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NEWCOMERSTOWN NEZ I'EKCES 



65 



1849) as living far to the x. of and inland 

 from Nootka sd., earl}^ in the 19th cen- 

 tury. Their language differed from that 

 of the Nootka, but was underi-tood by 

 the latter. Their complexion was said 

 to be darker, their .stature shorter, and 

 their hair coarser than those features of 

 other nations. The locality assigned to 

 them corresponds with that of the Nim- 

 kish. 



Nuchimases. — Galiano, Relacion, 94, 1802. 



Newcomerstown. The village of the 

 Delaware chief Newcomer in 1766-81, 

 about the site of the present New Comers- 

 town, on Muskingum r., Tuscarawas co., 

 Ohio. The chief's Indian name was 

 Noatwhelama. 



New Camero Town. — La Tour, map, 1784 (mis- 

 print). New Comers Town. — Hutchins, map in 

 Smith, Bouquet's E.xped., 1766. Villa des nouveaux 

 venus. — La Tour, map, 1784 (New Camero town, 

 or). 



New Credit. A Missisauga settlement 

 in Tuscarora township of the Six Nations 

 res. on Grand r., Ontario. These Mis- 

 sisauga formerly lived on Credit r., but 

 removed to their present location about 

 the year 1850 by invitation of the Six 

 Nations. They numbered 218 in 1884, 

 263 in 1906. 



New England Company. See English 

 infliwnce, Missions. 



New Eufaula. A former colony of Upper 

 Creeks from Eufaula, Ala., established in 

 1767 in X. Florida, lat. 28°. 



New Yufala.— Romans, Fla., 280, 1775. 



Newhuhwaittinekin. A Shuswap vil- 

 lage 4 m. above Cache cr., Bonaparte r., 

 Brit. Col.; pop. 160 in 1906. 

 Bonaparte Indians.— Can. Ind. Aff. 1885, 91, 1886 

 (so failed by wiiiti-si. Ne-whuh-wait'-tin-e-kin. — 

 Dawson in Trans. Roy. Soe. Can., sec. ii, 44, 1891. 

 Tluh-ta-us.— Can. Ind" Aff. 1885, 196, 1886. 



Newichawanoc. A tribe or band of the 

 Pennacook confederacy living on upper 

 Piscataqua r. Their village, of tlie same 

 name, was situated about the site of 

 Berwick, Me. They were neighbors of 

 the Piscataqua and probal)ly intimately 

 related to them. Their chief is said to 

 have joined in the deed of 1629 to 

 Wheelwright, the genuineness of which 

 is still a mooted question. The tribe 

 earlv became extinct. 



Neahawanak.— Walton (1704) in Me. Hist. Soe. 

 Coll , III, 349, 18.=>3. Nekekowannock.— Potter, ibid.. 

 IV, 190, 1856. Newchawanick.— Niles (ni. 1761) in 

 Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 4th s., v, 334, 1861. New- 

 geawanacke. — Rishworth (16.56) in Me. Hist. Soe. 

 Coll., I, 397, 1865. Newgewanacke. — Ibid. New- 

 ichawanick. — Penhallow (1726) in N. H. Hist. Soe. 

 Coll., I. 81. 1.S24. Newichawannicke. — Hubbard 

 (1680) in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 2d s., v, 224, 181.5. 

 Newichawannock. — Pike (1692) in N. H. Hist. .Soe. 

 Coll., Ill, 44, 1832. Newichawanocks.— Sullivan 

 in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 1st s., ix, 210, 1804. 

 Newichewannock.— Gorges (167.S| in Me. Hist. Soe. 

 Cnll., II, 2.57. 1M7. Newichuwenoq.— Moodey ( 1683) 

 in Mass, Hist. Soe. Coll., 4th s.. vin, 362, 1S68. Ne- 

 wichwanicke. — Gibbins (1633) in N. H. Hist. Soe. 

 Coll., I, 311, 1824. Newichwannock. — Potterin Me. 

 Hist. Soe. Coll.. iv, 190, 1856. Newickawanacks.— 

 McKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, in. 80. 18.54. 



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Nuch-a-wan-acks.— Macauley, X. Y., ii, 162, 1829. 

 Nuwichawanick. — Potter in Me. Hist. Soe. Coll., 



IV, 190, ls56. 



Newichumni. A division of the Miwok, 

 formerly living between Cosumnes and 

 Mokelumne rs. , Cal. 



Nevichumnes.— Hale.Ethnog. and Philol., 630, 1846. 

 Newatchumne. — Bancrol't, Nat. Raees. i. 4.50, 1874. 



New Mikasuky. A former Seminole 

 town, 30 m. w. of Suwannee r., in Lafay- 

 ette CO., Fla., of which Tuskam ha was 

 chief in 1823.— H. R. Ex. Doc. 74, 19th 

 Cong., 1st sess., 27, 1826. 



New River Indians . A sul>sidiary branch 

 of the Shasta who occupied the forks of 

 Salmon r., Siskiyou co., Cal., from a few 

 miles above the junction (the lower parts 

 of those streams being inhabited by the 

 Konomihu), and also the head of New r. 

 They have no names for themselves. 

 Their language is much closer to that of 

 the Shasta proper than is that of the 

 Konomihu, but it is clearly a separate 

 dialect. See Dixon in Am. Antlirop., vii, 

 no. 2, 1905. (R. B. t..) 



Amutakhwe. — A. L. Kroeber, inf'n, 1903 (Hupa 

 name). Djalitason. — Ibid. (Chimariko name). 



Newspapers. See Periodicals. 



Newtown. A former village, probably 

 of the Seneca, on Chemung r., near El- 

 mira, Chemung co., N. Y. It was de- 

 stroyed by Gen. Sullivan in 1779. 

 Newton. — Livermore(1779)in N. H. Hist. Soe. Coll., 

 VI, 325, 18.50. New Town,— Jones (1780) in N. Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist., VIII, 785, 1857. Newtown.— Pem- 

 berton (ca. 1792) in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 1st s., ii, 

 176, ISIO. 



Newtown. A former village, probably 

 of the Delawares and Iroijuois, on the x. 

 bank of Licking r., about the site of the 

 present Zanesville, Ohio. 



Newtown. A former village, probably of 

 the Delawares and Iroquois, on Mus- 

 kingum r., about the site of the present 

 Newton, ^luskingum co., Ohio. 



Newtown. A former village, probably 

 of the Delawares and Irocjuois, on the w. 

 side of Wills cr., near the site of the pres- 

 ent Caml>ridge, Guernsey co., Ohio. 



Newtychanning. A mixed Iroquois vil- 

 lage, built in 1778 on the w. bank of Sus- 

 ciuehanna r. and on the x. side of Sugar cr. , 

 in the vicinity of the present North To- 

 wanda, Bradford co.. Pa. It was de- 

 stroyed Aug. 8, 1779, bj' Colonel Proctor 

 of Sullivan's army, at which time it con- 

 tained 15 or 20 houses. Near this site 

 was formerly situated the village of Os- 

 calui. (.J. X. B. H. ) 



Nez Percys (' pierced noses ') . A term 

 applied by the French to a number of 

 tribes which practised or were supposed 

 to practise the custom of piercing the 

 nose for the insertion of a piece of denta- 

 lium. The term is now used exclusively 

 to designate the main tribe of the Sha- 

 haptian family, who have not, however, 

 so far as is known, ever been given to the 

 practice. 



