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NANIBAS— ^NANTICOKE 



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Nanibas ('fish-eaters'). Probably a 

 Choctaw tribe which early in the ISth 

 century occupied a village" near the Mo- 

 bile and Tohome tribes, about 5 leagues 

 from Ft Mobile, on Mobile bay, Ala. 

 Their earlier home, according to Hamil- 

 ton (Col. Mobile, 90-91, 1897), was at the 

 bluff on Tombigbee r., still known as 

 " Nanna Hubba," just above its junction 

 with Alabama r. After removal to the 

 vicinity of Ft Mobile they were absorbed 

 by the Mobile tribe. 



Namabas.— Penicaut (1702) in Margry, D^c, V, 

 427,1883. Naniaba. — Jefferys, Am. Atlas, map fi, 

 1776. Naniabas. — I^'nieaut (1702) in French, Hist. 

 Coll. La., n. s., i, 80, 1809. 



Nanicksah. One of the chiefs sent by 

 the Ohio Shawnee in 1765 to negotiate a 

 treaty of jieace with Sir Wm. Johnson on 

 behalf of the British government. The 

 treaty was signed at Johnson Hall, N. Y., 

 July 13, 1765.— N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., vir, 

 755, 1856. 



Nanihaba (riomVi 'hill,' aba 'above'). 

 One of the 5 hamlets comprising the 

 former Choctaw town of Imongalasha, 

 in the present Neshoba co.. Miss. — Hal- 

 bert in Pub. Miss. Hist. Soc, vi, 432, 1902. 



Nanikypusson. One of the chiefs sent 

 by the Shawnee of Ohio in 1765 to nego- 

 tiate a treaty of peace with Sir Wm. John- 

 son in behalf of the British government. 

 The treaty was completed and signed at 

 Johnson Hall, N. Y., July 13, 1765.— N.Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 755, 1856. 



Nanipacna (Choctaw: 'high moun- 

 tain '— Gatschet; ' hill top ' — Halbert). 

 An important town visited in 1559-60 by 

 Tristan de Luna, by whom it was named 

 Santa Cruz de Nanipacna; situated in s. 

 Alabama, not far from Alabama r. Hal- 

 bert (Gulf StatesHist.Mag.,ii, 130, 1903) 

 thinks it was on the e. side of Alabama 

 r. in the present Wilcox co. , while Lowery 

 (Spanish Settlements, 361, 1901) places it 

 farther down the river, in Monroe co. 

 It had been visited and partly destroyed 

 by other white men, probably De Soto's 

 expedition, some years before, (j. m. ) 



Nanipacna, — Barcia, Ensayo, 33, 1723. Napicnoca. — 

 Fairbanks, Fla., 59,1901 (misprint). Santa Cruzde 

 Nanipacna. — Barcia, op. cit. 



Nannebamgeh (Creek: nini 'trail', 

 hamgin * one ' : ' single trail ' ) . The ' ' old 

 town" inhabited by the Natchez. — Adair, 

 Am. Inds., 196, 1775. 



Nanortalik. An Eskimo village on a 

 small island in s. Greenland, lat. 60''. 



Nannortalik. — Ausland, 162, 1886. Nanortalik. — 

 Nan.sen, First Crossing, 307,1890. Nennortalik.— 

 Koldewey, German Arct, Exped., 182, 1874. 



Nanpanta ( Na»^paHa, ' deer ' ) . A Qua- 

 paw gens. — Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 

 229, 1897. 



Nanpanta. A Deer gens: a division of 

 the Washashewanun gens of the Osage. 



Ke ^ta'tsii.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 234, 1897 

 ('Tnrtle with a serrated crest along the shell'). 

 Na'-'panta. — Ibid. 



Nansattico. A former Matchotic village 

 on Rappahannock r., s. w. of the present 

 Hampstead, in King George co., Va*. 

