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202,1846. Babin Indians. —Latham in Trans. Philol. 

 Soc. Lontl., tUi, 1S.j6. Babinis. — Donu-necli, op.iMt., 

 11.62. 18(10. Big-lips.— Kano. Waiitl. in N..\m.,241, 

 1859. Nahto-tin — Brit. Col. niai>. Naotetains. — 

 Pricliard, I'liys. Hist.. V, 377, 1.S47. Nataotin. — An- 

 derson qnoted by (iilib.s in Hist. JIag. , Vll, 7G, 

 1863. Na-taw-tin. — Dawson in Geol. Snrv. Can. 

 1879-80, oOu, 1 SSI. Nate ote-tains. — Harmon, .Tour., 

 203, 1S20. NatotinTine.— Am.Xat., xil, -184, 1S78. 

 Na-to-utenne. — .\. G. Moriee, inf'n, 1890. Ntaau,o- 

 ///(.— Latham in Trans. Philol. Soc. Lond..()6, 18.i6. 



Natarghiliitunne ('people at the big 

 dam ' ). A former village of the Mis-hikh- 

 wutmetuniie on Coquille r., Oreg. 

 Na'-ta-rxi'-li-i' ;unne'. — Dorsey in .lour. Am. Folk- 

 lore, lii, 232, isyo. Nate'-l'i'-ate tene'. — Everette, 

 Tutu MS. vooab.,B. A. E.,1883 (.trans, 'people near 

 the watorlall'). 



Natashqnan. A Montagnai.s rendezvous, 

 visited also by the Nascapee, at the mouth 

 of Natashijuau r., on the x. shore of the 

 Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec. It con- 

 tained 70 people in 1906. 

 Natashquan.— Hind, Lab. Penin., ii, map, 1863. 

 Nataskouan.— Ibid., 180. 



Natasi. A former village on Red r. of 

 Louisiana, occupied by one of the tribes 

 of the Caddo confederac}'. In 1882 

 a Caddo Indian gave the Natasi as a 

 division of the Caddo t-onfederacy (Gat- 

 schet. Creek Migr. Leg., i, 48, 1884), but 

 as the name does not ajipear in the revised 

 list of these divisions in 1891 (Mooney in 

 14th Rep. B. A. E., 1092, 1896) it maybe 

 merely a subdivision of the Naljedache. 

 Tonti in 1690 mentioned the villages of 

 the "Nadas" as n. w. of the Natchitoch 

 and near the Yatasi; he also speaks of 

 the Nadouc villages as 12 leagues from 

 Red r. In both instances he probably 

 referred to the same people whose village 

 Iberville learned of in 1699, the name of 

 which was given by his Taensa Indian 

 guide as Xatachc^'. La Harpe in 1719 

 speaks of the same people l)y the name 

 Nadassa, saying they were a small nation 

 on Red r. Although the villages of the 

 Natasi lay within the area that was in dis- 

 pute by the Spaniards, French, and Amer- 

 icans (luring the 18th and the first half of 

 the 19th centuries, the nJlmeof the people 

 is hartUy mentioned. Nothing is known 

 of them as a triVje; they had jiroljably 

 mingled with their kindred, whose fate 

 they shared, and if any survive they are 

 now with the Caddo on their reservation 

 in Oklahoma. (a. c. f.) 



Nadas.— Tonti (1690) in French, Hist. Coll. La., i, 

 72,1846. Nadassa.— La Harpe (1719), ibid., iii, 19, 

 1851. Nadouc. — Tonti, op. eit.. 83. Nadouches. — 

 La Harpe. op. cit., 68. Natache.— Iberville (1699) 

 in Margry, D^c, iv, 178, 1880. Natassi.— (Satschet, 

 Creek Migr. Leg., I, 43, 1884 ( Caddo name ). Nay- 

 tasses.— Robin, Voy. ;lla Louisiane. in, 3, 1807. 



Natatladiltin {Xata-tla-diltin, 'agave 

 plant ' ) . An Apache clan or band at 8an 

 Carlos agency and Ft Apache, Ariz., in 

 1881. — Bourke in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, 

 III, 112, 1890. 



