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NUGSOAK NUKLUKAYET 



[b. a. e. 



Nugsoak. A missionary station and 

 trading post opposite Disko id., w. Green- 

 land. 

 Noogsoak. — Crantz, Hist. Greenland, i, 16, 1767. 



Nugumiut ( ' inhabitants of the cape ' ). 

 An Eskimo tribe occupying the peninsula 

 between Frobisher bay and Cumberland 

 sd. , Baffin land. Sealing on the floes with 

 the harpoon, killing walrus at the floe 

 edge, and hunting deer in the sununer are 

 their occupations. Their permanent vil- 

 lages are Nugumiut, Operdni ving, Tornait, 

 Tuarpukdjuak, and Ukadlik. Other set- 

 tlements are Akbirsiarbing, Ekaluin, Kas- 

 sigiakdjuak, Kekertukjuag, Kodlimarn, 

 and Nuvuktualung. Pop. about 80 in 

 1883. 



New Gummi Lurk. — British Admiralty chart. Nu- 

 gumeute. — Kumlien in Bull. Nat. Mlis. no. 15, 15, 

 lt<79. Nugumiut.— Boas in 6th Rep. B. A. E., 422, 



l.SSS. 



Nugumiut. A winter village of Nugu- 

 miut Eskimo at the entrance to Frobisher 

 bav, Baffin land. — Boas in 6th Kep. B. A. 

 E.; map, 1888. 



Nuhalk ( Nnxank--/). A Bellacoola divi- 

 sion, embracing the following 8 villages, 

 at the mouth of Bellacoola r., Brit. Col.: 

 Atiklaktl, Komkutis, O.smakmiketlp, Pei- 

 sela, Sakta, Selkuta, IStskeitl, and Tkeikts- 

 kune. They include the Keltakkaua, 

 Potlas, Siatlhelaak, Spukpukolemk, and 

 Tokoais gentes. 



Nuchalkmx .—Boas in Petermanns Mitt. , pt. 5, 130, 

 1887(-7n-x' = 'People'). Nuqa'lkH.— Boasin 7th Rep. 

 N. W. Tribe.s Can., 3, 1891. Nuqa'IkmH.— Ibid. 

 (-»»//=' people of). Nuxa'lk-1. — Boas in Mem. 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., n, 49, 1898. 



Nuiku ( Nn/iku ) . A Bellacoola village at 

 the head of South Bentinck arm, Brit. 

 Col. It is one of the Talio towns. 

 Nu'ik'.— Boas in 7th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 3,1891. 

 Nu'iku. — Boasin Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., ii, 49, 

 1898. 



Nuimok ( ' southern ' ). A Wintun tribe 

 formerly living along lower Stony cr., 

 Colusa CO., Cal. 



Kumnom. — Kroeber, inf'n, 1903 (Yuki name for 

 Stonv Creek Wintun). Noi Mucks.— Geigerin Ind. 

 Afl. Rep., 288,1858. Nu'-i-mok.— Powers in Cont. 

 N. A. Ethnol., Ill, 230, 1877. ' 



Nuk ('the point'). A village of the 

 Kinuguniiut Eskimo at Port Clarence, 

 Alaska, the site of the reindeer station 

 Teller. 



Nooke. — Beechey (1827) quoted by Baker, Geog. 

 Diet. Alaska, 620, 1906. Nookmete.— .Jackson in 

 Rep. Bur. Educ, map, 115, 1894. Nookmut. — 

 Dall, Alaska, 408, 1870. Nookmute.— Elliott, Our 

 Arct. Prov., map, 1886. The Nook.— Baker, op. 

 cit. (name given by "theold-timers"). 



Nukaakmats {Nnqu^axmats). A Bella- 

 coola town on Bellacoola r. , above A se- 

 nane, Brit. Col. 



Nuka'aqmats. — Boas in 7th Rep. N.W. Tribes Can., 

 3, 1891. Nuqa'axmats.— Boas in Mem. Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., n, 49, 1898. 



Nukaatko {NukadHko, NukadHqo, or 

 Nskad^tko, 'one little water'). A village 

 of the Spences Bridge band of Ntlak- 

 yapamuk, on the N. side of Thompson r., 

 43 m. above Lvtton, Brit. Col.— Teit in 

 Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., ii, 173, 1900. 



