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NAKONS-HADAI NAMASSINGAKENT 



[b. a. e. 



Nak-o'mgyilisila. — Boas in 6th Rep. N. W. Tribes 

 Can., 53, 1S90. Naqo'mgilisala. — Boas in Rep. Nat. 

 Mus. 1895, 329, 1897. Naqomqilis.— Boas in Bull. 

 Am. Gcog. Soc, 226, 1887. Ne-kum'-ke-lis-la, — 

 Blenkinsop quoted by Daw.son in Trans. Roy. Soc. 

 Can., sec. ir, 65, 1887. Nokumktesilla.— Brit. Col. 

 map, 1872. 



Nakons-hadai {Na quns xd^da-i, 'great- 

 hou.se people'). A subdivision of the 

 Yadus, a family of the Eagle clan of the 

 Haida, named from one of their houses. 

 The Yadus were a part of the Stustas 

 (q. V. ).—S wanton, Cont. Haida, 276, 1905. 



Nakoshkeni {Xakdshxc^i'i, 'place of the 

 dam'). A former Modoc settlement at 

 the junction of Lost r. with Tule lake, 

 Oreg. — Gatschetin Cont. N. A. Ethnol., ii, 

 pt. I, xxxii, 1890. 



Nakotchokutcliin. A Kutchin tribe 

 dwelling on the lower Mackenzie r., n. of 

 the Kawchodinneh, in lat. 68° n., Ion. 

 133° w. Their hunting grounds are e. of 

 the Mackenzie as far as Anderson r. , and 

 their chief game is the caribou. In for- 

 mer days they waged intermittent warfare 

 against the Eskimo of Mackenzie r. , with 

 whom, however, they have always traded. 

 Their men numbered 50 in 1866. 

 Bastard.— Dawson in Rep. Geol. Surv. Can. for 

 1888, 200b, 1889. Gens de la Grande Riviere,— Ro.ss, 

 MS. notes onTinne, B. A. E. Loucheux. — Frank- 

 lin, ,Tonrn. Polar Sea, 261, 1824. Mackenzie's R. 

 Louchioux. — Ross, MS. notes on Tinne, B. A. E. 

 Nakotcho-Kuttchin. — Petitot in Bull. Soc. deGcog. 

 Paris, chart, 1875. Nakotchpo-ondjig-Kouttchin, — 

 Petitot, Autour du lac dcs E>clavcs. 361, 1891 (= 

 'people of the river with luKh l)anks'). Nako- 

 tchpo-ondjig-Kuttchin, — Petitot, Diet. Dend-Din- 

 djie, XX, 1X76. Na-kutch-oo-un-jeek. — Gibbs, MS. 

 notes fnnn Ross (= 'half-caste Indians'). Na'- 

 kutch-u'-un-juk ku'tchin, — Ross, MS. notes on 

 Tinne, 474, B. A. E. 



Nakraztli ( ' it flowed with arrows of 

 the enemy'). A village of the Nikozli- 

 autin at the outlet of Stuart lake, Brit. 

 Col. Pop. 178 in 1902, 192 in 1906. 

 Na-ka-ztli.— Morice in Trans. Can. Inst., 188, 1890. 

 Na'liraztli. — Ibid. Na'kraztti. — Moriee in Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. Can., x, 109, 1892. 



Nakuimana {Nd'kuimana, ' bear peo- 

 ple'). A local band of the (Southern) 

 Cheyenne. (.j. m. ) 



Nakuntlun. The original village of the 

 Tsilkotin, on Nakuntlun lake at the 

 head of Salmon r., Brit. Col. , and once the 

 most ]iopulous, but now almost deserted. 

 Nakoontloon, — Tolmie and Dawson, Vocabs. Brit. 

 Col., 122b, 1884. Nakunt'lun.— Morice in Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. Can., x, 109, 1892. Tsoolootum, — Gamsbv 

 in Can. Pac. Ry. Rep., 179, 1877. 



Nakwutthume {Na^-.fut-t' <;u^-ine, 'at the 

 grass higher up the stream') . A former 

 village of the Chetco on Chetcor., Oreg., 

 above all their other villages. — Dorsey in 

 Jour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 236, 1890. 



Nalekuitk {Nd'lekuUx). A clan of the 

 Wikeno, a Kwakiutl tribe. — Boas in Rep. 

 Nat. Mus. 1895, 328, 1897. 



Nalkitgoniash. A Micmac village or 

 band in 1760, perhaps in Nova Scotia. — 

 Frye (1760) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st 

 s., X, 115, 1809. 



