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MISTASSIN MITROFANIA 



[b. a. e. 



elude the Ponca, Omaha, Kansa, Qua- 

 paw, Iowa, Oto, and Missouri. These are 

 the Southern tribes of Hale (Am. Antiq., 

 V, 112, 1888),andtheDhegihaandChiwere 

 groups of J. (). Dorsey. (.J. o. d. c. t.) 



Emissourita.— Tonti (1684) in Margry, D6c., I, 595, 

 1876. Massorites. — Coxe, Carolana,i6, 1741. Mas- 

 sorittes. — BaequevilledelaPotherie, Hist.Am.,ii, 

 map, 1753. Massourites.— Honnepin, New Discov., 

 map, 1698. Messorites. — Ibid., 150. Messourites. — 

 Coxe,Carolana,19, 1741. Misouris.— Imlay,W. Ter. 

 N. Am., 294, 1797. Missiouris. — Harris, Voy. and 

 Trav., II, map, 1705. Missoori. — Jefferys, Am. 

 Atlas, map, 1776. Missounta.— French, Hist. Col. 

 La., I, 82, 1846. Missouria.— Irving, Ind. Sk., I, 96, 

 1835. Missourians. — Jeft'ervs, Fr. Dom. Am., pt. 

 I, 139, 1761. Missouriens.— Gass, Voy., 27, 1810. 

 Missouries. — Lewis, Trav., 13, 1809. Missouris.— 

 Joutel (1687) in Margry, Di^cni, 432, 1878. Mis- 

 sourita. — Margry, Dec, I, 611, 1876. Missourite. — 

 JefFervs, Fr. Doiii. Am., pt. l, 137, 1761. Missoury. — 

 La Hiirpe (1720) in Margry, D6c.., VI, 293, 1886. 

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

 Missuri.— D'Anville, Amer. Septan, map, 1756. 

 Missurier. — Giissefold, Charte von Nord America, 

 1797. Mlssuris. — .lefferys, Fr. Dom. Am., pt. I, 

 map, 134, 1761. Missurys. — Croghan (1759) quoted 

 by Rupp, W. Pa., 146, note, 1846. Misuris.— 

 Barcia, Ensayo, 298, 1723. Musscovi. — Morse, 

 N. Am., map, 1776 (misprint). Ne-o-ge-he. — 

 Long Exped. RockvMts., 1,339, 1823. Neojehe.— 

 Gallatin in Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, ii, 127, 1836. 

 Ne-o-ta-cha. — Long, Exped. Rocky Mts., i, 339, 

 1823. Ne-u-cha-ta.— Hamilton in Trans. Neb. Hist. 

 Soc, I, 48, 1885. Ne-u-tach.— Ibid., 47. Neu-ta- 

 che.— Maximilian, Trav., 607, 1843 (trans., 'those 

 that arrive at the mouth'). Ne-w'-dar-cha. — 

 Lewis and Clark, Discov., 15. 1806. Ne-yu-ta-ca. — 

 Hamilton in Trans. Neb. Hist. Soc, i, 47, 1885. 

 Nicudje.— Dorsey, Kansa MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1882 

 (Kansa name). Ni-u'-t'a-tci. — Dorsev In 1.5th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 240, 1897 (own name, /c=cA). Ni-ut'- 

 ati'.— Dor-sey, (pegiha MS. Diet., B. A. E., 1878 

 (Omaha and Ponca name). Ouemessourit. — 

 Gale, Upper Mi.ss., 209, 1867 (transliterated from 

 Marquette). 8emess8rit. — Maniuetto, map (1673) 

 in Shea, Discov., 268, 1852. Ou-missouri.— Theve- 

 notquoted byShea, Discov., 268, 185'j. Waguqfia. — 

 Dorsey, inf'n, 1883 (Osage name.) Wa-ju'-qdjSa.— 

 Dorsey, Kwapa MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1891 (Qua- 

 paw name). Wemessouret. — Marquette translit- 

 erated by Shea, Discov., 268,1852. 



Mistassin (from mista-assini, 'a great 

 stone,' referring to a huge isolated rock in 

 L. Mistassini, which the Indians regarded 

 with veneration). An Algonquian tribe 

 that lived on L. Mistassini, Quebec. They 

 were divided by early writers into the 

 Great and the Little Mistassin, the 

 former living near the lake, the latter 

 farther s. in the mountains. They first 

 became known to tlie French about 1640, 

 but were not visited by missionaries until 

 some years later. They were attacked by 

 the Iroquois in 1665, and in 1672 their 

 country was formally taken possession of 

 by the French with their consent. Al- 

 though spoken of by Hind in 1863 ae rov- 

 ing in bands with Montagnais and Nas- 

 capee over the interior of Labrador, it 

 appears that in 1858 a portion of the tribe 

 was on the lower St Lawrence. 



