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NASNOCOMACACK KATAOTIN 



[b. a. e. 



Expl. Exped., IV, 451, 1845. Tsistlatho band.— Can. 

 Ind. Aff., 214, 1902. 



Nasnocomacack. A Massachuset village 

 in 161B, on the coast of Massachusetts, 

 probably a few miles n. of Plymouth. — 

 Smith fl616) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 3(1 s., yi, 108, 1837. 



Nasomsee. See JVasheakusk. 



Nasoni. A former tribe of the Caddo 

 confederacy. Their principal yillage 

 from 1687 to 1752, and probably later, was 

 about 27 m. n. of Nacogdoches, on or 

 near an eastern branch of Angelina r. , n. e. 

 Texas. They are possibly identical with 

 the Nisione of the De Soto narrative of 

 Biedma. They are mentioned by Joutel 

 in 1687 and by La Harpe in 1719. The 

 Spanish mission of San Jose de los Na- 

 zones was established among them in 

 1716, east of upper Angelina r., l)ut was 

 transferred to San Antonio r. in 1731. 

 Being upon the contested Spanish-French 

 border ground they suffered accordingly 

 from disease. They are menti(>ned in 

 the Texas census of 1790, but seem to 

 have disappeared as a distinct tribe about 

 the end of the century. In customs and 

 religion they resembled their kindred of 

 the Caddo confederacy. 



Nadsonites.— De la Tour, Map Am6riqne, 1779. 

 Nasone.— Census of Sept. 16, 1790, In Tex. State 

 Arehives. Nasonis. — Barcia, Ensayo, 289, 1723. 

 Nasony.— Linares (1716) in Margry! DiSe., vi,217, 

 ISSti. Nasoris. — Barcia, op. cit., 265. Nasoui. — 

 Tonti (1690) in French, Hist.* Coll. La., i, 73, 

 1846. Nassomtes.— Boyd, Ind. Loc. Names, 70, 

 1885. Nassoni.— Joutel (16S7) in Margry, DtV-., 

 Ill, 409, 1878. Nassonians. — Hennepin, New Pis- 

 cov., pt. 11, 28, 1698. Kassonit.— Walche, Charts 

 von America, 1805. Nassonites. — La Hnrpe (1719) 

 in Margry, Dl-c., vi, 263, 1886. Kazone.— Tex. 

 State Archives, Nov. 17, 1763. Nisione. — Biedma 

 (1544) in Hakluyt, Soc. Pub., ix, 197, 1851. Nis- 

 sohone.— Gentl. of Elvas (1557) quoted by Shea, 

 Early Voy., 149, 1861. Nissoon, — Harris, \'ov. and 

 Trav., I, 810, 1705. Nissoone.— Gentl. of Elvas 

 (1557) in French, Hist. Coll. La., u 198, 1850. 

 Noachis.— Bancroft, No. Mex. States, t, 614, 1886. 

 Nossonis.— Hennepin, Discov., Thwaites ed., 416. 

 1903. Nozones.— Rivera, Diario, leg. 2602, 1736. 

 Sassory. — Cavelier (1()87) quoted by Shea, Early 

 Voy., 39, 1861 (possibly identical). 



Nassauaketon ('forked river'). One of 

 the four Ottawa divisions, living toward 

 the close of the 17th century in n. Michi- 

 gan or Wisconsin on a river n. of Green 

 bay. They were so called from the fact 

 that they resided then or previous to 

 leaving Canada on a river having three 

 branches. See Nagaoukh'mviouek. 

 Nancokoueten. — Writer of 1695 in N. Y. Doc. Col. 

 Hist., IX, 627, 1855. NansoaKouatons. — Bacqueville 

 de la Potherie, Hist. Am., iv, 204, 17.53. Nansoua- 

 ketons. — Ibid., ll, 64. Nansoiia, Koetons. — Ibid., 

 48. Nassauaketon. — Cadillac (1695) in Minn. Hist. 

 Soc.Coll., V, 405, 1885. Nassauakuetoun. — Cadillac 

 (1695) in Margry, D(5c., v, 80, 1883. Nassawake- 

 ton, — Verwyst, Missionarv Labors, 210, 1886. 

 Nation de Fourche.— Jes.' Pel. 1671, 42, 1858. 

 Ounasacoetois.— De la Chesnaye {en. 1695) in Mar- 

 grv, Dl^c., V, 80, 1883. People of the Fork.— Montreal 

 cohf. (1700) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist, ix, 719, 1855. 

