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caused men to be born from tlieir cada- 

 vers, even from those of the iish which 

 .were found along the banks of rivers 

 which he had made in forming the earth, 

 and gave each a different language or 

 dialect. Because some ascribed their 

 origin to the bear, others to the elk, 

 and thus to all the different animals, 

 they believed that they had their being 

 from these creatures. (j. n. b. h.) 



Nanahuani. A former Chumashan vil- 

 lage on Santa Cruz id., Cal. 

 Nanahuani.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Apr. 24, 1863. 

 Na na-wa'-ni.— Henshaw, Buenaventura MS. vo- 

 eab., B. A. E., 1884. 



Nanaimo (contraction of Snanaimu.v). 

 A Salish tribe, speaking the Cowichan 

 dialect, living about Nanaimo harbor, on 

 the E. coast of Vancouver id. and on 

 Nanaimo lake, Brit. Col. Pop. 161 in 1906. 

 Their gentes are Anuenes, Koltsiowotl, 

 Ksalokul, Tewetken, and Yesheken. 



Nanaimos.— Mavne, Brit. Col., 105, 1861. Nanai- 

 muk.— Gibbs quoted bv Ball in Cont. N. A. 

 Ethnol., I, 241, 1877. Naiiainio.— Douglas in Jour. 

 Rov. Geog. Soc, 246, 1S54. Snanaimooh.— Tolmie 

 and Dawson, Vocabs. Brit. Col., 120b, 1884. 

 Snanaimuq.— Boas in 5th Rep. N. VV. Tribes Can., 

 32, 1889. Suanaimuchs,— Grant in Jour. Roy. Geog. 

 Soc., 293, 1S57. 



Nanamakewuk (^Xenemi^ktwiig^, 'thun- 

 derers. ' — W . J . ) . A gens of the Sauk and 

 Foxes. 



Na-na-ma'-kew-uk.— Morgan, Anc. Soc, 170, 1S77 

 (trans, 'thunder'). Neneme'kiwag'. — Win. Jones, 

 inf n, 1906. 



Nananawi {Na''-nan-a-tn, a species of 

 lizard). A clan of the Tuwa (Earth or 

 Sand) phratry of the Hopi. — Stephen in 

 8th Rep. B. A. E., 39, 1891. 



Nanashthezhin ( 'black-horizontal-stripe 

 aliens', referring to the Zuni). A Navaho 

 clan, descended from a body of Zuni who 

 amalgamated with the Navaho. 

 Nanacgeji". — Matthews in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, 

 HI, 104, 1890. TSa.n&ste'zin. — Matthews, Navaho 

 Legend.s, 30, 1897. 



Nanatlugunyi {Nd^vii-tlu'guiyyl, or, in 

 abbreviated form, NiVna-tlu 'gin'/, or 

 Nd'nd-tsii 'giny, ' spruce-tree place' ). A 

 traditional Cherokee settlement on the 

 site of Jonesboro, Washington co., Tenn. 

 The name of Nolichucky r. is probably a 

 corruption of the same word. — Mooney in 

 19th Rep. B. A. E., 527, 1900. 



Nanatsoho. Probably a subdivision of 

 one of the tribes of the Caddo confederacy 

 which resided in a village ou Red r. of 

 Louisiana, and, accoi'ding to Joutel, were 

 allies of the Kadohadacho, Natchitoch, 

 and Nasoni in 1687. They probably 

 drifted southward in the middle of the 

 18th century' gradually lost their distinc- 

 tive organization, and became merged 

 with their kindred during the turbulence 

 of that period, suffering distress incident 

 to the introduction of new diseases by the 

 whites. In 1812 a settlement of 12families 

 was said to exist near the locality of their 

 former villages. (a. c. f. ) 



Nadsoos.— La Harpe (1718) in Margry, Dec, vi, 243, 

 1886. Nadsous. — JefEerys, Am. Atlas, map 6, 1776. 



Nanatscho.— Trimble (1818) in Morse, Rop. to Sec. 