Very little has been recorded in regard 

 to their habits or characteristics. It is 

 recorded that when attacked by the Iro- 

 quois in 1665 they had a wooden fort, 

 which they defended successfully and 

 with great bravery. Their only myth 



mentioned is that in regard to the great 

 rock in the lake, which they believed to 

 be a manito. (j. m. c. t.) 



Matassins.— Charlevoix (1721), Journal, I, letter 

 xi, 276, 1761. Mattassins.— Barton, New Views, 

 app., 12,1798. Misiassins(Petits).— LaTour, niapi 

 1779 (misprint; the Grands Mistassins are cor- 

 rectly named). Misstassins.— Report of 18.58 in 

 Hind, Lab. I'enin, ,1,12,1863. Mistapnis.— McKen- 

 ney and Hall. Ind. Tribes, in, 81, 1854. Mistasin- 

 iouek— Jes. Rel. 1643, 38, 1858. Mistasirenois.— 

 Memoirof 1706inN.Y.Doc. Col. Hist., ix,7yi, 1855. 

 Mistasirinins.— Jes. Rel. 1672, 55, 18,58. Mistas- 

 sini.— Hind, Lab. Penin., l, 8, 1863. Mistassinni.— 

 Ibid., 272. Mistassins. — Bellin.map, 1755(Grands 

 and Petits ]\Iistassins). Mistassirinins.— Jes.Rel. 

 1672, 44, l.s.'is. Mistissinnys.— Walch, map, 1805. 

 Mitchitamou.— Jes. Rtl. 1640, 34, 1858. Miistas- 

 sins.-Jes. Rel. 1676-7, l.x, 244, 1900. 



Mistaughchewangh. A former Chuma- 

 shan village at San Marcos, 25 m. from 

 Santa Barbara, Cal. — Father Timeno 

 (1856) quoted bv Taylor in Cal. Farmer, 

 May 4, 1860. 



Misun ( MV-si'in ) . A former Kuitsh vil- 

 lage on lower Umpqua r., Oreg.— Dorsey 

 in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, iii, 231, 1890. 



Mitaldejama. A former village, pre- 

 sumably Costanoan, connected with San 

 Juan Bauti.sta mission Cal. — Engelhardt, 

 Franciscans in Cal., 398, 1897. 



Mitcheroka ( ' knife ' ) . A division of the 

 Hidatsa. 



Ma-etsi-daka. — Matthews, inf'n, 1885 (=' small 

 knives'). Mit-che-ro'-ka.— Morgan, Anc. Soc, 159, 

 1877. 



Mithlausmintthai {Mi-^W-us-mtn-VgaV). 

 A former Siuslaw village on Siuslaw r., 

 Oreg. — Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore. 

 Ill, 230, 1890. 



Mitiling. See KalopaHng. 



Mitline. A former village, presumably 

 Costanoan, connected with Dolores mis- 

 sion, San Francisco, Cal. 

 Mataians. — Humboldt, Kingdom of New Spain, 

 II, 345, 1811. Mitline.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, 

 Oct. 18, 1861. 



Mitlmetlelch ( MYtlmetlentc) . A Squaw- 

 mish village community on Passage id., 

 Howe s(l., Brit. Col.— Hill-Tout in Rep. 

 Brit. A. A. S., 474, 1900. 



Mitomkai Pomo. A name, usually ren- 

 dered ftltom'-kai (from mato 'big', kai 

 'valley'), ajiplied to the inhabitants of 

 Willits or Little Lake valley, Mendocino 

 CO., Cal. In the form Toniki it has been 

 used by the whites to designate a creek e. 

 of the range of mountains bordering Little 

 Lake valley on the e, Most of the Mi- 

 tomkai Pomo, locally known as Little 

 Lakes, are now on Round Valley res., 

 numbering, with the "Redwoods," 114 

 in 1905. (s. A. B.) 



Betumki.— McKee (1851) in Sen. Ex. Doc 4, 32d 

 Cong., spec sess., 146, 18.53. Bitomkhai. — A. L. 

 Kroeber, Cniv. Cal. MS , 1903 (Upper Clear Lake 

 form of name) Little Lakes.— Official form in 

 Indian Affairs Reports. Mi-toam' Kai P6-mo. — 

 Powers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., in, 155, 1877. 



Mitrofania. A Kaniagmiut Eskimo vil- 

 lage on Mitrofania id., s. of Chignik bay, 

 Alaska; pop. 22 in 1880, 49 in 1890.— 

 Petroff in 10th Census, Alaska, 28, 1884. 



