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NHAllKEN NIANTIC 



[b. a. e. 



Hist., pt. VI, 140, 1883. Tchaxsukush,— Gatschet, 

 MS., B. A. E. (Caddo name). Tchutpelit.— Ibid, 

 (own name). Thoig'a-rik-kah.— Stuart, Montana, 

 76, 1865 ( ' kouse-eater.s ' : Slio.shoni name). Tsoi'- 

 gah. — Ibid., 77. Tsoo-ah-gah-rah. — Gebow, Slios- 

 honay Vocab., 16, ]868(Slioshoniname). Tsuharu- 

 kats.— Gatschet, MS., B. A. E. (Pawnee name). 

 Tsutpeli. — Ibid.(ownname). TJp-pup-pay, — Anon. 

 Crow MS. vocab., B. A. E., n.d. (Crow name). 



Nhaiiken {N'Ii(ii^iI:E7i). A Ntlakyapa- 

 nmk villa,<j:enear Spenres Bridge, Thomp- 

 son r., Brit. Col. — Hill-Tout in Rep. 

 Ethiiol. >Surv. Can., 4, 1899. 



Niagara. Being of Iroquoian origin, 

 one of the earliest forms of this plat-e- 

 name is that in the Jesuit Relation for 

 1641, in which it is written Oixjuiaalird, 

 evidently a misjirint for Oiigninahra, and 

 it is there made the name of a Neutral 

 town and of the river whirh to-day bears 

 this designation, although Ongmuralironon 

 of the Jesuit Relation for the year 1640 ap- 

 pears to be a misi:)rint for OiigniaraJironou, 

 signifying 'people of Ongniarah.' The 

 Iroquois and their congeners applied it to 

 the place whereon the village of Youngs- 

 town, Niagara co., N. Y., now stands. 

 On the Tabula Nov;* Franci;e, in Historian 

 Canaden.sis, sev Novtv-Francite (bk. 10, 

 Paris, 1664, but made in 1660 by Francis- 

 cus Creuxius, 8. J.), the falls of Niagara 

 are called "Ougiara catarractcs." Much 

 ingenuity has been exercised in attempts 

 to analyze this name. The most probable 

 derivation, however, is from the Iroquoian 

 sentence-word, which in Onondaga and 

 Seneca becomes O'lniid'ga' , and in Tusca- 

 rora [/^7/»/a'Ao'/', signifying 'bisected bot- 

 tom-land.' Its first use was perhaps by the 

 Neutral or Huron tribes. (,r. n. b. h.) 



Niagara. A si)eciesofgrape, well known 

 in the N. e. portion of the ITnited States; 

 so called from its cultivation in the Nia- 

 gara peninsula. Also the name of a variety 

 of tomato, recorded in Tracv (Am. Yar. 

 of Yeget. for 1901-2, Wash.," 1903); from 

 the place-name iV*V(r/(/n/, q.v. (a. f. c. ) 



Niakewankih. A former village of the 

 Clatsop on the Pacific coast, s. of Pt Ad- 

 ams at the mouth of Ohanna cr., Clatsop 

 CO., Oreg. (Boas, Kathlamet Texts, 236, 

 1901). 



Neahkowin.— Lyman in Oreg. Hist. Soc. Quar., I, 

 321 ,1900. Nia'k; ewanqiX.— Boas, KathlametTexts, 

 236, 1901. 



Niakla {Nl-ak.''-la). A former Chuma- 

 shan village on Santa Cruz id., Cal., e. of 

 the harbor. — Henshaw, Buenaventura 

 MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1884. 



Niakonaujang. An Akudnirmiut Es- 

 kimo settlement on Padli fjord, Baffin 

 land. 



Niaqonaujang.— Boas in 6th Rep. B. A. E., 441, 1888. 

 Niantic (contr. of XdUmtiikq-ut, 'at a 

 point of land on a [tidal] river or estu- 

 ary.' — Trumbull). An Algomiuian tribe 

 formerly occupying the coast of Rhode 

 Island from Narragansett bay to al)out 

 the Comiecticut state line. Their prin- 

 cipal village, Weka{)aug, was on the great 

 pond near Charlestown. They were 



closely connected with the Narraganset, 

 forming practically one tribe with them. 

