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applied also to the inhabitants as a divi- 

 sion of the Seminole. They spoke the 

 Hitchiti dialect, and, as appears from the 

 title of B. Smith's vocabulary of their 

 language, ^vere partly or wholly emigrants 

 from the Sawokli towns on lower Chatta- 

 hoochee r., Ala. The former town ap- 

 pears to have been one of the 'red' or 

 ' bloody ' towns, for at the beginning of 

 the Seminole 'troubles of 1817 its inhab- 

 itants stood at the head of the hostile 

 element and figured conspicuously as 

 "Red Sticks," or "Batons Rouges," hav- 

 ing painted high poles, the color denoting 

 war and blood. At this time they had 

 300 houses, which were burned by Gen. 

 Jackson. There were then several vil- 

 lages near the lake, known also as Mika- 

 suki towns, which were occupied almost 

 wholly by negroes. In the Seminole war 

 of 1835-42 the people of this town became 

 noted for their courage, dash, and au- 

 dacity, (a. s. g. c. t. ) 

 Baton Rouge.— Drake, Abor. Races of N. Am., bk. 

 4,404, 18SU. Mackasookos.— U.S. Ind. Treat. (1797), 

 69, 1SS7. Mecosukee.— Hitchcock (1836) in Drake, 

 Bk. Inds., bk. 4, 93, 1848. Mekasousky.— Pcniore 

 in Morse, Rep. toSec. War, 311, 1822. Micasukee. — 

 Knox (1791) in Am. State Papers, Ind. All, I, 127, 

 1832. Micasukeys.— Morse, Rep. to Sec. War, 364, 

 1822. Micasukies.— Jesup (1837) in H. R. Doe. 78, 

 2.5th Cong., 2d sess., 81, 1838. Micasukys.— Gait 

 (1837) in H. R. Doc. 78, 2.5th Cong, 2d sess., 104, 

 1838. Miccasooky.— Hawkins (1813) in Am. State 

 Papers, Ind. Aff., I, 852, 1832. Miccosaukie,— 

 Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, n, 335, 1852. Mic-co 

 sooc-e.— Hawkins (1799), Sketch, 25, 1848. Micka- 

 sauky.— Drake, Bk. Inds, bk. 4, 125, 1848. Micka 

 Sukees.— Duval (1849) in Senate Ex. Doc. 49, 31st 

 Cong., 1st sess., 144, 1850. Mickasukians, — Belton 

 (1836) in Drake, Bk. Ind., bk. 4, 77, 1848. Mikasau- 

 kies. — Ibid., ix. Mikasuki. — Gatschet, Creek Migr. 

 Leg., I, 76, 1884. Mikasuky.— Drake, Ind. Chron., 

 200,1836. Mikkesoeke.— ten Kate, ReizeninN. A., 

 462, 1885 (Mikasaukies, or). Red-stiok.— Pgni^re 

 in Morse, Rep. to Sec. War, 311, 1822. 



Mikaunikashinga ( ' raccoon people ' ) . A 

 subgens of the Ibache gens of the Kansa. 

 Coon.— Stubbs, Kaw MS. vocab., B.A.E., 25, 1877. 

 Me-ka'. — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 1.56, 1877. Mika nika- 

 shing-ga. — Stnbbs, op. cit. Mika qla jiiiga.^ 

 Dorseyin 15th Rep. B. A. E., 231,1897 (• small lean 

 raccoon'). Mika unikaci"ga. — Iliid. Raccoon. — 

 Morgan, op. cit. 



Mikechuse. A former hostile tribe liv- 

 ing N. and E. of San Joaquin r. , Cal. , among 

 the foothills of the Sierra Nevada on the 

 headwaters of Tuolumne, Merced, and 

 Mariposa rs. Probably Moquelumnan. 

 See Barbour, et al. (1851). in Sen. Ex. Doc. 

 4, 32d Cong., spec, sess., 61, 1853. 



Mikinakwadshiwininiwak ( 3lfk1n(i'k1- 

 varhluinyiniiwug, ' people of the Turtle 

 mtn.' — W. J. ). A Chippewa band living 

 in the Turtle mtn. region, North Dakota, 

 adjoining the Canadian line. In 1905 

 they were under the jurisdiction of the 

 Fort Totten School, and numbered 211 

 full-bloods and 1,99(3 mixed-bloods. 

 Mi'kina kiwadciwininiwag. — \Vm. .lones, inf'n, 1906 

 (correct form"). Mikinak-wadshi-winini-wak. — Gat- 

 schet, OjibwaMS., B. A. E., 1882. Montagnese.— 

 De Smet, Missions, 109, 1844. Turtle Mountain 

 Chippewa. — Common name. 



