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of 1867 the union was dissolved, the Sen- 

 eca joining the band known as "Seneca of 

 Sandusky," and the Shawnee becoming a 

 distinct body under the name of "East- 

 ern Shawnee." Both tribes were as- 

 signed reservations in the present Okla- 

 homa, where they still reside, numbering 

 101 and o66 respectively in 1905. (.i. m.) 



Mixed Shoshones. Mixed bands of Ban- 

 nock and Tukuarika. — U. S. Stat., xviii, 

 158, 1875. 



M'ketashshekakah ( .Uakntninmcflukii- 

 'kd'<, 'big black chest,' referring to the 

 pigeonhawk. — W. J.) The Thunder gens 

 of the Potawatomi, Sauk, and Foxes, q. v. 

 Ma'katawimeshikaka". — Wm. Jones, iiil'ii. 1906. 

 M'-ke-tash'-she-ka-kah'. — Morgan, Anc Soc, 167 

 1877. 



M'ko {Ma'' kira, ' bear' ). A gens of the 

 Potawatomi, q. v. 



Ma''kwa. — Wm. Jones, inf n, 1906. M' ko' — Mor- 

 gan, Anc Soc, 167, 1877. 



M'kwa {Ma''kwa, 'bear'). A gens of 

 the Shawnee, q. v. 



Ma' kwa. — Wm. Jones, inf'n, 1906 M'kwa. — 

 Morgan, Anc. Soc . 108, 1877 



Moache. A division of the Ute, for- 

 merly roaming over s. Colorado and n. 

 New Mexico. In 1871 they were re- 

 ported to number 645; in 1903 the com- 

 bined Capote, Moache, and Wiminuche 

 on Southern I'te res. numbered 955. 

 The name "Taos Ttes" was formerly ap- 

 plied to those Ute who temporarily en- 

 camped in considerable numbers al)out 

 Taos pueblo, N. Mex. As these were 

 doubtless largely Moache, their synonyms 

 are included here, although the Capote, 

 Tabeguache, and Wiminuche were evi- 

 dently also a part of them. See Ute. 



The Moache joined with other Ute 

 bands in the treaty of Washington, Mar. 

 2, 1868, affirming tlie treaty of Oct. 7, 

 1863, with the Tabeguache and defining 

 the boundaries of their reservation. 

 Maquacbe Utes. — Ta.vlor in Sen. Ex. Doc. 4, 40th 

 Cong., spec. sess. 10 1867. Maquahache. — Dole in 

 Ind Aff Rep. 1864, 18, isc.ri. Maquoche Utahs.— 

 Davis, ibid , 135, I860 Menaches. — Graves, ibid., 

 386, 1854. Moguachis — Villa-.Serior, Theatro Am., 

 pt 2, 413, 1748. Mohuacbe — Meniwetlier in Ind. 

 Aff. Rep. 18.55, 186, 1856. Mohuache Utahs —Men - 

 wether in Sen. Ex. Doc. 69, o4th Con,t; , 1st sess , 

 15, 1856 Mohuache TTtes. — Bancroft, Ariz, and N. 

 Mex., 665, 1889. Mohuhaches.— Bell, New Tracks 

 in N. Am,. l, 108, 1869. Moquaches.— Arcluileta 

 in Ind. Aff Rep., 142, 1866. Mouuache Utes — 

 Colyer, ibid , 1871, 191, 1872. Muache.— Ute treatv 

 (1868) in U. S. Ind. Treaties, Kappler ed , 11, 990, 

 1904. Muahuaches.— Carson in Ind Aff. Rep. 1859, 

 342, 1860. Muares.— Orozco y Berra, Geog., .59, 1S64 

 (probably identical, although given as part of 

 Faraon Apache). Taos.— Wilson (1849) in Cal. 

 Mess, and Corresp., 185, 1S.50. Taos Indians.— 

 Cummings 111 Ind. Aff. Rep.. 160, 1866 (identified 

 with Moache). Taos Yutas. — Farnham, Trav. 

 Californias, 371, 1841. Tao Yutas.— Farnham 

 misquoted by Bancroft, Nat. Races, i, 465, 

 1882. Tash-Yuta.— Burton, Citv of Saints, 578 

 1861. 



Moah {Mdhvxhv", 'wolf'). A gens of 

 the Potawatomi, q. v. 



Mahwaw*. — Wm. Jones, inf'n, 1906. Mo-ah'. — 

 Morgan, Anc. Soc, 167, 1877. 



Moanahonga ('great walker'). An 

 Iowa warrior, known to the whites as Big 

 Neck, and called also by liis people 

 Winaugusconey ( ' Man not afraid to 

 travel'), because he was wont to take 

 long trips alone, relying on his own 

 jirowess and prodigious strength. While 

 he was of lowly birth he was exceedingly 

 ambitious and contended for the honors 

 and dignity for which his courage and 

 address fitted him, but which his fellow 

 tribesmen were loth to accord, wherefore 

 he built a lodge apart from the rest and 

 collected about him a band of admirers 

 over whom he exercised the authority of 

 chief. Gen. Clark induced him and Ma- 

 haskah to go to Washington in 1S24 and 

 there sign a treaty that purported to con- 

 vey to the United States for an annual 

 payment of $500 for 10 years the title of 

 all the lands of the Iowa lying within the 

 borders of Missouri. He did not under- 

 stand the treaty, and after white settlers 

 had taken possession of a considerable 

 part of the Indian lands he set out in 

 1829 to visit St Louis for the purpose of 

 making complaint to Gen. Clark. A 

 party of whites encountered his company 

 of 60 men, made them all intoxicated, and 

 decamped with their honses, l)lankets, 

 and provisions. When they recovered 

 from their stupor one of them shot a hog 

 to satisfy their hunger. This provoked 

 the anger of the settlers, 60 of whom rode 

 up and commanded the Indians to leave 

 the country. IMoanahonga then with- 

 drew his camp about 15 m. beyond the 

 state boundary, as he supposed. When 

 the white party followed him he went out 

 to meet them with his pipe in his mouth 

 in sign of peace. As he extended his 

 hand in greeting the borderers fired, 

 killing his brother at his side, and an 

 infant. The Indians flew to their arms 

 and, inspired anew by the call for ven- 

 geance of Moanahonga' s sister, who was 

 shot in the second volley, they drove the 

 whites from the field, although these ex- 

 ceeded their fighting men two to one. 

 The man who shot his sister Moanahonga 

 burned at the stake. The U. S. troops 

 were ordered out, and obtaining hostages 

 from the Iowa returned to their barracks. 

 Moanahonga and several others of his 

 liand were arrested and tried on a charge 

 of murder, but were acquitted. He culti- 

 vated friendly relations with the whites af- 

 ter this, but always went with blackened 

 face in sign of mourning, because, as he 

 said, he had sold the bones of his ances- 

 tors. About 5 years afterward he fell in 

 combat with a Sioux chief. See McKen- 

 ney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, i, 177-183, 

 1858. 



Moapariats {Mo-a-pa-ri^-ats, 'mosquito 

 creek people*). A band of Paiute for- 

 merly living in or near Moapa valley, 



