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MONK S MOUND MONSONI 



[B. A. E. 



Monk's Mound. See Cahokia Mound. 



Monnato (Mon-nti'-to, 'snow'). A gens 

 of the Miami (q.v. ). — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 

 168, 1877. 



Mono. A general term applied to the 

 Shoshonean tribes of s. e. California by 

 their neighliors on the w. The origin 

 and meaning of the name are obscure, its 

 identity with the Spanish mono, 'monkey,' 

 and its similarity, at least in certain dia- 

 lects, to the Yokuts word for ' fly ' {monai, 

 etc.), are probably only coincidences. 

 For subdivisions, see Mono-Paiiotso. 

 Honachees. — Bunnell quoted by Powers in Cont. 

 N. A. E^thnoL, in, 350, 1S77. Manache.— Purcell in 

 Ind. Afl. Rep., sV, 1S7U. Moan'-au-zi. — Powers in 

 Cont. N. A. Ethiiiil., in, 3-JO, 1S77 (Nishinam 

 name). Monache. — Belknap in Ind. Aff. Rep., 17, 

 1876 ("the usual form of the name as heard amouK 

 the southern Yokuts; cf. the Maidu (Nishinam) 

 name, preceding-"— .\. L. K.). Mona'-chi. — Pow- 

 ers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., in, 350, 1.S77. Monas. — 

 Johnston in .Sen. E.\. Doc. 61, 32d Cong., lst.sess., 

 22, 1852. Monoes.— .Johnston in Ind. Aff. Rep., 

 251, 1851. Mono Pi-Utes.— Campbell in Ind. Aff. 

 Rep., 119, 1866. Monos.— Tavlor in Cal. Farmer, 

 May 8, 1863. Noo-tah-ah.— We.ssels (1853) in H. R. 

 Ex. Doc. 76, 34th Cong., 3d sess., 31, 1857. Nutaa,— 

 A. L. Kroeber, Inf'n, 1905 (Chukchansi name; de- 

 notes that they are E. or upstream). Nut'-ha. — 

 Powers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., iii, 396, 1877. 



Mono-Paviotso. One of thethreegreatdi- 

 alecticgroups into which theShoshoneans 

 of the great plateau are distinguished. 

 It includes the Mono of s. e. California, 

 the Paviotso, or "Paiute," of w. Nevada, 

 and the "Snakes" and Saidyuka of e. 

 Oregon. Part of the Bannock may be 

 related to these, but the eastern Bannock 

 have affinities with the Ute. 



The bands which seem to have formed 

 the social unit of these people were each 

 under one chief, and .several of these are 

 said to have ))eeu united into confedera- 

 cies, such as the "Paviotso confederacy," 

 but it is doubtful whether the relations 

 existing between the constituent parts 

 should properly be so termed. 



Thebands or divisions mentioned within 

 the area occupied by this group are the 

 following: Agaivanuna, Genega's band, 

 Hadsapoke's liand, Holkotna, Hoone- 

 booey, Intimbich, Itsaatiaga, Kaidatoia- 

 bie, Kaivanungavidukw, Koeats, Koko- 

 heba, Kosipatuwiwagaiyu, Kotsava, Ko- 

 yuhow, Kuhpattikutteh, Kuyuidika, 

 Laidukatuwiwait, Lohim, Loko, Naha- 

 ego, Nim, Nogaie, Odukeo's band, Olan- 

 che, Oualuck's band, Pagantso, Pagwiho, 

 Pamitoy, Pavuwiwuyuai, Petenegowat, 

 Petod.seka, Piattuiabbe, Poatsituhtikuteh, 

 Poskesa, San Joaquins' liand, Sawaga- 

 tiva, Shobarboobeer, Sunananahogwa, 

 Temoksee, Togwingani, Tohaktivi, Toi- 

 wait, Tonawitsowa, Tonoyiet's band, To- 

 quimas. To Repe's band, Tosarke's baud, 

 Tsapakah, Tubianwapu, Tupustikutteh, 

 Tuziyammos, Wahi's band, Wahtatkin, 

 Walpapi, Warartika, Watsequeorda's 

 band, Winnemucca's band, Woksachi, 

 Yahuskin, and Yammostuwiwagaiya. 



