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NAYONSAY S VILLAGE — NEAMATHLA 



[b. a. e. 



Kwulkwul.— Gibbs, Chinook voeab., B. A. E., 23 

 (Chehalisname). Naya'qolole. — Boaz, inf'n,1905. 

 Quer'quelin. — Swan, N. \V. Coast, 211, 1857. Q,!we'- 

 qolEn. — Boas, op. cit. 



Nayonsay's Village. A former settle- 

 ment, probably of tlie Potawatoiui, named 

 after a chief, situated in the n. e. part of 

 Kendall co., 111. By treaty of July 29, 

 1829, a tract of 960 acres at this village 

 was ceded to Waishkeshaw, a Potawatomi 

 woman, and her child. 



Nay-on-say's Village. — Kovce in 18th Rep. B. A. 

 E., pt. 2, 111. map 1, 19U0. Nay-ou-Say.— Treaty of 

 1829 in V. S. Ind. Treat., Kapplered., ll, 214, 1903. 



Nayuharuke ( 'where tlie gras.s stalk or 

 weed is forked.' — Hewitt). A palisaded 

 town occupied by the hostile Tuscarora in 

 171o, near Snowhill, Greene co., N. Car. 

 They were defeated here l)y the colonists 

 with great loss and 800 prisoners taken. 

 Nahardakha.— Jour. Va. Conncil (1713) In N. C. 

 Col. Kec, ir, 36, 1886. Naharuke.— Williamson, 

 Hist. N. C, I, 201, 1812. Nahasuke.— Pollock 

 (1713) in N. C. Col. Rec, II, 38, 1886. Naherook.— 

 Honiann Heirs' map, 1756. Nahucke. — Martin, 

 N. ("., I, 261, 1829. Nayuharuke.— (iatschet, Tusca- 

 rora MS., B. A. E.. 1885 (Tusearora form). No- 

 ho-ro-co.— Moore (1713) in N. C. Col. Ree., ll, 27, 

 1886. Nooherolu.— War map (1711-15) in Winsor, 

 Hist. Am., V, 346, 1887. Wahasuke.— Pollook, 

 op. cit. 



Nayuhi {Nd-yu'-Jii, 'sand place'). A 

 former Cherokee settlement on the e. bank 

 of Tugaloo r., S. Car., nearly opposite the 

 mouth of Panther cr. 



Nayowee. — Doc. of 17.55 quotefl T>V Rovce in 5th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 142, 1887. Noyoee."— Ko'yce, ibid., 

 map. Noyohee. — Doc.of 1799, iliid., 144. Nuyu'hi. — 

 Mooney in 19th Rep. B. A. E., .530, 1900. 



Nayuuns-liaidagai [So ya^Ans xd'i- 

 dAga-i, 'people of the great house'). A 

 subdivision of the Gitins of the Haida of 

 Skidegate, Brit. Col., so named from a 

 large house that the family owned at 

 Hlgahet, an old town near Skidegate. 

 The town chief of (Skidegate belonged to 

 thisdivision. (j. r. s. ) 



Na yu'ans qa'edra. — Boms iji 12tli Rep. N. W. Tribes 

 Can., 24, 25, 1898. Na yu'ans_ qa'etqa. — Boas in 

 5th Rep., ibid., 26,1889. Na yu'.^ns xa'-idAga-i.— 

 Swanton, Cont. Haida, 273, 1905. 



Naywaunaukauraunah ( ' they are sur- 

 rounded by bark or wood.' — Hewitt). 

 The Tuscarora name of a reputed people 

 "encamped on the Lake Flrie" at the 

 time of the war between the Iroquois 

 and the Erie, about 1654. 

 Nay -Waunaukauraunah. — Cusiok (1825) in School- 

 craft, Ind. Tribes, v, 643. 1855. "Waranakarana.— 

 Schoolcraft, ibid., iv, 200, 18.54. 



Nazan. The present village of the Aleut 

 on Atka id. , Alaska. The natives speak a 

 distinct dialect, and are not only the 

 best otter hunters, but surpass all others 

 in making baskets out of grasses. Pop. 

 236 in 1880; 132 in 1890. 

 Atkha.— Schwatka, Mil. Recon. in Alaska, 115, 

 1885. Nazan. — Petroff in 10th Census, Alaska, 16, 

 1884. 



Nazas. A tribe, probably Coahuiltecan 

 or Tamaulipan, at Keinosa, Mexico, near 

 the Rio Grande, in 1757. They were with 

 the Narices, Comecrudos, and Tejones. 

