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NACANICHE NACHENINGA 



situated on the e. bank of Rio Ilorcasitas, 

 Sonera, Mexico. Pop. 362 in 1678, 62 in 



1730. 



Nacamere.— Kino, map (1702) in Stocklein, Neue 



Welt-Bott, 74, 172(!. Rosario Nacameri.— Rivera 



(1730) quoted by Bancroft, No. Mcx. States, 513, 



1884. Santa Haria Nacameri. — Zapata (1678), ibid., 



24.5. 



Nacaniche. Possiblj' a divi.sion of the 

 Nabedache, a Caddo tribe with whom 

 they were closely afhliated, although they 

 were not always at peace with the tribes 

 composing the confederacy. They first 

 became known to the French about 1690, 

 and according to La Harjie their villages 

 in 1719 were n. of the Haiiiai. During 

 the disturV)ances between the Spaniards 

 and French in the 18th century the Na- 

 caniche seem to have al)andoned their 

 more northerly villages and, about 1760, 

 to have concentrated on Trinity r., near 

 the road leading to New Mexico. The 

 tribe was included in the Texas census of 

 1790 as among those which were under 

 the jurisdiction of Nacogdoches. The Na- 

 caniche were exposed to the same adverse 

 influences that destroyed so large a part 

 of their kindred. They clung to the Na- 

 bedache during the trying experiences of 

 the first half of the 19th century, and if 

 any survive they are with the Caddo (q. v. ) 

 on the Wichita res., Okla. A stream in 

 E. Nacogdoches co., Texas, preserves 

 their name. (.a.c. p. ) 



Nacaniche.— Census of 1790 in Tex. State Arcliives. 

 Nicondiche.— Tonti (1690) in French, Hist. Coll. 

 La., I, 71, 1846. 



Nacau. A formertribeof Texas, closely 

 associated with the Nacogdoche. They 

 are mentioned in 1691 b)' Francisco de 

 Jesus INIaria in his manuscript .list of 

 Texias ('allies') as x. e. of his mission 

 among the Nabedache. San Denis, in 

 1715, gavetheNacao, ajiparently the same, 

 as one of the Hasinai or Texas tribes 

 (Declaracion, MS., 1715, inMem. deNueva 

 Espaiia, xxvii, 123). In 1716 Nuestra 

 Senorade Guadalupe mission was founded 

 for this tribe and the Nacogdoche (Fran- 

 cisco Hidalgo and Manuel Castellano, 

 letter to Pedro Mesquia, Oct. 6, 1716, MS. 

 Archi vo General ) . This fact, taken with 

 the statement of Jesus Maria, makes it 

 seem probable that the tribe lived n. of 

 the Nacogdoche. After 1716 the Nacau 

 seem to disappear from history as an in- 

 dependen t group ; it was perhaps al )sorbed 

 by the Nacogdoche. (h. e. b.) 



Nacao. — San Denis, 1715, op. cit. Nacau.— Fran- 

 cisco de Jesus Maria, 1091, MS., op. cit. Nacaxes. — 

 Barrios v Jauregui, 1753, op. cit. (identical?). 

 Nacoho.— .loutel (16S7) in Marerrv, Dec, III, 409, 

 1878. Nijaos.— Bnl. Soc. Geog. Mcx., .504, 1869 

 (identical?). Nocao, — Linares (1716) in Margrv, 

 D6c., VI, 217, 1886. 



Nacaugna. A Gabrieleiio rancheria for- 

 merly in Los Angeles co., Cal., at a place 

 later called Carpenter's ranch. 

 Nacaugna. — Ried quoted by Taylor in Cal. Far- 

 mer, ,)aii. 11, 1861 (cf. Hoffman in Bull. Essex 

 Inst., xvn, 1,1885). Nicaugna,— Ibid., JuneS, 1860. 



Nacbnc. A Chumashan village w. of 

 Pueblo de los Canoas ( San Buenaventura*) , 

 Ventura co., Cal., in 1542. 

 Nacbuc— Cabrillo, Narr. (1542) in Smith, Colec. 

 Doe. Fla. , 181, 18.57. Nacbue.— Taylor in Cal. Far- 

 mer, Apr. 17, 1863 (misprint). 



Nachaquatuck ( from Wa'nashqiie-tuck, 

 'the ending creek,' because it w^as the 

 end or boundary of the Eaton's Neck 

 tract. — Tooker). A former Matinecoc 

 village near the present Cold Spring, 

 Suffolk CO., Long id., N. Y. The name 

 occurs as early as 1666. 



Nachaquatuck. — Thompson, Long Id., I, 501, 1843. 

 Nackaquatok.— Ruttenber, Ind. Geog. Names, 97, 



1906. 



Nacheninga ( ' No-heart-of-fear ' ) . The 

 name of at least two prominent Iowa 

 chiefs, commonly called No Heart, both 

 noted for their sterling qualities and 

 highly regarded by both their tribesmen 

 and the whites. Nacheninga the elder 



ACHENINGA (after C. B. King) 



died a short time before Catlin's visit to 

 the tribe in 1832, when he was succeeded 

 by his son, who, however, was regarded 

 as subordinate to Mahaskah the younger. 

 The i unior Nacheninga has been described 

 as a fine specimen of his race physically, 

 and as "the faithful husband of one 

 wife." His portrait was painted bj' Cat- 

 lin in 1832. In behalf of the Iowa he 

 signed the treaty of St Louis, Nov. 23, 

 1837, and in the same year visited Wash- 

 ington, where his portrait was painted 

 for the War Department by Charles B. 

 King, and is now preserved in the U. s. 

 National Museum (see illustration). 

 Nacheninga was a signer also of the 

 treaty of Great Nemaha agency. Neb., 

 Oct. 19, 1838; the treaty of Washington, 

 May 17, 1854, and that of Great Nemaha 

 agency, Mar. 6, 1861. The name is vari- 



