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worn from Alaska to Arizona and New 

 Mexico, is still commonly a part of the 

 woman's costume, and among most of the 

 Pueblos the legging portion is a white- 

 tanned deerskin to which the moccasin is 

 attached, the skin l)eing wrapped neatly 

 and methodically around the calf of the 

 leg and secured by means of a cord. Dif- 

 ferences in cut, color, decoration, toe- 

 piece, inset-tongue, vamp, heel-fringe, 

 ankle-flaps, etc., show tribal and envi- 

 ronmental characters and afford means of 

 identification. Among the Plains tribes 

 the decoration of moccasins presents a 

 wide range of symbolism, and since this 

 part of the costume has been less modified 

 by contact with whites than other gar- 

 ments, itaffords valuable material for the 

 study of symbolic art. 



The materials used in making mocca- 

 sins are tanned skins of the larger mam- 

 mals, rawhide for soles, and sinew for 

 sewing. Dyes, pigments, quills, beads, 

 cloth, buttons, and fur are ai^plied to the 

 moccasin as decoration. Many tribes 

 make moccasins to be specially worn in 

 ceremonies, and a number of tribes also 

 employ their footwear in a guessing game 

 known as the "moccasin game." 



Great ingenuity was often displayed in 

 cutting moccasins from a single piece of 

 dressed hide, the most complicated pat- 

 tern being found among the Klamath. 

 The northern Athapascan pattern has a 

 T-shaped seam at the toe and heel, while 

 in the Nez Perce type the seam is along 

 one side of the foot from the groat toe to 

 the heel. In the moccasin of the Plains 

 Indians the upper is in one piece and is 

 sewed to a rawhide sole. 



Consult Dixon in Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., XVII, pt. 3, 1905; Gerard in Am. An- 

 throp., IX, no. 1, 1907; Goddard in Univ. 

 of Cal. Pub., Am. Arch;eol. and Ethnol., 

 I, 1903; Kroeber in Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., XVIII, pt. 1, 1904; Mason ( 1 ) in 

 Sinithson. Rep. 1886, pt. 1,205-238, 1889, 

 (2) in Rep. Nat. Mus. 1894, 239-593, 

 1896; Morgan, League Iroquois, ii, 1904; 

 Shufeldt in Proc. Nat. Mus. 1888, 59-66, 

 1889; Stephen in Proc. Nat. Mus. 1888, 

 131-136, 1889; Willoughby in Am. An- 

 throp., IX, no. 1, 1907; Wisslerin Trans. 

 13th Internat. Cong. Am., 1905*. (w.n.) 



Mochgonnekonck. A village on Long 

 Island, N. Y., in 1643, probably near the 

 present Manhasset.— Doc. of 1643 in N. 

 Y. Doc. Col. Hist., XIV, 60, 1883. 



Mochicaui [moclnc 'tortoiseV cahrd 

 'hill': ' hill of the tortoise,' in allusion to 

 theshapeof ahill in the vicinity of theset- 

 tlement. — Buelna). The principal settle- 

 ment of the Zuaque, who speak or spoke 

 the Tehueco and Vacoregue dialects of 

 Cahita; situated on the e. bank of Rio 

 Fuerte,' about lat. 26° 10', n. \v. Sinaloa, 

 Mexico. The settlement is now civilized. 



Mochicahuy.— Orozco y Berra, Geos:., 332. 1864. 

 Mochicaui, — Ritiasi 1615) in BantToft, Nat. Itaces, i, 

 GOS, 1SS2. Mochicohuy. — Ibid., map. Motschica- 

 huz.— Kino, map (1702) iu Stiiclclein, Neuc Welt- 

 Bott, 1726. 



Mochilagua. An Opata pueblo visited 

 by Coronado in 1540; situated in the val- 

 ley of the Rio Sonora, N.w. Mexico, doubt- 

 less in the vicinity of Arizpe. Possibly 

 identical with one of the villages later 

 known by another name. 

 Mochila. — Castaiieda {ca. 1.56.5) in Ternaux-Com- 

 pans, Vov., IX, 158, 1838 (misprint ). Mochilagua. — 

 Castaneda in 14th Rep. B. A. E., 515, 1896. 



Mocho (i?/ J/or/(0, Span. : 'the cropped, 

 shorn, mutilated', so called l)ecause he 

 had lost an ear in a fight). An Apache, 

 celebrated in manuscript narratives per- 

 taining to Texas in the 18th century. He 

 was captured by theTonkawa, butbecause 

 of his eloquence and prowess was elevated 

 to the chiefship of that tribe on the death 

 of its leader during an epidemic in 1777 

 or 1778. With the Spaniards El INIocho 

 had a bad reputation. When he became 

 chief the governor connived to get rid of 

 him, to effect which Mezicres bribed his 

 rivals to allure him to the highway lead- 

 ing to Natchitoches, under the promise 

 of presents when he should arrive there, 

 and murder him, but this plot failed, and 

 Mezieres and the governor were obliged 

 to conciliate him. Finally, in 1784, at the 

 instigation of the government, he was 

 killed. (li.E. B. ) 



Mochopa. An Opata pueblo of Sonora, 

 Mexico, and the seat of a Spanish mission 

 founded between 1678 and 1730, atwhich 

 latter date the population had become 

 reduced to 24. It was abandoned be- 

 tween 1764 and 1800, owing to Apache 

 depredations. 



Machopo— Davila, Sonora Historico, 317, 1894. 

 Mochop — Hamilton, Mexican Handbook, 47, 18.83. 

 Mochopa.— Orozcoy Berra, Geog., 343. 1864. S. Ig- 

 nacio Mochopa. — Sonora materiales (1730) quoted 

 by Bancrott, No. Mox. States, I, 514, 1.S84. ^ 



Mocock. See Mocuck. 



Moctobi. A small tribe formerly resid- 

 ing in s. Mississippi. They are men- 

 tioned by Iberville, in 1699, as living at 

 that time on Pascagoula r., near the Gulf 

 coast, associated with the Biloxi and 

 Paskagula, each tribe having its own vil- 

 lage (Margry, D^c.,iv, 195, 1880). Sau- 

 vole, who was at Ft Biloxi in 1699-1700, 

 speaks of the "villages of the Pascol>ou- 

 las, Biloxi, and Moctobi, which together 

 contain not more than 20 cabins." Noth- 

 ing IS known respecting their language, 

 nor has anything more been ascertained 

 in regard to their history, but from their 

 intimate relations with the Biloxi it is 

 probable they belonged to the same 

 (Siouan) linguistic stock. The name 

 Moctobi appears to have disappeared 

 from Indian memory and tradition, as 

 repeateil inquiry among the Choctaw 

 and Caddo has failed to elicit any knowl- 

 edge of such a tribe. What seems to be a 



