata are to-day resi- 

 dents of Zuni. Consult Bandelier in 

 Arch. Inst. Papers, iii, 120, 1890; v, 174, 

 1890; and for Alvarado's description of 

 these supposed ruins see Winship in 

 14th Rep^ B. A. E!, 1896. See Kyama- 

 kyakwe, Kyatsutuma, Pikyaaiican. 

 Ar-ohe-o-tek-o-pa. — Fewkesin Jour. Am. Eth. and 

 Arch., I, 100, 1891. Ma'-k'ya-na.— Gushing, inf'n, 

 1891 (or Ma' k'ya-na-win: 'country of the salt 

 lake'). Ma-kya-ta. — Gushing quoted' bv Bandelier 

 in Arch. Inst. Papers, ni, 1'20, 1890 (Ma'-tya-ta, or). 

 Marata. — Marcos de Niza (1.539) in Haklnvt, Vov., 

 111,440, 1600. Marta.— Mota-Padilla, Hist, de "la 

 Conqtiista, 169, 1742 (Marata, or). Ma-tya-ta.— 

 Gushing quoted by Bandelier, op. cit. (or Ma- 

 kva-ta). Ma-tyata. — Bandelier in Revue d'Eth- 

 nographie, '206, 1886. 



Maugna. A former Gabriele fiorancheria 

 in Los Angeles CO., Gal., at a locality later 

 called Rancho Fehs.— Ried (1852) quoted 

 by Taylor in Gal. Farmer, June 8, 1860. 



Maukekose (probably ior Ma'kons, 'bear 

 cub,' or 'little bear.' — W. J.). A former 

 Potawatomi village, commonly known as 

 Mau-ke-kose's village, from the name of 



its chief, near the head of Wolf cr. , in Mar- 

 shall CO., Ind., on a reservation sold under 

 theprovisionsof the treaty of Dec. 10, 1834. 

 The name is also written Muckkose and 

 Muck-Rose. (j. m. ) 



Mauls. See Hammers. 



Manmee Towns. A common name for a 

 group of villages formerly at the head of 

 ^laumee r. , near Ft Wayne, Allen co. , Ind. 

 When destroyed by the whites in 1790 

 there were 7 villages, all within a few 

 miles of each other, on the Maumee or its 

 branches. Two of these were Miami, 

 three Delaware, and two Shawnee. Omee 

 was the principal one, and together they 

 contained about 225 houses. See Kekionga. 

 Maumee towns. — So called from their situation on 

 Maumee r. Omee towns. — Harmar (1790) inRupp, 

 West. Pa., app., 2'25, 1846 (commonly so called; 

 Omee is the French Au Mi, contracted from Ati 

 Miami; Omee is given by Harmar as the name of 

 the principal village, on the site of Kekionga, 

 while he puts "Kegaiogue" on the opposite bank 

 of St Joseph r.). 



Maushantuxet ( 'at or in the little place 

 of much wood, ' or ' smaller wooded tract 

 of land,' in contradistinction to Mashan- 

 tucket, or Mashantackuck, the name of a 

 tract on the w. side of Thames r., in Mont- 

 ville. — Trumbull). A Pequot settlement 

 in 1762, at the site of the present Ledyard, 

 New London eo.. Conn. 



Mashantucket. — Early records quoted by Trum- 

 bull, Ind. Names Conn., '26, 1881 (an occasional 

 form). Maushantuxet. — Stiles (1761) in Mass. Hist. 

 Soc. Coll., 1st s., X, 102, 1809. Musshuntucksett — 

 Stiles quoted by Trumbull, op. cit. 



Maushapogue (protjably 'great pond,' 

 from riKtssa, ^gyjit', pog or i^eag, 'pond'; 

 or massa-pe-auk, 'great-water land'; cf. 

 Mashpee and Massapegua). A village, 

 probably belonging to the Narraganset, 

 in Providence co., R. I., in 1637. 



Mashapauge. — Williams (1661) in R. I. Col. Rec, 

 I, 18, 1856. Mashapawog,— Doc. of 1640, ibid., 28. 

 Maushapogue. — Deed of l(i37, ibid., 18. 



Mauthaepi (' dirty river.' — Hewitt). A 

 ]\Iontagnais tribe in 1863 on the reserva- 

 tion at Manicouagan, on St Lawrence r., 

 Quebec. — Hind, Lab. Renin., ii, 124, 

 1863. 



Mawakhota ( 'skin smeared with whitish 

 earth'). A band of the Two-kettle 

 Sioux. 



Ma-waHota,— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 220, 1897. 

 Ma-waqota. —Ibid. 



Mawsootoh {Maii'-soo-to}/, 'bringing 

 along ' ) . A subclan of the Delawares 

 (q. v.). —Morgan, Anc. Soc, 172, 1877. 



Mayaca. A Timuquanan district and 

 village, about 1565, on the e. coast of n. 

 Florida. De Bry locates it e. of upper 

 St Johns r. ; Bartram, e. of L. George. 

 Macoiya.— Fairbanks, Hist. Fla., 139, 1871. Ma- 

 coya. — Barcia, Ensayo, 129, 17'23. Maquarqua. — 

 Shipp, De Soto and Fla., 517, 1881. Masarquam. — 

 Barcia, Ensayo, 51, 17'23. Mayaca. — Fontaneda 

 (1-575), Memoir, Smith trans., 21, 1854. Mayaco, — 

 Bartram, Voy., i, map, 1799. Mayarca.— De Bry, 

 Brev. Nar., ii, map, 1.591. Mayarqua. — Laudon- 

 niere (1564), L'Hist. Notable, 108, 18,53, 



Mayajuaca. A former Timuquanan vil- 

 lage on the E. coast of Florida, n, of the 

 A is country. 



