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Natchez. The principal village of tlie 

 Natchez, probably situated on !St Cath- 

 erine's cr., near the Lil)erty road bridge, 

 abi )ut :^ m. from the present city o f Natchez, 

 Miss. Later this name was given to a 

 town of tiie refugee Natchez among the 

 Upper Creeks. 



Natchitoch (Caddo form, NclshVtosh) . 

 A tribe of the Caddo confederacy which 

 spoke a dialect similar to that of the Ya- 

 tasi but different from that of the Kado- 

 hadacho and its closely affiliated tril)es. 

 Their villages were in the neighl)orhood 

 of the present cits^ of Natchitoches, near 

 those of another tril)e called Doustioni 

 (q. v.). Whether the army of De Soto 

 encountered them is unknown, but after 

 La Salle's tragic death among the llusinai 

 his com})anions traversed their country, 

 and Douay speaks of them as a "'power- 

 ful nation." In 1690Tonti reached them 

 from the Mississii)pi and made an alli- 

 ance; and in 1699 Iberville learned of 

 them through a Taensa Indian, but did 

 not visit them in person. Next year, 

 however, he sent is brother Bienville 

 across to them from the Taensa villages. 

 From that time and throughout the 

 many vicissitudes of the 18th century the 

 trilie never broke faith with the French. 

 In 1705 they came to St Denis, connnan- 

 dant of the tirst French fort on the Missis- 

 sippi, and asked to be settled in someplace 

 where they might obtain provisions, as 

 their corn had been ruined. They were 

 placed near the Acolapissa, and remained 

 there until 1712 when St Denis took them 

 back to their old country to assist him in 

 establishing a new post as a protection 

 against Spanish encroachments, and also 

 in the hope of opening up commercial re- 

 lations. This post, to which a garrison was 

 added in 1714, remained an important 

 center for trade and travel toward the S. 

 W. formore than a century. St Denis sent 

 messages to the tribes living in the vicin- 

 ity, urging them to abandon their villages 

 and come to settle near the post, assuring 

 them that he would never forsake them. 

 Some of the tribes yielded to his i)ersua 

 sions, hoping to find safety during the 

 disturl>ances of the period, but the move- 

 ment only accelerated the disintegration 

 already begun. In 1731, St Denis, at the 

 head of tlie Natchitoch and other In- 

 dians, besides a few Spaniards, indicted 

 severe defeat on a strong party of Natchez 

 under the Flour chief, killing al)out 80 of 

 them. The Natchez, after their wars 

 against the French, had fled to Red r. and 

 were living not far from the trading post 

 and fort. The important-e of this estab- 

 lishmentand thefriendlinessof theNatch- 

 itoch made the latter so consjjicuous in the 

 affairs of the time that during the first 

 half of the 18th century Red r. was known 

 as the Natchitock, a variant of Nashitosh 



or Natchitoch. DuPratz states that about 

 1730 their village near the French j)ost 

 numbei'ed 200 cabins. Owing to wars in 

 which they were forced to take part, to 

 the introduction of new diseases, jiarticu- 

 larly smallpoxand measles, thejiopulation 

 of the tribe rapidly declined. In his re- 

 port to President Jefferson, in 1805, Sibley 

 gives their nundier as only 50, and adds, 

 "The French iidiabitants have a great 

 respect for these natives, and a number 

 of families have a mixture of their blood 

 in them." Shortly afterward they ceased 

 to exist as a distinct tribe, having been 

 completely amalgamated with the other 

 tribes of the Caddo confederacy (q. v.), 

 from whom they differed in no essential 

 of custom, or of ceremonial or social 

 organization. (a. c. f. j. r. s. ) 



Nafacahoz. — Gentl. cif Elvas (1557) in FrL'ucli, 

 Hist. Coll. La., II, 199, 1850. Na-ce-doc— .1. O. 

 Dorsev, Caddo MS., K. A. E., KSM. Nachito- 

 ches.— Tonli (1G9U) in French, Hist. Coll. La,, i, 

 72, ls4ti. Nachitock.— Co.xe, Carolaiia, 10, 1741. 