Natche, Natchez. See Nahche. 



Natchesan Family. A linguistic familj^ 

 established by Powell (7th Rep. B. A. E., 

 1891), con.«isting of two tribes, usually 

 known under the names Natchez and Ta- 



ensa, each comprising several villages. 

 The former dwelt near the present city 

 of Natchez, Miss., the latter near Newell- 

 ton. La. For the relationship of these 

 two tribes we are dependent entirely on 

 the categorical statements of early French 

 writers, as not a word of Taensa is cer-' 

 tainly known to exist. A supposed gram- 

 mar of this language was published by 

 Adam and Parissot, but it is still under 

 suspicion. For the probable relations of 

 this supposed family with the Muskho- 

 geans, see XatcJiez. 



>Natches. — Gallatin in Trans, and Coll. Am. 

 Antiq. Soc, II, 95, 306, 1836 (Natches onlv) ; Prich- 

 ard, Phy.s. Hist. Mankind, v, 402, 403, 1847. >Nat- 

 sches. — Berghaus (1845), Phvsik, Atlas, map 17, 

 lS48;ibid., 1852. >N'atchez.— Baneroft, Hi.st. U.S., 

 248, 1840; Gallatin in Trans. Am. Ethnol. Soc, ii, 

 pt. 1, scix, 77, 1848 (Natehezonly ); Latham, Nat. 

 Hist. Man., 340, 18.50 (tends to include Taensas, 

 Pascagoulas, Colapis.sas, and Biluxi in .same 

 family): Gallatin in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, iii, 

 401, 18.53 (Natchez only); Keane in Stanford's 

 Compend., Cent, and So. Am., app.. 460, 473, 1878 

 (suggests that it may include the Utchees). 

 >Naktche. — Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., i, 34, 

 1884; Gatschet in Science, 414, Apr. 29, 1887. 

 >Taensa. — Gatschet in The Nation. 382, May 4, 

 1882; Gatschet in Am. Antiq., IV. 238, 1882; Gat- 

 schet, Creek Migr. Leg., i, 33, 1884; Gatschet in 

 Science, 414, Apr. 29, 1887 (Taensas only). 



Natchez. A well-known tribe that for- 

 merly lived on and about St Cathe- 

 rine's cr., E. and s. of the present city of 

 Natchez, ]\Ii.ss. The name, belonging to 

 a single town, was extended to the tribe 

 and entire group of towns, which in- 

 cluded also peoples of alien blood who 

 had been conquered by the Natchez or 

 had taken refuge with them. Iberville, 

 on his ascent of the ^lississippi in 1699, 

 names, in the Choctaw language, the fol- 

 lowing 8 towns, exclusive of Natchez 

 proper: Achougoulas, Cogoucoula, Ousa- 

 goucoula, Pochougonla, Thoucoue, Tou- 

 goulas, Yatanocas, and Ymacachas. Of 

 these, Tougoulas and perhaps Thoucoue 

 are the Tioux (q. v. ) towns. It is pro- 

 bably safe to infer that the 9 towns, in- 

 cluding Natchez, represented the entire 

 group, and that the Corn, Gray, Jenezen- 

 aque. White Apple, and White Earth 

 villages areonly other names for some of 

 the above, with which it is now impos- 

 sible to identify them. The Tioux and 

 Grigras were two nations under the pro- 

 tection of the Natchez; both were of alien 

 blood. Du Pratz alludes to a tradition 

 that the Taensa and Chitimacha were 

 formerly united with the Natchez, but 

 left them, though the latter had al- 

 ways recognized them as brothers. The 

 Taensa were, indeed, probably an offshoot 

 of the Natchez, but the Chitimacha were 

 of a distinct linguistic family. 



It is difficult to form an estimate of the 

 numerical strength of this tribe, as the 

 figures given vary widely. It is probable 

 that in 1682, when first visited by the 

 French, they numbered about 6,000, and 

 were able to put from 1,000 to 1,200 war- 

 riors in the field. 