 Rasaoua koueton. — Jes. Rel. 1640, 35, 1858. Sassa- 

 souacottons. — Prise de possession (1671) in Perrot, 

 Mi5m., 293, 1864. Sassasouakouetons. — Perrot, 

 M6ni., 295, note, 1864. Sassassaouacottons.— Prise 

 de possession (1671) in Margry, Dec, i, 97, 1875. 

 Sassassaoiia Cottons.— Prise de po.ssession (1671) 

 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., ix, 803, 1855. 



Nasskatulok. Given by Krause as a 

 Yuit Eskimo village at the head of Plover 

 bay, Siberia (Deutsche Geog. Blatt., v, 

 80, map, 1882), but it is not mentioned 

 by Bogoras. 



Nastedi ( ' people of Nass ' ) . A division 

 of the Wolf phratry of the Tlingit, living 

 at Kuiu, Alaska. They are said to have 

 come from Nass r., whence the name. 

 Nastedi.— Krause, Tlinkit Ind., 120, 1885. 



Nasto-kegawai ( A "(/.silfy qr^cjmru-i, 'those 

 born at Nasto [ Hippa] id. ' ) •' A brancli of 

 the Skwahladas, one of the most impor- 

 tant families of the Raven clan of the 

 Haida, living on the w. coast of Queen 

 Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. — S wanton, Cont. 

 Haida, 270, 1905. 



Nasueskuk. — See Nasheakusk. 



Nasumi. A former Kusan yillage or tribe 

 (HI the s. side of the mouth of Coquille r., 

 on the coast of Oregon, near the site of 

 the present town of Bandon. 



Coquille. — Abbott, MS. Coquille census, B. A. E., 

 1858. Lower Coquille. — Dorsev, NaltfiniietCinne 

 MS. vocab.. B. A. E., 1884. Masonah.— Taylor in 

 Cal. Farmer, June 8, 1860. Na'-9U-mi' ^iinne'. — 

 Dorsey in Jdur. Am. Folk-lore, iii. 231, 1890 (Tu- 

 tutni name) . Nas-ah-mah. — Kautz, MS. Census of 



1854, B. A. E., 1855. Nas-o-mah.— Parrish in Ind. 

 Aff. Rep. 1854, 495, 1855. Na-son.— Smith, ibid., 

 476. Nas-sou. — Abbott, MS. Coquille census, B. A. 

 E., 18.58. Na'-su-mi. — Dor.sev in Jour. Am. Folk- 

 lore, III, 231, 1890 (NaltftnnetCinngname). 



Natahquois. A Nanticoke yillage in 

 1707, probably on the e. shore of Mary- 

 land or on the lower Susquehanna.— 

 Evans (1707) quoted by Day, Penn., 391, 

 1843. The name is probably only a vari- 

 ant of Nanticoke. 



Nataini ( ' mescal people ' ) . A division 

 of the Mescalero Apache who claim the 

 country of the present Mescalero res., 

 N. Mex., as their former home. 

 Nata-hinde. — Mooney, field notes, B. A. E., 1897. 

 Nata-j'ni. — Ibid. 



Natal rites. See Child-life. 



Natalsemoch. Given by Kane as the 

 name of a tribe in Smith inlet, Brit. Col. 

 It can not be identified with that of any 

 tribe in this region, but it may have 

 been applied to a part of the Goasila who 

 also live on Smith inlet. 

 Nalal se moch.— Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, V, 488, 



1855. Nalatsenoch. — Seouler (1846) in Jour. Ethnol. 

 Soc. Lond., I, 233, 1848. Natal-se-moch. — Kane, 

 Wand, in N. Am., app., 18.59. 



Nataotin. A TakuUi tribe living on 

 middle Babine r. and Babine lake, Brit. 

 Col. Dawson gave their number as 

 about 300 in 1881. Morice (Notes on 

 W. Denes, 27, 1892) said that they were 

 in 3 villages on the n. half of Babine 

 lake and numbered 310. They are the 

 people formerly known as Babines, but 

 Morice gave that name also to the Hwot- 

 sotenne, as there is perfect community of 

 language, and both tribes wear labrets. 

 In 1906 the two bands at Ft Babine and 

 at the old fort numbered 283. The names 

 of their villages are Lathakrezla and 

 Neskollek. 



Babinas.— Domenech, Deserts of N. Am., i, 440, 

 1860. Babine Indians.— Hale, Etbnog. and Philol., 