 By refusing to join in King Philip's war 

 in 1675 they preserved their territory 

 and tribal organization, and at the close 

 of the war the Narraganset who submit- 

 ted to the English were placed with 



NIANTIC WOMAN. (f. g. Speck, Photo.) 



the Niantic under Ninigret, and the 

 whole body thenceforth took the name of 

 Narraganset. (.r. m. ) 



Naantucke.— Patrick (1637) in ^M ass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 4th s., vil, 324, 1865. Nahantick.— Charter of 1663 

 in It. I. Col. Rec, li, IS, 1S57. Nahanticut.— Under- 

 bill (1(;:W) in Mass. Hist. Soe. Coll., 3d s., vi, 1, 1837. 

 Naiantukq-ut. — Trninl)nll, Ind. Names Conn., 36, 

 1S81 (Narrajfanset and Mohegan form). Nan- 

 teqets. — Coddington(1640)in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 4th s., VI, 318, 1863. Nantequits.— Ibid. Nayanta- 

 cott.— Doc. of 1663 in R. I. Col. Rec, i, 513, 1856. 

 Nayantakick. — Williams (1()37) in ISIass. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., 4th s,, VI, 200, 1.S63, Nayantakoogs.— Ibid., 

 203. Nayantaquist.— ^^'illiJlms (1648), ibid., 3d s., 

 IX, 275, 1.S46. Nayantaquit. — Williams (ca. 1636), 

 ibid., I, 160, 1825. Nayanticks.— Williams (1638), 

 ibid., 4th s., vi, 248, 18C)3. Nayantiks.— Williams 

 (1670), ibid., 1st .s., I, 278, 1806. Nayantuk.— 

 Pynchon (1645), ibid., 4th s., Vl, 374, 1863. Nayan- 

 tuqiqt.— Williams (1648), ibid., 3d s., ix, 27.5, 1846. 

 Nayantuquit.— Williams (1(537), il>id.,4tlis., vi, 217, 

 1863. Nayhantick.— Charter of 1663 in R. I. Col. 

 Rec, IV, 371, 18.59. Nayhautick.— Ibid., 304 (mis- 

 print). Neantick.—Protestof 1662, ibid., 1,454,1856. 

 Neanticot. — Parsons. R. I. Local Names, 19, 1861. 

 Neanticutt. — Hopkins (1646) in Mass. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., 4th s., VI, 334, 1S63. Neantucke.— Patrick 

 (1637), ibid., vil, S25, 1865. Nehanticks.— Holmes, 

 ibid., Ists., IX, 79, 1804. Neyantick.— Eaton (1647), 

 ibid., 4th s., vi. 347, 1S63. Niantaquit.— Williams 

 (1636 ) quoted bv Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 2, 102, 1848. 

 Niantecutt.— Doc. of lCi59 in R. I. Col. Rec, l, 424, 

 ia56. Niantic— Doc. of 1647 quoted bv Drake, Bk. 

 Inds., bk. 2, 109, 1848. Nianticut.— Doc. of 1660 in 

 R. I. Col. Rec. I, 4.50, 1856. Nlantique.— Eaton 

 (16.52 1 in Mass. Hist. Sue. Coll., 4th s., vil, 468, 1865. 

 Niantuck.— Writer after 1686, ibid., 3d s., I, 210, 

 1X25. Niantucuts.— Hiijtcinson (1637), ibid., 4th s., 

 VIT, 396, 1865. Nihantick.— Tinker (16.59), ibid., 

 ■J33. Ninantics.— Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, vi, 112, 

 1857. Nocanticks. — Ibid.. 1.50. Nyantecets. — Vin- 

 cent (1638) in Mass. Hist. Soc Coll., 3d s., vi, 35, 

 1837. Nyantecutt.— Doc. of 1659 in R. I. Col, Rec, 