 Nansattico. — Herrman, map, 1670. Nanzaticos. — 

 Jefferson, Notes, 1:38, 1801. 



Nansemond ( from nansamend, 'one goes 

 to fish,' or 'one (who) goes to fish (or 

 fishing),' possibly originally a personal 

 name. — Gerard). An important tribe 

 of the Powhatan confederacy (q. v.) 

 formerly occupying a territorj' on the s. 

 side of lower James r., Va., within the 

 present Nansemond and Norfolk cos., and 

 having their principal town, "Nandsa- 

 mund," probably about the present 

 Chuckatuck in the former county. They 

 were estimated by Capt. John Smith, in 

 1608, at 200 warriors, or perhaps a total 

 population of 700 or 800. Like the other 

 tribes of the confederacy they quickly 

 declined after the advent of the whites, 

 and in 1722, when they are mentioned in 

 the Albany treaty with the Iroquois, they 

 numbered, accordingto Beverley, only 150 

 in all. A scattered band of about 180 

 mixed-bloods, mostly truck farmers, still 

 keep up the name near Bowershill, a 

 few miles s. w. from Norfolk. ( j. m. ) 



Nancymond.— Vas-all (1667) in N. C. Col. Rec. I, 

 159, 1886. Nandsamunds.— Smith (1624), Va., 347, 

 1884. Nanemonds. — Albany conf. (1722) in N. Y. 

 Doe. Col. Hist., v, 673, 18.55. Nansamond.— Bev- 

 erley, Va., bk. 3, 63, 1705. Nansamund.— Smith 

 (1629), Va., II, 64, 1819. Nanseman.— Winthrop 

 (1647) in Mass. Hi.st. Soc. Coll., 4ths., vii, 438, 1865. 

 Nansemond, — Doe. of 1729 in IMartin, N. C, i,app., 

 xvii, 1829. Nansemun. — Harrison (1647) in Mass. 

 Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s., VII, 438, 186.5. Nasamonds.— 

 Jefferson, Notes, 138, 1801. Nassamonds.— Boudi- 

 not. Star in the West, 127, 1816. Nausamund.— 

 Smith (1629), Va., ii, 10, 1819. 



Nantahala [NCm^dayeU ('middle [i. e. 

 noonday] sun'). Originally the name 

 of a point on Nantahala r. near Jarrett 

 station, Macon co., N. C, where the cliffs 

 are so perpendicular that the sun is not 

 seen at their bases until noon; later ap- 

 plied to the neighboring Cherokee settle- 

 ment of Briertown (q. v.) . 

 Nantahala.— Mooney in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 528, 

 1900. Nantiyallee, — Doc. of 1799 quoted hy Royce 

 in 5th Rep. B. A. E., 144, 1887. Nuntialla. 

 — Mooney, op. cit. 



Nantapoyac. A village of the Powhatan 

 confederacy in 1608, situated on the s. 

 bank of James r. in Surry co., Va.^ — Smith 

 (1629), Va., I, map, repr. 1819. 



Nantaughtacund. A tribe and village 

 of the Powhatan confederacy, formerly 

 s. of the Rappahannock, in Essex and 

 Caroline cos. , Va. In 1608 they numbered 

 about 750. 



Nandtaughtacund.— Straehey {en, 1612), Va., 37, 

 1849. Nantaughtacund.— Sniith (1629), Va., I, 117, 

 repr. 1819. Nantautacund. — Simons in Smith, ibid., 

 189. Naudtaughtacund. — Pnrchas, Pilgrimes, IV, 

 map, 1716 (mi.sprint). Nautaughtacunds. — Drake, 

 Bk. Inds., bk. 4, 9, 1848 (misprint). 



Nanticoke (from Neniego, var. of Dela- 

 ware Unechtgo, VnaJnchtgo, 'tidewater peo- 

 ple'). An important Algonquian tribe j 

 living on Nanticoke r. of Maryland, on the 