Numaltachi, given as a village on 

 Tuolomne r., Cal., may in reality be 

 another band. 



From figures given in the report of the 

 Indian office for 1903 it would appear 

 that the total number in this division is 

 in the neighborhood of 5,400. 



Monongahela. A variety of whisky. 

 Says Bartlett (Diet, of Americanisms, 401, 

 1877 ) : "Ariverof Pennsylvania, so called, 

 gave its name to the rye whisky of which 

 large quantities were produced in its 

 neighborhood, and indeed to American 

 wliisky in general, as distinguished from 

 Usquebaugh and Inishowen, the Scotch 

 and Irish sorts." The name is of Algon- 

 quian origin, but its etymology is un- 

 certain, (a. f. c. ) 



Monsoni ( 3[ongsoaeythini/uwok, ' moose 

 people.' — Franklin). An Algonquian 

 tribe in British America, often classed as 

 a part of the Cree, to whom they are 

 closely related, although they seem to be 

 almost as closely related to the northern 

 Chippewa. The first notice of them is in 

 the .Jesuit Relation for 1671. In that of 

 1672 they are located on the shore of 

 James bay, about the mouth of Moose r., 

 which, according to Richardson, received 

 its name from them. They are referred 

 to under the name Aumonssoniks in the 

 Proces verbal of the Prise de possession 

 (1671), but were not represented at the 

 ceremony, though Charlevoix asserts the 

 contrary. Although Dobbs ( 1744) speaks 

 of them as the Moose River Indians, he 

 locates a village or band on the w. bank 

 of Rainy r., near Rainy lake, and others 

 on the N. shore of this lake. Some con- 

 fusion has arisen in regard to the habitat 

 and linguistic connection of the tribe from 

 the fact that the geographic designation 

 "Mosonee" is frequently used to include 

 all that portion of Keewatin and adjacent 

 territory stretching along Hudson bay 

 from Moose r. northward to Nelson r. , a 

 region occupied chiefly by the Maskegon. 

 The usual and most permanent home of 

 the Monsoni, however, has been the re- 

 gion of Moose r. According to Chauvign- 

 erie their totem was the moose. There 

 is no separate enumeration of them in 

 the recent Canadian official reports. See 

 Mousonee. (.i. m. c. t. ) 



Aumonssoniks. — Prise de possession (1671) in Per- 

 rot, Mem., 293, 1864. Aumossomiks. — Verwyst, 

 Missionary Labors, 232, issti. Aumoussonnites. — 

 I'risedeiiossession(1671)inMargry,Dee.,l,97, 1875. 

 Creesof Moose Factory, — Franklin, Journ. to Polar 

 Sea, I, 96, 1824. Gens de marais.— Bacqueville de la 

 Potlurie, Hist. Am. Sept.. i, 174, 1753. Mongsoa 

 Eithsmyook. — Gallatiniu Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, 

 II, 24, 1836. Mongsoa-eythinyoowuc. — Franklin, 

 Journ. to Polar Sea, I, 96, 1824. Monsaunis. — 

 Bacqueville de la Potherie, Hist. Am. Sept., i, 174, 

 17.53. Monsonics. — Keane in Stanford, Compend., 

 523, 1S78. Monsonies,— Franklin, Journ. to Polar 

 Sea, .56, 1824. Monsonis.— Chauvignerie (1736) in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ix, 10.54, 18.55. Monsounic — 

 Jes. Rel. 1671, 30, 1858. Monzoni.— Lahontan, New 

 Voy., I, 231, 1703. Moose-deer Indians.— Franklin, 



