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NIUYAKA NKUKAPENACH 



[b. a. e. 



fuskee, on the e. bank of Tallapoosa r., 

 20 m. above Oakfuskee, in Cleburne co., 

 Ala. It was settled in 1777 by Tukpafka 

 Creeks from the Chattahoochee. It was 

 first called by aiiother name, but after 

 the conclusion of the treaty between the 

 United States and the Creeks in New 

 York, Aug. 7, 1790, it received the above 

 appellation. (h. w. h. ) 



New Yarcau.— Schoolcraft. Ind. Tribes, vi, 371,1857. 

 New Yaucas.— Pickeit, Hist. Ala., ll, 339, 18.51. 

 New-yau-cau.— Hawkins (1799), Sketch, 4.5, 46, 1848. 

 New Yauco.— U. S. Ind. Treat. (1825), 326, 1837. 

 New-yau-kau. — Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, iv, 381, 

 18.54. New York.— Blount ( 1793) in Am. State Pap., 

 Ind. Aff., I, 440, 1832. New Youcka.— Flint, Ind. 

 Wars, 202, 1S33. Niuyaxa.—Gatschet, Creek Migr. 

 Leg., I, 139, 18S4. Nowyawger.— Barnard (1793) 

 in Am. State Pap., Ind. AIT., I, 382, 1832. Nuo 

 Yaucau.— Hawkins (lsl4), il.id., 860. 



Niuyaka. A town of the Creek Nation 

 on New Yorker cr., a s. branch of Deep 

 Fork, about Tp. 13 N., R. 10 or 11 E., 

 Okla.— Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., ii, 

 186, 1888. 



Niwanshike {NV-imn-cV-ke, 'water per- 

 son'). A subgens of the Pakhtha, the 

 Beaver gens of the Iowa.— Dorsey in 15th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 239, 1897. 



Nixora (from mjor, nixor, said to mean 

 'captive'). A term said to have been 

 applied by the Pima of s. Arizona to 

 "those Indians whom the nations beyond 

 captui-e in their wars among themselves, 

 and whom the Yuma and Papago after- 

 ward Ijring to Altar and other places to 

 sell as captives or slaves, of whatever 

 nation they may l)e" (Font, 1775-76, 

 cited by Coues, Garces Diary, 446, 1900; 

 Orozcoy Berra, Geog., 350, 1864). Ac- 

 cording to Garces, the term Nifores was 

 one of the names which the Pima applied 

 to the Yavapai. Cf. Genizaws. 

 Nichoras.— Miihlenpfordt, Mejico, II, 537, 1844. 

 Niforas. —Garces (1770) cited by Arricivita, Ghron. 

 Serftfica, II, 4.55, 1792 (here applied to Yavapai). 

 Nifores.— Garces (177.5-76), Diary, 446, 1900 (ap- 

 plied to Yavapai). Nigoras.— Raynal, Indies, vi, 

 map, 1788. Nijor.— Kino Ira. 1699) in Doc. Hist. 

 Mex., 4th s., I, 349, 18.56. Nijoras.— Orozco y Berra, 

 Geog., 3.50, 1864. Nijores.— Ibid. Nijotes.— Villa- 

 Sefior, Theatro Am., pt. 2, 407, 174.S. Niojoras.— 

 Aleedo, Die. Geog., IV, 218, 1788. Nizorse.— Morelli, 

 Fasti Novi Orbis, 46, 1776. Noraguas. — Garc6s 

 (1771) cited by Coues, Garc6s Diary (1775-76), 31, 

 1900. 



Nkahlimiluli {N'-kah-U-mil-uh). A 

 Ntlakyapamuk village near the month of 

 upper Nicola r., Brit. Col. — Dawson in 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., sec. ii, 44, 1891. 



Nkaih. A Ntlakya])amuk village not far 

 from Stryne, in the interior of British Co- 

 lumbia. Pop. 4 in 1896, after which date 

 it seems to have been confused with a 

 town called Nkya. 



Nkaih.— Can. Ind. Aff., 434,1896. N-wa-ih.— Ibid., 



1885, 196, 1886. 



Nkakim ('despised ', because the people 

 of this place were of low social status and 

 much looked down upon by the Spuz- 

 zum people). A village of Ntlakyapamuk 

 in the neighborhood of Spuzzum, Eraser 

 r., Brit. Col. 



