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MENOMINEE MEPAYAYA 



[b. a. b. 



Treaties, 376, 1837. Menominies.— Treaty of 1826, 

 ibid., 155. Menominny. — Fcatherstonhaugh, Ca- 

 noe Voyage, ii, 25, 1S47. Menomoee. — Gale, Upper 

 Miss., raap, 1867. Menomonees. — Edwards (1788) 

 in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 2d s., x, 86, 1823. Menom- 

 onei.— McKennev in Ind. Aff. Rep., 90, 1825. Me- 

 nomones.— Long, E.xped. St Peters R., I, 171, 1824. 

 Menomonies.— Boudinot, Star in the West, 100, 

 1816. Menomonys.— Lapham, Inds. of Wis., map, 

 1870. Menonomees.— La Pointe treaty (1812) in 

 Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., V, 494, 1885. Menonomies. — 

 Howe, Hist. Coll., 436, 1851. Meynomenys.— John- 

 .son (1763) in N. Y. Doe. Col. Hist., \ii, 583, 1856. 

 Meynomineys.— Johnson (1764), ibid., 648. Minea- 

 mies.— Trader (1778) in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, ni, 

 500, 1853. Hiniamis. — Keane in Stanford, Com- 

 pend., 522, 1878. Minominees. — Jones, Ojebway 

 Inds., 39, 1861. Minominies.— Warren (1852) in 

 Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., v, 33, 1885. Minomonees. — 

 Edwards (17881 in JNIass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., 

 IX, 92, 1804. Minoniones. — Boudinot, Star in the 

 West, 107, 1816. Minoomenee. — Jones, Ojebway 

 Inds., 178, 1861. Monis. — Perrin du Lac, Voy. 

 Deux Louisianes, 232, 1805 (probably identical; 

 mentioned with Puans [Winnebago] and Oyoa 

 [Iowa] ). Monomeni.— Gatsclu't, Fox IMS., B. A. E., 

 1882 (Fox name; pi. Mononirnihak). Mono- 

 mins. — Henry, Travels, 107, 1809. Monomonees. — 

 Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, v, 145, 1855. Monomu- 

 nies. — Lind.say (1749) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., vi, 

 538, 1855. Moon-calves. — Jefferys, French Dom., 

 pt. I, 48, 18(;i (given as the meaning of Follcs 

 Avoines). Mynomamies. — Imlay, West. Ter., 292, 

 1797. Mynomanies. — Hutchins "(1778) in School- 

 craft, Ind. Tribes, vi, 714, 1857. Mynonamies. — 

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

 1831. Nation de la foUe avoine. — Jes. Rel. 1671, 25, 

 1858. Nation of the Wild-Oats.— Marquette {ca. 

 1673),Discov., 319. 1698. Omanomineu.— Kelton, Ft 

 Mackinac, 149, 1884 ((jwn name, pronounced 

 0-man-o-me-na-oo). Omanomini. — Ibid. (Chippe- 

 wa name). 0-mun-o-min-eeg. — Warren (1852) in 

 Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., v, 33, 1885. Oumalominis. — 

 Prise de Possess! cm (1671) in Margrv, Dt»c., I, 97, 

 1876. Oumalouminek.— Jes. Rel. 1670, 94, 1868. 

 Oumaloumines. — Jes. Rel. 1671, 25, 1858. Ouma- 

 louminetz. — Jes. Rel. 1670, 100, 1858. Oumaomin- 

 iecs.— Du Che.sneau (1681) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 IX, 161, 1855. Ounabonims. — Prise de Possession 

 (1671), ibid., 803 (misprint). Rice Indians. — 

 Pranch&re, Narr., 145, 18.54. Walhominies.— Mc- 

 Kenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, iii, 79, 1854 (mis- 

 print). White Indians. — Long, Exped. St Peters 

 R., I, 175, 1824. Wild Rice.— Document of 1701 

 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ix, 722, 1855. Wild Rice 

 Eaters.— Lapham, Inds. Wis., 15, 1870 (given as 

 the meaning of Menominee). Wild Rice Men. — 

 Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, v, 145, 1855. 



Menominee. A Potawatomi village, 

 taking its name from the resident chief, 

 formerly situated on the N. side of Twin 

 lakes, near the site of Plymouth, Marshall 

 CO., Ind., on a reservation sold in 1836. 

 The name is also written Menomonee. 



^ (j. M.) 



