NOWI— NTLAKYAPAMUK 



[b. a. e. 



Nowi. A Yukonikhotana village on 

 the s. side of Yukon r., at the mouth of 

 Nowikakat r., Alaska, having 107 inhabi- 

 tants in 1880. 



Newi-cargut. — Wymper, Trav. and Advent., map, 

 1809. Newikargiit.— Raymond in Sen. Ex. Doc. 12, 

 42d Cong., l8t sess., 23, 1871. Nowikakat.— Petroff, 

 Rep. on Alaska, 62, 1881. Noya-kakat.— Petroff, 

 map of Alaska, 1880. Noyokakat.— Petroff in lOtli 

 Census, Alaska, 12, 1884. 



Noxa. Mentioned by Oviedo (Hist. 

 Gen. Indies, iii, 628, 1853) as one of the 

 provinces or villages visited by Ayllon in 

 1520; probably on the South Carolina 

 coast. 



Noyuki ( ' southern aliens ' ) . The name 

 applied by their northern neighbors to a 

 Maidu tribe formerly oec-upying the ter- 

 ritory about the junction of Yul)a and 

 Feather rs., Yuba co., Cal. One of their 

 villages, Yupu, was on the site of the 

 present Yuba citv. 



Noi-Yucans.— Giegerln Ind. Aff. Rep. 18.59,438,1860. 



Npapuk {N'jHVpuk'). A Squawmish vil- 

 lage community on the e. side of Howe 

 sd., Brit. Col.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Brit. 

 A. A. S., 474, 1900. 



Npiktim ( ' white hollow ' ) . A village of 

 the Ntlakyapamuk, so called, according 

 to Hill-Tout, because it was the place 

 where the Indians obtained the white 

 clay they burnt and used for cleaning 

 wool, etc. Pop. 19 in 1897, the last time 

 the name officially appears. 

 Mpaktam.— Can. Ind. Aff. 1886, 230, 1887. N'pEk'- 

 tEm,— Hill-Tout in Rep. Etlinol. Surv.Can., .5, 1.H99. 

 NpiktJ'm.— Teit in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., ii, 

 169, 1900. S'inpukti'm.— Ibid. 



Npokwis {N^pdk'wis). A Squawmish 

 village community on the right bank of 

 Squawmisht r., Brit. Col. — Hill-Tout in 

 Rep. Brit. A. A. S., 474, 1900. 



Npuichin {Npnitc'/n, ' low ridge shore ' ). 

 A village of the Lytton band of Ntlakya- 

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

 above Lytton, Brit. Col.— Teit in Mem. 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., ir, 172, 1900._ 



Nra Sra. For all references beginning 

 with this abbreviation, or with N. 8., see 

 Nucstra Senora. 



Nsisket (Xx'/sqEt, 'the little split or di- 

 vide', ])erhaps because near a deep or 

 rocky gulch). A village of the Nicola 

 band of Ntlakyapamuk near Nicola r., 

 a few miles froui the w. end of Nicola 

 lake, Brit. Col. Pop. 21 in 1901, the 

 last time the name is given. 

 Hun-ka-sis-ket,— Can.Ind. Aff. 1S83, pt. 1, 191, 1884. 

 Ncickt.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Ethnol. Surv. Can., 4, 

 1899. Neyiskat.— Can. Ind. Aff. 1894, 277, 1895. 

 Nsi'sqKt.— Teit in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, ii, 

 174, 1900. Nyiskat.— Can. Ind. Aff., 361, 1S95. 

 Nzis-kat.— Ibid,, 1886, pt. 1, 232, 1887. Nzyshat.— 

 Ibid., pt. n, 166, 1901. 



Nskakaulten (Nsqa^qaultEn, 'little look- 

 ing-for-game place'). A village of the 

 Ntlakyapamuk on the s. side of Thomp- 

 son r., 23 m. above Lytton, and h m. below 

 Spences I^ridge, Brit. Col. 

 Nsqa'qaultKn, — Teit in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 II, 172, li^OO. Spences Bridge [Indians] .—Can. Ind. 

 Aff., 79, 1878. 



Ntekem {Nte^qEm, 'to make muddy', or 

 ' muddy creek ' ) . A village of the Spences 

 Bridge band of Ntlakyapamuk on the n. 

 side of Thompson r., about 1 m. back 

 from the stream and 39 m. above Lytton, 

 Brit. Col. 



N'tai'kum.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Ethnol. Surv. Can., 

 4, 1899. Nte'qEm— Teit in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., II, 173, 1900. Oregon Jacks.— Name given by 

 whites. 



Nthaicli (iY'fav'^/c). A Squawmish village 

 on the right bank of Squawmisht r., Brit. 

 Col.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Brit. A. A. S., 

 474, 1900. 



Ntlaktlakitin ( XLaqLa^ktttu, ' the cross- 

 ing place ' , ' place for crossing the river ' ) . 

 A village of the Lytton band of Ntlakya- 

 pamuk at Kanaka Bar, Fraser r., about 

 11 m. below Lytton, Brit. Col., with 55 

 inhabitants in 1906. Some Indians class 

 it with the Lower Ntlakvapamuk. 



Hlakklaktan,— Can. Ind. Aff. 1892, 312, 1893. Hlu- 

 hlu-natan.— Ibid., pt. Ii, 164, 1901. Hlukhluka- 

 tan,— Ibid., 230, 18.^6. Hluk-kluk-a-tan.— Ibid., 

 1885, pt. 1, 196, 1SS6 Kanaka Bar.— Ibid., 1S97, 

 363, 1898. NLaqLa'kitin.— Teit in Mem. Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., 11,171, 1900. 



Ntlakyapamuk. One of the four great Sal- 

 ish tribes inhabiting the interior of British 

 Columbia and popularly called Thompson 

 Indians, from the river on which a large 



NTLAKYAPAMUK MAM. 



part of tliem live. Internally they are 

 divided into the Lower Thompsons, liv- 

 ing from a short distance below Spuzzum 

 on Fraser r., nearly to the village of Cisco, 

 and the Uj^per Thompsons, whose towns 

 extend from the latter point nearly to 

 Lillooet on the Fraser, to within a short 

 distance of Ashcroft on the Thompson, 

 and over all of Nicola valley. The Upper 

 Thompsons are subdivided by Teit into 