Naltunnetunne ( ' people among the 

 mushrooms ' ) . An Athapascan tribe for- 



merly living on the coast of Oregon be- 

 tween the Tututni and the Chetco. They 

 were not divided into villages, and had a 

 dialect distinct from that of the Tututni. 

 Thesurvivors are now onSiletzres., Oreg., 

 numbering 77 in 1877, according to Vic- 

 tor (Overland jNIo., vii, 347, 1877). 

 Nal'-te-ne-me' ^unne, — Dorsey, Chetco MS. vocab., 

 B. A. E., 1884. Nal'tene ;iinne'.— Dorsey, Tutu MS. 

 voeab., B. A. E., 18S4. Nal'-tiin-ne' ;unne'.— Dorsey 

 in, lour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 236, 1890. Noltanana.— 

 Newcomb in Ind. Alt'. Rep., 162, 1861. Noltnac- 

 nah.— Ind. Aff. Rep. bs67, 62, 1868. Nolt-nat-nahs.— 

 Ind. Aff. Rep.. 470, 1865. Noltonatria.— Ind. Aff. 

 Reii., 300, 1877. Nootanana.— Ind. Aff. Rep. 1863, 

 505, 1864. Nult-nort-nas.— Ind. Alf. Rep., 495, 1865. 

 Nul-to-nat-na.— Siletz agency roll, 1884. Nulto- 

 nat'-tene. — Everette, Tutu MS. vocab., B. A. E., 

 1883 (trans., 'people by the ocean '). 



Nama (iN'Tawa, 'sturgeon'). A gens of 

 tlie Chippewa. See Nameuilini. 



Na-ma. — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 166, 1877. Nama. — 

 Wni. Jones, inf'n, 1906. Name.— Gatschet, O'jibwa 

 MS., B. A. E., 1882. Numa.— Warren (1852) in 

 Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., v, 45, 1885. 



Namabin ( Ndnidhtn, ' sucker ' ) . A gens 

 of the Chippewa. 



Nah-ma-bin.— Tanner, Narr., 315, 1830 (tran.s. 

 'carp'). Nam-a'-bin.— Morgan, Anc. Soc, 166, 

 1877 (trans, 'carp'). Namabin. — Wm. Jones, 

 inf'n, 1906 (sig. 'sucker').' Numa-bin. — Warren 

 (1852) in Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., v, 45, 1885 

 ('sucker'). 



Namakagon. A former village of the 

 Munominikasheenhug division of the 

 Chijipewa at upi^er St Croix lake, w. Wis- 

 consin. 



Num-a quag-um. — Ramsey in Ind. Afl. Rep., 86, 

 1850. 



Namanu ( ' beaver ' ) . A subphratry or 

 gens of the Menominee. — Hoffman in ] 4th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 42, 1896. 



Namasket (from namaus 'fish', aki 

 'land,' et 'at.'— J. N. B. H). A tribe or 

 bantl formerly living in a village of the 

 same name about the site of Middleboro, 

 Mass. They were subordinate to the 

 Wampanoag. The village was poi^ulous 

 when first known, but the Indians rap- 

 idly decreased as the white settlements 

 advanced. In 1794 there were still about 

 40. One family, named Mitchell, still 

 resides (1907) near Middleboro and claim 

 descent from King Philip. A member of 

 this family wears a so-called Indian cos- 

 tume (see' New England Mag., 392, Dec. 

 1905). (j. M. P. G. s.) 



Lamasket, — Hinckley (1685) in Mass. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., 4th s., v, 133, 1861 (misprint). Namascet.— 

 Dee in Smith (1629), Va., ii, 227, repr. 1819. Na- 

 maschet.— Mourt (1622) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 2ds., IX, 52, 1822. Namascheucks.— Mourt (1622), 

 ibid., IX, .52, 1S22. Namasket.— Dermer (1620), 

 ibid. Namassachusett. — Records (1644), ibid., VII, 

 137,1818. Namassakett— Bradfoni (<Y(.1660),ibid., 

 4th s.. Ill, 103, 18.56. Namassekett.— ('"tton (1674), 

 ibid., 1st s., 1, 200, 1806. Nemascut.— Church (1716) 

 quotedbv Drake, Ind. Wars, 75, 1825. Nemasket. — 

 Drake, Bk. Inds.. bk. 3, 9, 1848. Nummastaquyt,— 

 Dermer (1619) quoted by Drake, ibid., bk.2,20. 



Namassingakent. A village of the Pow- 

 hatan confederacy existing in 1608 on the 

 s. bank of the Potomac in Fairfax co'., 

 Va. — Smith (1629), Va., i, map, repr. 

 1819. 