 Nachitooches. — Kin>jsk'V, Stand. Nat. Hist., pt. vi, 

 173, ltS,s5. Nachitos.— .ioutt'l (1(1S7) iu French, 

 Hist. Coll. La., I, 108, 18-16. Nachittoos.— Yoakum, 

 Hist. Texas, l, 392, 1855. Nachittos.— Ibid., 

 386. Nachtichoukas. — Jeft'erys, French L)(im., pt. 

 I, 164, 1761. Nacitos.— Linares (1716) in Margrv, 

 Dec, VI, 217, 1886. Nactchitoches.— Du Pratz, His"t. 

 La., II, 242, 1758. Nactythos.— Iberville (1699) in 

 Margry, Dec, iv, 178, IS.so. Nadchito,— Bienville 

 (1700), ibid., 434. Nadchitoches.— Ibid., 435. 

 Nadchitoe,— Iberville (1700), ibid., 409. Nagua- 

 daco,— Tex. State Archives, Sept. 16, 1790. Na- 

 guateeres. — Coxe, Carolana, 10, 1741. Naketoe's. — 

 ten Kate, Reizen in N.A.,374, 1885. Naketosh.— 

 Gatschet, Caddo and Yatassi MS., 77, B. A. E. 

 Nakitoches. — Anduze (after 1S25) in Ann. de Prop, 

 de la Foi, in, 501-.509. Napgitache.— McKenney 

 and Hall, Ind. Tribes, in, 82, ls,54. Napgitoches.— 

 Coxe, Carolana, map, 1741. Naquitoches. — Belle- 

 Isle (1721) in Margrv. Dec, vi, 34!, 1886. Nashe- 

 dosh.— (iatschet. Creek Migr. Leg., I, 43, 1884. 

 Nashi'tosh.— Moimey in Mtb Rep. B. A. E., 1092, 

 1896 (properCaddo form). Nasitti.— Toutel (1687) 

 in Margrv, Dec, in, 409, 1878. Nassitoches.— 

 Penicaut (1705), ibid., v, 4.59, 1883. Natchetes.— 

 Hennepin, New Diseov., ii, 43, 169s. Natchi- 

 dosh— Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., I, 43, 1884. 

 Natohiloches. — Donienecli, Deserts N. A., I, 442, 

 1S60. Natchites.— Douav (1687) quoted bv Shea. 

 Diseov. Miss., 218, 1852. Natchitoch.— (Jravier 

 (1701) qudted by Shea, Early V<iy,, 149, 1861. 

 Natchitoches. — Bienville (1700) in Margry, Dec, 

 IV, 437, 1880. Natchitochis.— Porter (1S29) in 

 Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, in, .596, 18.53. Natchi- 

 totches. — Lewis and Clark, .lonrnal, 143, 1840. 

 Natchitto,— .loutel (1687) in Margry, Dec, IIT, 409, 

 1878. Natschitos, — ibid , 408. Natsitoches. — .lef- 

 fervs, Am. Atlas, map 5, 1776. Natsshostanno. — 

 .Toiitel, op. cit., 409. Natsytos.— Iberville (1699), 

 ibid., IV, 178, 1880. Nazacahoz.— Gentl. of Elvas 

 (1.5.57) quoted by Shea, Early Voy., 149, 1861. Ne- 

 guadoch. — (Jiisstfeld, (^liarte von Nord .\merica. 

 1797. Nepgitoches. — Barcia, Ensayo, 289, 1723. 

 Notchitoches. — Carver, Travels, map, 1778. Yat- 

 chitcohes. — Lewis and Clark, .lonrnal, 142, 1840. 



Nateekin. An Aleut village on Natee- 

 kin bay, Unalaska, Aleutian ids. , Alaska, 

 with 15 inhabitants in two houses in 

 1830. 



Nateekenskoi.— Elliott, Cond. Afl. Alaska, 225, 

 1875. Natieka. — Sarichef (1792) quoted bv Baker, 

 Geog. Diet. Alaska, 296, 1901. Natiekinskoe.— 

 Veniaminof (1830) quoted by Baker, ibi<l., 1906. 

 Natuikinsk. — Petroff in 10th Census. Alaska. 34. 

 1884. Natykinskoe.— Veniaminof, Zapiski, ll,202, 

 1840. Natykinskoje. — Holmberg, Ethnog. Skizz., 

 142, map, l,s.55. 