Nukchu. ^Mentioned as a tribe of s. 

 central California, apparently living be- 

 tween San Joaquin and Kings rs. There 

 may be some confusion with a southern 

 Moquelumnan tribe called Nuchu; or the 

 term may be a synonym of Nuchawayi or 

 Nutunutu (q. v.). The Nukchu entered 

 into a treaty with the United States, Apr. 

 29, 18.51, and were placed on a reserve 

 between Chowchilla and Kaweah rs. 

 Nook-choo.— Royce in 18th Rep. B. A. E., 782, 1899. 

 Nook choos. — John-.'-on vl8.51) in Sen. Ex. Doc. 61, 

 32d Cong., 1st sess., 22, 18.52. 



Nukhe ('reddish-yellow buffalo'). A 

 gens of the Ponca, q. v. 

 Ice.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 229, 1897 (im- 

 properly so called). Nuqe. — Ibid. Nuxe. — Ibid. 



Nukhwhaiimikhl ( Niikh-vhai-i-miklil). 

 A Samish village on the s. w. side of 

 Guemesid., n. w. coast of Washington. — 

 Gibbs, Clallam and Lummi, 88, 1863. 



Nukhwuchutun {Nu^-q'' nut-ten' -tun). A 

 former village of the Chetco on the s. 

 side of Chetco r., Oreg. — Dorsey in Jour. 

 Am. Folk-lore, iii, 236, 1890. 



Nukits {Nuk'Vts). A Bellacoola village 

 on Bellacoola r., above Snutele, Brit. 

 Col. 



Nu'kHits.— Boas in 7th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 3, 

 1891. Nuk'i'ts. — Boas in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., II, 49, 1900. 



Hukitsomk {Nuxitsd'mx)- A Wikeno 

 village on Rivers inlet, Brit. Col. — Boaa 

 in Petermanns Mitt., pt. 5, 130, 1887. 



Nukkehkummees. A village of Praying 

 Indians, probably subject to the Wam- 

 panoag, near the site of Dartmouth, 

 Mass., containing about 120 inhalntants 

 in 1698.— Rawson and Danforth (1698) in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., .\, 132, 1809. 



Nuklako. A Hankutchin village of 82 

 inhabitants on Yukon r., near the mouth 

 of Klondike r., just w. of the boundary 

 line between Alaskaand British Columbia. 



FortReliance. — Petniftin lOthCensus, Alaska. map, 



1884. Nu-kla-ko.— Schwatka, Rep. on Alaska, 86, 



1885. Takon Indians.— Ibid., 84. Tchi-car-gut-ko- 

 tan. — Ibid., 86 (Ingalik name). 



Nuklit. A Malemiut Eskimo village 

 near C. Denbigh, Norton sd., Alaska. 

 Noklich.— Zagoskin in Nouv. Ann. Voy., 5th s., 

 XXI, map, 18,50. Noocleet.— Baker, Geog. Diet. 

 Alaska, 473, 1906 (quoted form). Nucleet.— Ibid. 

 Nuklit. — Zagoskin, Descr. Russ. Poss. Am., I, 72, 

 1847. 



Nukluak. An Ikogmiut Eskimo village 

 on the left bank of the Yukon, opposite 

 Ikogmiut mission, Alaska. 

 Nuchljuagmjut.— Hdlmberg, Ethnog. Skizz., map, 

 1855. Nukluag-miout.— Zagoskin in Nouv. Ann. 

 Voy., 5th s., XXI, map, 1850. 



Nuklukayet. A Tenankutchin village, 

 trading post, and mission on the n. bank 

 of the Yukon, Alaska, just below the 

 mouth of the Tanana. Pop. 107 in 1880, 

 120 in 1890. It is visited for trade by 

 people of various tribes. 

 Nuclucayette.— Raymond in Sen. Ex. Doc. 12, 42d 

 Cong., 1st sess., 23, 1871. Nuclukayette.— VVhym- 

 per, Alaska, map, 1869. Nu-klac-i-yat.— Baker, 

 Geog. Diet. Alaska. 473, 1906 (cited form). Nuklak- 

 yet.— Ibid. Nuklukahyet.— Dall, Alaska, 57. 1870. 

 Nuklukaiet.— Petroff in 10th Census, Alaska, 12, 