Mikissioua {McgeshnsowO', 'he goes by 

 the name of the bald eagle.' — >y. J.) . A 

 gens of both the Sauk and the Foxes, q. v. 

 Cf . Fam issmik. 



Megesiwisow. — Wm. Jones, inf'n, 1906 (correct 

 form). MiKissioua.— Jes. Rel. 1672-73, Lvni, 40, 

 1899. Mikissoua.— Lapham, Inds. Wis., 1.5, 1870. 



Miko. See Mingo. 



Mikonoh {Mi'kina I:, 'snapping turtle'). 

 A gens of the Chippewa, q. v. 



Mi'kina'k.— Wm. Jones, inf'n, 1906. Mik-o-noh'. — 

 Morgan, Anc. Soc, 166, 1877. 



Mikonotunne ( ' people among the white- 

 clover roots ' ) . A former Tututni village 

 on the N. side of Rogue r., Greg., 14 m. 

 from its mouth. Parrish (Ind. Aff. Rep. 



1854, 496, 1855) stated that the village 

 was about 7 m. above the Tututni and 

 that the inhabitants claimed al)out 12 m. 

 of Rogue r., extending as far as the terri- 

 tory of the Chastacosta. In 1854 they 

 were connected with Pt Orford agency 

 and numbered 124; in 1884 J. 0. Dorsey 

 found the survivors on Siletz res., Greg., 

 numbering 41 persons. 



Macanoota.— Ind. Aff. Rep. 1864, 505, 1865. Maca- 

 nootna. — Newcomb, ibid., 162, 1861. Macanooto- 

 onys.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, June 8, 1860. 

 Macanotens. — Palmer in Ind Aff. Rep. 1856, 219, 

 1857. Mac-en-noot-e-ways. — Ind. Aff. Rep., 470, 

 1865. Mac-en-oot-en-ays. — Victor in Overland 

 Monthly, vil, 347, 1871. Mac-eno-tin. — Kautz, 

 MS. Toutouten census, B. A. E., 1855. Mackan- 

 ootenay's Town. — IIarj>er's Mag., xiii, 525, 1856. 

 Mackanotin.— Parrish in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1854, 496, 



1855. Maok-en-oot-en-ay.— Huntington in Ind. Aff. 

 Rep. 1867, 62, 1868. Mac-not-na. — Dorsey, Siletz 

 Agency MS. census roll, 1884. Mac-o-no-tin. — 

 Kautz, MS. Toutouten census, B. A. E., 1855. 

 Mak-in-o-ten.— Gibbs, MS., B. A. E. Maknooten- 

 nay.— Everctte, Tutu MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1883. 

 Mak-nu'- tene'. — Ibid. ( = ' people by the land along 

 the river'). Maquelnoteer.— Taylor in Cal. Farm- 

 er, June 8, 1.S60. Maquelnoten.— Schoolcraft, 

 Ind. Tribes, vi, 702, 1857. Mec-a-no-to-ny. — Abbott, 

 MS. Coquille census, B. A. E., 18.58. Me-ka-ne- 

 ten. — Schumacher in Bull. U. S. CJeog. and Geol. 

 Surv., HI, 31, 1877. Mi'-ko-no' ^unne'. — Dorsey in 

 Jour. Am. Folk-lore, hi, 233, 1890 (Tututni name). 

 Mi'-kwun-nu'^unne'. — Ibid. (Naltunetnnne name). 



Mikulitsli {Ml-ku-Utc'). A former vil- 

 lage of the Kuitsh at the mouth of Win- 

 chester bav, Greg. — Dorsev in Jour. Am. 

 Folk-lore, "ill, 231, 1890. 



Milakitekwa. Classed by Gibbs as a 

 band of Gkinagan, though more nearly 

 connected with the Colville, formerly re- 

 siding on the w. fork of Gkinakane r.,- 

 Wash. 



Mil-a-ket-kun.— Stevens in Ind. Aff. Rep., 445, 1854. 

 Milakitekwa.— Gibbs in Pac. R. R. Rep., i, 412, 

 1855. 



Milijaes. A former tribe of n. e. Mexico 

 or s. Texas, probably Coahuiltecan, gath- 

 ered into the mission of San Bernardo de 

 la Candela. — Orozco y Berra, Geog., 302, 

 1864. 



Military Societies. Although the vari- 

 ous tribes were in a state of chronic war- 

 fare one with another, little is known of 

 their system of military organization, 

 with the exception, perliaps, of those of 

 the Plains and the Puelilo regions. There 

 is abundant evidence, however, that the 

 military code was as carefully developed 



