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NESUTAN NETPINUNSH 



[b. a. e. 



Nesutan, Job. One of the Indians chosen 

 by John Ehot to assist him, as interpreter, 

 in translating tlie Scriptures into the 

 Natick language of Massachusetts. Goo- 

 kin (Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, ii, 444, 1836) 

 thus speaks of him: "In this expedition 

 [July, 1675] one of our principal .soldiers 

 of the praying Indians was slain, a val- 

 iant and stout man named Job Nesutan; 

 he was a very good linguist in the English 

 tongue and was Mr EUot's assistant and 

 interpreter in his translations of the Bil )le, 

 and other Ijooks of the Indian language." 

 Eliot wrote, Oct. 21, 1650: "I have one 

 [Indian interpreter] already who can 

 write, so that I can read his writing well, 

 and with some ])ains and teaching, can 

 read mine" (Pilling, Algonq. Bib., 127, 

 1891). 



Neswage. A Delaware chief who, com- 

 manding a band of 23 warriors, about 

 1841, was attacked by the Sioux at a point 

 just K. of the present Adel, Dallas co., 

 la., while on their way to visit the Sauk 

 and Foxes, then holding a war dance 

 within the limits of the site of Des 

 Moines. The Delawares offered a brave 

 defense, killing 26 of the Sioux before 

 all but one of their own number fell. 

 This survivor bore the news to the camp 

 of the Sauk and Foxes, a short distance 

 away, among whom were Keokuk and 

 Pashapahs. With 600 warriors they fol- 

 lowed the Sioux, inflicting on them severe 

 punishment. Those who visited the 

 scene of the attack on the Delawares 

 found the body f)f Neswage lying by a 

 tree, his tomahawk at his side and the 

 bodies of four of his warriors immediately 

 about liim. Consult Fulton, Red Men of 

 Iowa, 283, 1882. 



Netawatwees. .A Delaware chief, born 

 about 1677, died at Pittsburg, Pa., in 

 1776. Netawatwees was one of the signers 

 of the treaty of Conestoga in 1718. As he 

 belonged to the important Unami, or Tur- 

 tle division of the tribe, he became chief 

 of this tlivision according to usage and in 

 consequent'e thereof head chief of the 

 tribe. To him were committed all the 

 tokens of contracts, such as wampum 

 belts, obligatory writings, with the sign 

 manual of William Penn and others down 

 to the time that he and his people were 

 forced to leave Pennsylvania and retire 

 to Ohio, where they settled on Cayuga r. 

 He failed to attend the treaty with Bou- 

 quet in 1763, and when this officer and 

 Bradstreet with their troops approache<l 

 his settlement he attempted to escape, 

 but was captured and deposed from his 

 chieftancy until the conclusion of peace, 

 when he was reinstated by his tribe. 

 He became a convert to Christianity in 

 his later years and urged other leaders to 

 follow his example. On his death he 

 was succeeded by White Eyes. (c. t. ) 



Netchilik. A spring settlement of the 

 Netchilirmiut Eskimo, on the w. side of 

 Boothia land, Canada. 



Netchillik.— Bdiisin 6th Rep. B. A. E., map, 18SS. 

 Netchilirmiut ( ' people of the place pos- 

 sessing seal' ). A large tril>e of the Cen- 

 tral Eskimo, occupying Boothia Felix, 

 Canada, and the adjoining mainland, in 

 lat. 70°. They have become mixed with 

 the Ugjulirmiut. Their villages are Ang- 

 malortuk, Netchilik, North Herndon, 

 and Sagavok. In recent years a large 

 part of the tribe has moved to Hudson 

 bay and lives in the region between C. 

 Fullerton and Repulse bay. 



Boothians. — Ross, Second Voy., app., x, 1835. 

 Nachillee.—Schwatka quoted in Science, 54:}, 1884. 

 Natsilik.— Rink, Eskimo Tribes, I, 33, 1887. 

 Nechjilli. — Amundse in Gcoij. .Jour.. XXIX, 505, 

 May 1907. Neitchillee.— McCliiitock, Voy. of Fox, 

 •253, 1881. Neitchilles.— Hall, .Second Arct.Exped., 

 277, 1879. Neitschillik.— Biiasin Ztitschr. d. Ges. 

 f. Erdk., 1883. Neitschillit-Eskimos.— Ibid. Neit- 

 teelik.— Hall, Second Arct. Exped., 256, 1879. 

 Netchillik.— Schwatka in Century Mag., xxn, 76, 

 1881. Netchillirmiut, — Boas in Trans. Anthrop. 

 Soc. Wash., Ill, 101, 1885. Netidli'wi.— Stein in 

 Petermanns ^litt., 198, 1902. Ne'tschilluk Innuit.— 

 Schwatka in Science, IV, 543, 1S84. Net-tee-lek. — 

 McClintock, Voy. of Fox, 163, 18S1. 



Netlek ('sealing place'). An Ita Es- 

 kimo village on INlurchison sd., n. w. 

 Greenland; pop. 11 in 1892. 



Natilivik.— Kroeber in Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 xii, 269, 1899. Netchiolumi. — Heilprin, Peary Re- 

 lief Exped., 104, 1S93. Netchiolumy.— Peary, My 

 Arct. Jour., 30, 1S93. Netelik. — ICane, Arct. Ex- 

 phir., II, 107, 1856. Netidliwi. — Stein in Peter- 

 manns Mitt., no. 9, map, 1902 ('young seal'). 

 Netiulume. — Pearv, My Arct. Jour., 129, map, 

 1893. Netiulumi.— Peai-v in Geog. Jour., ll, 224, 

 1898. Netlek.— Markham in Trans. Ethnol. Soc. 

 Lond., 129, 1866. Netlik.— Hayes, Arct. Boat 

 Journ., 130, 1.860. 



Netop. The word vetnp, used by the 

 English, according to Roger Williams, in 

 saluting the Indians, is a sliglit corruption 

 of Narraganset vetoiDp {=nita"p for ?;/- 

 ta"peu), cognate with Abnaki nlda"be 

 and southern Renape vifdpen [netoppew, 

 Smith), usually interpreted 'my friend,' 

 but meaning, literally, 'my with-man,' 

 i. e., 'my companion.' The words are 

 contracted, respectively, from ne 'my' -t- 

 wit 'with' (which lo.ses its w in compo- 

 sition) + -a»p{eu\ 'man'; ne + v:id + 

 a"hi'; and ne + wit -h -dpeii. Contrac- 

 tions of this kind are not uncommon in 

 Algonquian; for example: Nipissing nit- 

 sMkive, 'my female companion,' lit. 'my 

 co-woman', from id 'my' -t- ivitsJt, 'with' 

 + ihve 'woman'; Chippewa nidji 'my 

 comrade', from -tu + irldj + i, ' my co a.s-1 ' 

 (or as myself) ; Delaware ?u7/.s 'my friend' 

 or 'companion', from vi -+- w'd + is; Cree 

 nitjhvdm 'my companion,' lit. 'my with- 

 goer.' Cf. Lat. comes, 'companion,' lit. 

 'with-goer.' (w. n. v,.) 



Netpinunsh ('red earth'). A former 

 Chitimacha village, 2 m. w. of Charenton, 

 on Bavou Teche, La. 



Net Piiiu'nsh,— Gatscliet in Trans. Anthrop. Soc. 

 Wash., II, 151, 1883. Terre Rouge.— Ibid. 