N'ka'kim.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Ethnol. Surv. Can., 

 5, 1899, 



Nkaktko (Nqa''ktko, 'little rotten water', 

 or ' bad water ' ). A village of the Upper 

 Fraser band of Ntlakyapamuk on the w. 

 side of Fraser r., 28 m. above Lytton, 

 Brit. Col. 



Nqa'ktko.— Teit in Mem. Am. Mvis. Nat. Hist., ii, 

 172, 1900. N'ta'-ko.- Hill-Tout in Rep. Ethnol. 

 Surv. Can., 4, 1899. 



Nkamaplix. A division of Okinagan 

 under the Kamloops-Okanagan agency, 

 Brit. Col. ; pop. 232 in 1906. ' 

 En ke-map-o-tricks.— Can. Ind. Aff. 1883, pt. 1, 191, 

 1884. Nkamaplix.— Ibid., pt. II, 166, 1901. Okana- 

 gan.— Ibid., pt. ll, 68, 1902. 



Nkamchin ( 'confluence', 'entrance'). 

 A village of the Spences Bridge band of 

 Ntlakyapanmk, on the s. side of Thomp- 

 son r., at its junction with the Nicola, 

 about 24J m. above Lytton, Brit. Col. 

 Pop. 81 in 1901, the last time the name 

 apjiears. 



Nic-com-sin.— Can. Ind. Aff. 1883, pt. I, 189, 1884. 

 Nicola.— Brit. Col. map, Ind. Aff., Victoria, 1872. 

 Nicola Mouth. — Present white man's name. N'- 

 kam-sheen.— Dawson in Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., sec. 

 II, 44, 1891. Nkamtci'n,— Teit in Mem. Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., II, 173, 1900. Nkumcheen.— Can. Ind. 

 Aff., pt. II, 166, 1901. N'kum'tcin.— Hill-Tout in 

 Rep. Ethnol. Surv. Can., 4, 1899. 



Nkamip. An Okinagan division under 

 the Kamloops-Okanagan agencv, Brit. 

 Col. Pop. 70 in 1904, 65 in 1906." 

 En-ke-mip.— Can. Ind. Aff. 1883, pt. I, 191, 1884. 

 N-Kamip.— Ibid.,pt. ll, 166, 1901. Osooyoos.— Ibid., 

 79, 1S78. Osoyoos.— Ibid., 1882, 2.59, 1883. 



Nkattsim ( Nkattst''m, ' log bridge across 

 stream.'— Hill-Tout). A Ntlakyapamuk 

 village on the e. side of Fraser r., about 

 38 m. above Yale, Brit. Col. , near Keefer's 

 station, but on the opposite side of the 

 river. Pop. 87 in 1901, the last time the 

 name appears. 



Ne-kat-sap.— Can. Ind. Aff. 1883, pt. I, 189, 1884. 

 Nkatsam,— Ibid., pt. li, 166, 1901. Nkattsi'm.— 

 Teit in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., ii, 169, 1900. 

 N'ka'tzam.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Ethnol. Surv. Can., 

 5, 1899. 



Nkoeitko (NqoeHtko, 'little lake or 

 pond'— Teit; 'yellow water'— Hill-Tout). 

 A village of the Spences Bridge band of 

 Ntlakyapamuk on the s. side of Thompson 

 r., 30 m. above Lvtton, Brit. Col. 

 N'koakoae'tko.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Ethnol. Surv. 

 Can., 4, 1899. Nqoe'itkc— Teitin Mem. Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., II, 173, 1900. 



Nkoiam (iVAo^law/, 'eddy'). A Ntlak- 

 yapamuk village on Fraser r. , below Cisco, 

 Brit. Col.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Ethnol. 

 Can., 5, 1899. 



Nkoikin (XqoVktn, 'black pine ridge')- 

 A village of the Lytton band of Ntlakya- 

 pamuk on the E. side of Fraser r., 8 m. 

 above Lytton, Brit. Col. ; so-called because 

 young firs grew thickly there. Pop. 15 

 in 1897, M'hen last the name appears. 

 Nkuaikin.— Can. Ind. Aff. 1892, 312, 1893. 

 N'okoie'kEn.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Ethnol. Surv. 

 Can., 4, 1899. Nqakin.— Can. Ind. Aff. 1898, 418, 

 1899 (in combination with "Stryne-Nqakin", 

 Stryne being another town). Nqoi'kin. — Teitin 

 Mein. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., ll, 172, 1900. Nquakin.— 

 Can. Ind. Aft'., 230, 1886. 



Nkukapenach {N'k'u'kapenatc, 'canoes 

 transformed to stone'). A Squawmish 

 village community on the right bank of 