 The Nazas and Narices had been baptized 

 at Villa del Pilon, Nueva Leon (Joseph 



Tienda de Cuervo, Informe, 1757, MS. in 

 Archivo General, Historia, lvi, Orozco 

 y Berra, Geog., 294, 1864). (h. e. b.) 

 Nasas.— Tienda de Cuervo, oj). cit., 17-57. 



Nazas. A former Tepehuane pueblo on 

 Rio de Nazas, e. central Durango, Mexico. 

 It was the seat of the mission of Santa 

 Cruz. 



Santa Cruz de Nazas. — Orozco y Berra, Geog., 318, 

 1864. 



Nchekchekokenk {Ntre^qtcBqqokenk, or 

 Ntceqtceqkokinnk, 'the red little side hill 

 or slope' ). A village of the Lytton band 

 of the Ntlakyapamuk on the w. side of 

 Fraser r., 15 m. above Lvtton, Brit. 

 Col.— Teit in Mem. Am. Mas'. Nat. Hist., 

 II, 172, 1900. 



Nchekus ( ' red rising ground or emi- 

 nence ' ). A village of the Nicola band of 

 the Ntlakyapamuk, about a mile back in 

 the mountains from Kwilchana, Brit. Col. 

 Ntce'kus. — Teit in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., li, 

 174, 1900. Stce'kus.— Ibid. S'tcukosh.— Hill-Tout 

 in Rep. Ethnol. Snrv. Can., 4, 1899. 



Ndeyao ( 'dog'; probably akin to Chip- 

 pewa nlnilni, 'my pet,' 'my domestic 

 animate possession, a term applied to 

 dogs, horses, and the like. — W. J. ). A clan 

 of the Mahican, q. v. 



N-de-ya'-o.— MoriB:an, Anc. Soc, 174, 1877. 



Neacoxy. The principal winter village 

 of the Clatsop, formerly at the mouth of 

 Neacoxie cr., at the site of Seaside, Clat- 

 sop CO., Oreg. 



Neacoxa.— Trans. Oregon Pioneer Assn., 86, 1887. 

 Neacoxy. — Lee and Frost, Oregon, 283, 1844. Ne- 

 ah-coxie. — Lvman in Oreg. Hist. Soc. Uuar., i,321, 

 1900. Nia'xaqce.— Boas, Chinook Texts, 92, 1894 

 (correct name). 



Neagwaih ('bear'). A clan of the 

 Seneca, q. v. 



Atinionguin. — French writer (1666) in N. Y. Doc. 

 Col. Hist., IX, 47, 1855. Ne-e-ar-gu-ye. — Morgan, 

 League Iroq., 46, 80, 1851 (Seneca form). Ne- 

 e-ar-guy'-ee. — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 153, 1877. 



Neah. A permanent town of the Ma- 

 kah on the site of the old Spanish fort, 

 Port Nuiiez Gaona, Neah bay. Wash. 

 Neah.— Treaty of Neah Bay, 1855, in U. S. Ind. 

 Treaties, 461, 1873. Neeah. — Swan in Smithson. 

 Cont., XVI, 2, 1870. 



Neahkeluk. An important Clatsop vil- 

 lage formerly at Point Adams, Clatsop 

 CO., Oreg. 



Klakhelnk. — Gairdner, after Framboise (1835), in 

 .Tour. Geog. Soc. Lond., xi, 255, 1841. Neahkeluk. — 

 Lvman in Oreg. Hist. Soc. Quar., i, 321, 1900. 

 Tia'k;elake.— Boas, Chinook Texts, 277, 1894 (na- 

 tive name). 



Neahkstowt. A former village of the 

 Clatsoji near the present Hammond, Clat- 

 sop CO., Oreg. 



Naya'qctaowe.— Boas, Chinook Texts, 233, 1894. 

 Ne-ahk-stow, — Lyman in Oreg. Hist. Soc. Quar., 

 I, 321, 1900. 



Neahumtuk. A former village of the Al- 

 sea ( q. v. ) at the mouth of Alsea r. , Oregon. 



Neamathla. (Ima'la is a war and busk 

 title, corresponding nearly to 'disciplina- 

 rian'). A Seminole chief who acquired 

 considerable note during the Indian hos- 

 tilities of 1824-36. He was by birth a 

 Creek, and had come into notice before the 

 war of 1812, but is not mentioned as a 



