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MOSH ATOH — MOTAHTOSIKS 



[b. a. e. 



integrated. Among the specimens of in- 

 laying o})taine<l by the Hyde Expedition 

 of the Aineriran Mnseum oi Natnral 

 History, from Pu- 

 eblo Bonito ruin, 

 N. Mex., are a jet 

 or lignite frog 

 with turquoise 

 eyes and neck- 

 band, a scraper- 

 like implement of 

 deer bone with 

 encircling orna- 

 mental bands in 

 turquoise and jet, 

 and a small bird 

 of hematite taste- 

 fully set with tur- 

 quoise and sl,iell 

 (Pepper). 



The ancient graves of s. California have 

 yielded a number of specimens of rude 

 mosaic work in which bits of abalone 

 shell are set in 



Ancient mosaic Frog, Arizona 

 1-2. (fewkes) 



INCRUSTED OBJECTS FROM PUEBLO 



BONiTO, New Mexico; 1-4. (pepper) 



asjihaltum as 

 f _^l^\_ incrustations 

 ^f%^BnA . for handles of 

 M/tttliKf^ i knives and for 

 ^^^^^H^'.^ other objects 

 ^^^^■|p'.'; (Abbott). In- 

 ^^^^^K^m ' l^^ying in other 

 ^^^^^^^ sections of the 

 country c o n - 

 sists chiefly of 

 the insertion of 

 bits of shell, 

 bone, or stone 

 separately in 

 rows or in 

 simple figures 

 in the margins of utensils, implements, 

 masks, etc. (Niblack, Rust). 



Consult Abbott in Surv. West of 100th 

 Merid., vii, 1879; Fewkes (1) in Am. 

 Anthrop. , ix, no. 1 1, 1896, ( 2 ) in Smithson. 

 Rep. 1896, 1898, (3) in 22d Rep. B. A. E., 

 1903; Nelson in 18th Rep. B. A. E., 1899; 

 Niblack in Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 

 1890; Pepper in Am. Anthro]>., n. s., vii, 

 no. 2, 1905; Rust in Am. Anthrop., n. s., 

 VIII, no. 4, 1906. (w. h. h. ) 



Moshaich. The native name of the ex- 

 tinct Buffalo clans of Acoma and Sia pue- 

 blos, N. Mex. 



Moshaich-hanoq<^ii _Ho,]ge ju ^m. Anthrop., ix, 

 349, lS9(i(Acoma form; hdnoq<'li = '\>eop\e'). Mu- 

 sha'ch-hano.— Ibifl. (Sia form). 



Moshoquen. A village or band appar- 

 ently on or near the s. coast of Maine in 

 1616, and probably connected with the 

 Abnaki confederacy. Mentioned by 

 Smith (1616) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 3ds., VI, 107, 1837. (.i. m.) 



Moshulitubbee. See Mushalatubhee. 



Mosilian. A division of the New Jersey 

 Delawares formerly on the e. bank of 



Delaware r. about the present Trenton. 

 In 1648 they were estimated at 200. 



Masselans. — Sanford,U. S., cxlvi, 1S19. Uosilian. — 

 Evelin (16-48) in Proud, Pa., I, 113, 1797. 



Mosookees. Mentioned only by Mc- 

 Kenney and Hall (Ind. Tribes, iii, 82, 

 1854) in a list of tribes; unidentified, but 

 possibly the Muskwaki (Foxes), or the 

 Maskoki or Muskogee (Creeks). 



Mosopelea. A problematic tribe, first 

 noted on Marquette's map, where "Mon- 

 soupelea," or "Monsouperea," is marked 

 as an Indian village on the e. bank of 

 the INIississippi some distance below the 

 mouth of the Ohio. In 1682 La Salle 

 found a Mosopelea chief with 5 cabins of 

 his people living with the Taensa, by 

 whom they had been adoj^ted after the 

 destruction of their former village by 

 some unknown enemy. 



Mansoleas. — Bareia, Ensayo, 201, 1723. Mansope- 

 la. — Douay in Shea, Discovery, 222, 224 (note), 

 268, 1852. Mansopelea. — Hennepin, Cont. of New 

 Diseov., 48a, 1698. Hausalea. — McKennev and 

 Hall, Ind. Trilx's, in, 81, 1858 (po.ssibly identical). 

 Medchipouria. — Uierville (1702) in Margry, D^c, 

 iv,ii01, l.sso(sameV). Monsopela. — Coxe, Carolana, 

 map, 1741. MonsSpelea. — Marquette's map in 

 Shea, Diseov., 18.S2. Monsoupelea. — Thevenot, 

 ibid., 268. Mosopelea. — Allouez (1680) in Margry, 

 D(5e., 11,95,1877. Mosopelleas.— Tonti (1683), ibid., 

 I, 610, 1876. Mosopolca. — Hennepin, Cont. of New 

 Diseov., 310, 169.S. Mosopolea.— LaSalle (1682) in 

 Margry, Dee., ll,237, 1877. 



Mosquito Indians. A tribe named from 

 its habitat on Mosquito lagoon, e. coast 

 of Florida, n. of C. Canaveral and behind 

 the sand bar that forms the coast line. 

 During the Seminole war of 1835-42 they 

 became notorious for their ferocity. The 

 Timucua remnant settled in this region 

 in 1706, and the Mosquito Indians may 

 have been their descendants or a mixture 

 of them and Seminole. See Bartram, 

 Travels, 142, note, 1791; Roberts, Florida, 

 23, 1763; J. F. D. Smyth, Tour, ii, 21, 1784. 



Moss-bag. Some of the Athapascan 

 and Cree Indians of extreme N. w. Can- 

 ada never use cradles for their infants, 

 but employ instead a "moss-bag," made 

 of leather or skin, lined in winter with 

 hare skins. A layer of moss is put in, 

 and upon this is placed the babe, naked 

 and properly secured. "This machine, ' ' 

 says Bernard Ross (Smithson. Rep. 1866, 

 304 ) , " is an excellent adjunct to the rear- 

 ing of children up to a certain age, and 

 has become almost, if not universally, 

 adopted in the families of the Hudson's 

 Bay Company's employees." Consult 

 also Milton and Cheadle, N. W. Passage, 

 3ded., 85, 1865. (a. f. c. ) 



Motahtosiks ( Mo-ta¥-tos-iks, ' many med- 

 icines'). A band of the Siksika. — Grin- 

 nell, Blackfoot Lodge Tales, 208, 1892. 



Motahtosiks. A band of the Piegan. 

 Conjurers. — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 171, 1877. Many 

 Medicines. — Grinnell, Blackfoot Lodge Tales, 225, 

 1892. Mo-tah'-tos-iks, — Ibid., 209. Mio-ta'-to-sis. — 

 Morgan, Anc. Soc. 171, 1878. Mo-ta'-tots.— Hay- 

 den, Ethnog. and Pliilol. Mo..Val., 264, 1862. 