Menoquet (possibly for Mtno kuxit, 'good 

 ice,' or ilmakwut, 'banked cloud,' or 

 Mena kivaiiv i , 'fair weather.' — W. J. ). A 

 Potawatomi village, commonly called 

 " Menoquet' s village" from the name of 

 a chief, formerly situated near the present 

 Monoquet, Kosciusko co., Ind., on a res- 

 ervation sold in 1836. The name is 

 spelled also Menoequet, Menoga (In- 

 diana Geol. Rep., map, 1883), Minoquet, 

 and Monoquet. 



Menoquet's Village. A Chippewa vil- 

 lage, so called after its chief, formerly on 

 Cass r., lower Michigan, on a reservation 

 sold in 1837. 



Menostamenton. An unidentified divi- 

 sion of the Sioux. 



Manostamenton.— Jefferys, Am. Atlas, map 5, 1776. 

 Menostamenton. — De I'lsle, map of La., in Neill, 

 Hist. Minn., 164, 1858. 



Mento. A name used by French writers 

 of the 17th and 18th centuries to desig- 

 nate a people in the vicinity of Arkan- 

 sas r. and the southern plains. Marquette 

 heard of them during his descent ^f the 

 Mississippi in 1673, and located them on 

 his map as w. of that river;. Douay ( 1687) 

 placed them near Red r. of Louisiana; 

 Tonti (1690) states that they were in the 

 vicinity of the Quapaw, and De 1' Isle's 

 map (1703) puts them on middle Arkansas 

 r. La Harpe (1719) says they were 7 

 days' journey s. av. of the Osage. Beau- 

 rain about that time visited the people 

 and gives the names of the 9 "nations" 

 which, he says, formed one continuous 

 village lying in a beautiful situation, the 

 houses joining one another from e. to 

 w. on the border of a s. w. branch of Ar- 

 kansas r. The "nations" mentioned in- 

 clude the Tonkawa, Wichita, Comanche, 

 Adai, Caddo, Waco, etc. The Mento 

 were enemies of the Spaniards and the 

 Apache tribes. (a. c. f. ) 



Manton.— Iberville (1702) in Margry, D6c., iv, 599, 

 1886. Ma"'-;u-we. — Dorsey, Kansa MS., B. A. E., 

 1882 (Kansa name). Matora. — Marquette, map 

 (1673) in Shea, Di.scov., 268, 1852. Matoua.— Shea, 

 ibid. Mauton. — Tonti (ca.l690) in French, Hist. 

 Coll. La., I, 83, 1846. Mento.— La Harpe (1719) in 

 Margry, Dt'c, vi, 315, 1886. Mentons. — Jefferys, 

 Am. Atlas, map 5,1776. Mentous. — Hennepin, New 

 Discov., pt. II, 43, 1698. Mintou.— Coxe, Carolana, 

 11, map, 1741. 



Mentokakat. A Koyukukhotana vil- 

 lage ontheleftbankof the Yukon, Alaska, 

 20 m. aljove the mouth of Melozi r. ; pop. 

 46 in 1844; 20 in 1880. 



Mentokakat. — Petroff in 10th Census, Alaska, 12, 

 1884. Minkhotliatno. — Zagoskin quoted by Petroff, 

 ibid.. 37. Montekakat.— U. S. Land Off. map of 

 Alaska, 1898. 



Menunkatuc (prob. from muno^iqutteau, 

 'that which fertilizes or manuree land,' 

 hence 'menhaden country.' — Trumbull). 

 A village, under a sachem squaw, form- 

 erly at Guilford, New Haven co.. Conn., 

 on a tract sold in 1639. (j. m.) 



Manuncatuck. — Doc. of 1641 cited by Trumbull, 

 Ind. NamesConn.. 29, 1881. Menuncatuk. — Drake, 

 Ind. Chron., 157, 1836. Menunkatuck.— Ruggles in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., iv, 182, 1795. Menun- 

 ketuck. — Trumbull, op.cit. Menunquatucke. — Ibid. 

 Monunkatuck. — Ibid. Munnucketucke. — Ibid. Mu- 

 nunketucke. — Ibid. 



Meochkonck. A former Minisink vil- 

 lage ]>robably situated about upper Dela- 

 ware r. ins. E. New York. — VanderDonck 

 (1656) quoted by Ruttenber, Tribes Hud- 

 son R., 96, 1872. 



Mepayaya. A tribe mentioned in the 

 manuscript relation of Francisco de Jesus 

 Maria, in 1691, in his list of the Texias 

 (i. e., the group of customary allies, in- 

 cluding the Hasinai), as s. w. of the 

 Nabedache country of Texas. This may 