 War, 259,1822 (village). Natchoos.— Douay (ca. 

 1687) quoted by Shea, Discov. Miss. Val., 218, 1852. 

 Nathosos.— Joutel (1687) in French, Hist. Coll. La., 

 1, 168, 1846. Nathsoos.— Barcia, Ensayo, 278, 1723. 

 Natsohocks. — Coxe, Carolana, 10, 1741 (also Nat- 

 choos). Natsohok. — Ibid., map. Natsohos. — Jou- 

 tel (1687) in Margry, DOc, in, 409, 1878. Nat- 

 soos.— La Harpe (1719), ibid., vi, 263, 1886. Pecan 

 Point.— Trimble (C'l. 1812) in Morse, Rep. to Sec 

 War, 259, 1822 (Nanatscho, or). 



Nanawonggabe. The principal chief, 

 about the middle of the 19th century, of 

 the Chippewa of Lake Superior. He was 

 born about 1800, and was noted chiefly as 

 an orator, and as the father of Ahshah- 

 waygeeshegoqua ( ' The Hanging Cloud ' ), 

 the so-called "Chii>pewa Princess", who 

 was renowned as a warrior and as the 

 only female among the Chippewa allowed 

 to participate in tlie war ceremonies and 

 dances, and to wear the plumes of the 

 warriors. Nanawonggabe is described as 

 having been of less than medium height 

 and size, and as having intelligent fea- 

 tures. See Morse in Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 Ill, 338, 1857. 



Nanawu. The Small Striped Squirrel 

 clan of the Tuwa (Earth or Sand ) phratry 

 of the Hopi. 



Na'-na-wii wun-wii. — Fewkes in Am. Anthrop., 

 VII, 104, 1894 {wun-wu = - clan'). 



Nanay. See Nana. 



Nan-chee-ning-ga. See Nacheninga. 



Nandell. A Tenankutchin village, 

 named from its chief, with 80 inhabitants 

 in 1885; situated on Tetling r., near Wag- 

 ner lake, about 20 m. from Tanana r., 

 lat. 63° 2(y, Alaska. 



Nandell.— Baker, Geog. Diet. Alaska, 453, 1906. 

 Nandellas.— Error cited, ibid. Nandell's village. — 

 Allen, Rep., 75, 137, 188.5. 



Nane. See Nana. 



Nanepashemet. A Nipmuc chief of con- 

 siderable note in the early days of the 

 Massachusetts colonies. His home was 

 in Medford, Middlesex co., near Mystic 

 pond. His house, it is said, unlike others, 

 was elevated on a scaffold about 6 ft 

 above the ground, on a hill, at the bottom 

 of which was his fort. He w'as killed 

 about 1619. His Avidow, who subse- 

 quently married Webcowit, assumed the 

 chieftaincy and was known as the Squaw- 

 sachem of the Nipmuc. He left 5 chil- 

 dren — one known as Sagamore James 

 became sachem of Saugus; another, the 

 sachem of Winnesimet. (c. t. ) 



Nang. The Earth or Sand clans of the 

 Tewa pueblos of San Juan, Santa Clara, 

 Nambe, and Tesuque, N. Mex., and 

 Hano, Ariz. ; that of Tesuque is extinct. 

 Cf. Nung. 



Na-i-tdoa.— Hodge in Am. Anthrop., ix, 350, 1896 

 (Nambe and Tesuque form; Moa=' people '). 

 Naii-towa. — Ibid. (Hano form). Na-tdoa. — Ibid. 

 (San Juan and Santa Clara form). 



Nang. The Stone clan of the Tewa 

 pueblo of San Juan, N. Mex. Said to 

 be distinct from the Na (Earth or Sand) 

 clan of that pueblo. Cf. Ku. 

 Nan- tdoa.— Hodge in Am. Anthrop., ix, 352, 1896 

 (<d6a=' people'). 



