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MULTNOMAH MUNOMINIK ASHE ENHUG 



[B. A. E. 



Multnomah {Ne'matnomax, 'down 

 river'). A Chinookan tribe or division 

 formerly living on the upper end of Sau- 

 viesid., Multnomah co., Oreg. In 1806 

 they were estimated at 800, but by 1835, 

 according to Parker, they were extinct as 

 a tribe. The term is also used in k broader 

 sense to include all the tribes living on 

 or near lower ^Villamette r., Oreg. See 

 Lewis and Clark, Exped., ii, 472, 1814. 



Maltnabah. — Franchere, Narr., Ill, 1S54. Mathla- 

 nobes.— Stuart in Nouv. Ann. Voy., x, ll'S, 1821. 

 Mathlanobs.— Morse, Rep. to Sec. War, 368, 1822. 

 Moltnomas.— Ross, Advent., 87, 1849. Mulkno- 

 mans. — Orig. Jour. Lewis and Clark (1805), iii, 

 198, 1905. Multinoma.— Piilmer, Jour, of Trav., 87, 

 1847. Mult-no-mah,— Orig. Jonr. Lewis and Clark 

 (1806), IV, 219, 1905. Multnomia.— Bond in H. R. 

 Rep. 830, 27th Cong., 2d sess., 63, 1842. Ne'maLno- 

 max. — Boas, inf'n, 1905. 



Mumitupio (Mum-V-iup-i-o, 'fish peo- 

 ple'). The Blackfoot name of an uni- 

 dentified tribe. — Hayden, Ethnog. and 

 Philol. Mo. Val, 264, 1862. 



Mummachog. See Mummijchog. 



Mummapacune. A tribe of the Pow- 

 hatan confederacy, which, according to 

 Strachey, lived on York r., Va., about 

 1612, and numbered about 850. Men- 

 tioned as distinct from the Mattaponi in 

 the same neighborhood. — Strachey (w. 

 1616), Va., 62, 1849. 



Mummychog. The barred killifish ( Fun- 

 dulus piscnleidus) ; also spelled mumma- 

 chog. This word, in use in certain regions 

 of the N. Atlantic coast of the United 

 States, is corrupted from moamiUeai'ig in 

 the Narraganset dialect of Algonquian, 

 which Roger Williams (1643) defined as 

 "a little sort of lish, half as big as sprats, 

 plentiful in winter. ' ' According to Trum- 

 bull (Natick Diet., 298, 1903) the fish 

 originally designated Ijy this name was the 

 smelt, whence the name was transferred 

 to the killifish. The Narraganset word, 

 a plural, signifies 'they go gathered to- 

 gether.' The word is sometimes abbre- 

 viated to mummy. (a. f. c. ) 



Mumtrak. A Kuskwoginiut Eskimo vil- 

 lage on Good News bav, Alaska. Pop. 

 162 in 1880, and the same in 1890. 

 Mumtrahamiut. — Eleventh Census, Alaska, 99, 

 1893. Mumtrahamut.— Nelson m 18th Rep. B. A. E., 

 map, 1889 Mumtrahamute— Petroff in 10th Cen- 

 sus, Alaska, 17, 1884 Mumtrekhlagamute.— Petroff, 

 Rep. on Alaska, 53, 1881 Mumtrelega,— Baker, 

 Geog. Diet Alaska , 96, 1902. 



Mumtrelek ( ' smoke-house ' ) . A Ku.sk- 

 wogmiut Eskimo village on the w. bank 

 of lower Kuskokwim r., Alaska. Pop. 

 41 (and of the station 29) in 1880, 33 in 

 1890. 



Mumtrekhlagamiut. — Eleventh Census, Alaska, 

 104, 1893. 



Munceytown. A Munsee village in On- 

 tario, N. w. of Brantford, on or near 

 Thames r. 



Ai'ti-ha"'.— J. N. B. Hewitt, inf'n, 1887 (Tusca- 

 roraname). Munceytown. — Common name. 



Munchinye ( Mui'-tcV-nye, ' short lilack 

 bear') . A subgens of the Tunanpin gens 



of the Iowa. — Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. 

 E., 238, 1897. 



Mundua {Mondawd, 'one that keeps 

 calling or sounding [through the night] ' ; 

 a word used for the whippoorwill by the 

 Chippewa about Rat portage. Lake of the 

 the Woods. — W. J.). A tribe, or supposed 

 tribe, which the Chippewa claim to have 

 exterminated at an early period, with the 

 exception of a remnant incorporated into 

 their tribe and whose descendants con- 

 stitute the Wabezhaze or Marten gens. 

 The statements in regard to them, if 

 identified with the Mantouekof the Jesuit 

 writers, are at variance, and may relate 

 to two different groups. The Mantoue 

 of the Jesuit Relation of 1640 are located 

 apparently on the upper peninsula of 

 Michigan, not far w. of Sault Ste Marie, a 

 little N. of the Noquet. In the Relation 

 of 1658 they appear to be placed farther 

 w. and associated with the Sioux. In 

 the Relation of 1671 apparently the same 

 people appear to be situated under the 

 name Nantoue, near Fox r. and in the 

 vicinity of the Miami band, which once 

 resided in this region with or near the 

 Mascoutens. In the tradition given by 

 Warren the scene of the conflict between 

 the Chippewa and this people is indefi- 

 nite, but the period assigned appears to 

 antedate the entrance of the people into 

 Wisconsin, and thus Schoolcraft inter- 

 prets it. The tradition, notwithstanding 

 Warren's assertion that it can be con- 

 sidered history, is so exaggerated and 

 indefinite as to date and locality as to 

 render doubtful the propriety of identi- 

 fying the INIundua of the tradition with 

 the Mautouek of the Jesuit writers. More- 

 over, Warren's tradition in regard to the 

 Marten gens can not be reconciled with 

 the tradition regarding the Mundua and 

 with what is stated by the Jesuit Rela- 

 tions in regard to the Mantouek. It has 

 been suggested that Amikwa, Noquet, 

 and Mundua or Mantouek, respectively 

 Beaver, Bear, and Whippoorwill gentes, 

 are all names for one and the same 

 people. See Amikiva, Noquet. (j. m. c.t. ) 



Mantoue.— Jes. Rcl. 1640, 34, 1858. Mantoueeks. — 

 Bacqueville de la Potherie, Hist. Am., u, 81, 1753. 

 Mantouek.— Jes. Rel. 10.58, 21, 18.58. Mantoueouec. — 

 Map of 1671 (?) in Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll., ni, 131, 

 18.56. Meendua.— Ramsay in Ind. Afl. Rep., 83, 

 18.50. Mundua.— Warren (18.52) in Minn. Hist 

 Soc. Coll., V, 50, 1885. Mundwa.— Schoolcraft, Ind. 

 Tribes, v, 39, 1855. Nantoue'.— Jes. Rel. 1671, 42. 

 1858. 



Munnawhatteaug. See Menhaden. 



Munominikasheenliug ( ' rice-makers ' ) . 

 A Chippewa division living on St Croix r., 

 AVis. They had villages at upper St 

 Croix, Yellow, and Rice lakes, and on 

 Snake r., and others named Namakagon 

 and Pokegama. They were incorporated 

 with the Betonukeengainubejig. (.i. m. ) 

 Foille avoine Chippeways,— Schoolcraft, Trav., 321, 

 1821. Fols Avoin Sauteaux.— Pike, Trav., 130, 1811. 



