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Big Lake region, Alasska. — Nelson in 18th 

 Rep. B. A. E., map, 181»5). 



Nuokan. A Yuit Eskimo village at 

 East cape, Siberia. 



Nukan.— Humboldt, New Spain, ll, 34-l,182'2. Nu- 

 okan. — Krause in Deutsche Geog. Blutt., v, 80, 

 map, 1882. 



Nuquiage. A Cay nga village in 1750 at 

 the X. E. corner of Seneca lake, on the out- 

 let, in Seneca co., N. Y. 

 Nuqiage. — Conover, Kan. and Geneva MS.,B. A. E. 

 Nuquiage. — Cammerhoflf (1750) quoted byConover, 

 ibid. 



Nurata. A settlement of the Sikosuil- 

 armiut, e. of King cape, Baffin land. — 

 Boas in 6th Eep. B. A. E., 421, 1888. 



Nuri. A pueblo of the Nevonie and 

 seat of a Spanish mission founded in 1622; 

 situated on a tributary of the Rio Yaqui, 

 lat. 28°, Ion. 109°, Sbnora, Mex. Pop. 

 180 in 1678, 41 in 1730. The inhabitants, 

 also called Nuri or Nure, probably spoke a 

 dialect slightly different from the Nevome 

 proper. 



Nures. — Orozco yBerra, Geog., 351,1804 ("habita- 

 dores del pueblo de Nuri " ). Nuri. — Rivera (1730) 

 quoted by Bancroft. No. Mex. States, i, 514, 1884. 

 S. Joaquin yStaAna(Nuri). — Zapata(1678) quoted 

 by Bancroft, ibid., 240. 



Nursoorooka. A Tuscarora village in 

 North Carolina in 1701. Johnson, a 

 Tuscarora, thinks the word may be from 

 Nasurakie, 'where there are wild pars- 

 nips'; Hewitt thinks the termination 

 Dolcri refers to a fork of a stream. 

 Nursoorooka. — Lawson (170i)),' North Carolina, 

 383, 1800. Nyu'-sa-ru'-kan.— Hewitt, inf'n, 1886 

 (Tuscarora form). 



Nusatsem (Xas(VtsEin). A Bellacoola 

 settlement at the junction of Nusatsem and 

 Bellacoola rs., Brit. Col. — Boas in Mem. 

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



Nusehtsatl. A division of Salish for- 

 merly around South bay (Henderson in- 

 let), Wash., now on Nisqualli res. Pop. 

 30 in 1879. 



Noo-sehchatl. — Stevens in Ind. Aff. Rep., 458, 1854. 

 Nov-seh-chatl.— Gibbs in Pae. R. R. Rep., I, 435, 

 1855. Nusehtsatl.— Gibbs in Cent. N. A. Ethno].. i, 

 178, 1377. South Bay.— Ind. Aff. Rep., 242, 1879. 



Nushagagmiut. An Eskimo tribe of 

 Alaska, inhabiting the banks of Igushik, 

 Wood, and Nushagak rs. and the shores 

 of Nushagak bay. Their villages are 

 near together and have large structures in 

 which great festivals are held. Women 

 as well as men perform in the masques. 

 The men are' skilful hunters and good 

 ivory carvers. In the interior they build 

 comfortable houses of wood and use 

 Vnrchbark canoes. The tribe numbered 

 170 in 1890. The villages are: Agivavik, 

 Agulukpuk, Akak, Akuliukpak, Akuli- 

 vikchuk, Anagnak, Angnovchak, Annu- 

 gamok, Ekuk, Golok, Igivachok, Igushik, 

 Insiachak, Kakuak, Kalignak, Kanaka- 

 nak, Kanulik, Mulchatna, Napai, Nusha- 

 gak, Stugarok, Tikchik,Trinichak, Vuikh- 

 tulik, and Yaoherk. 



Nushagagmut.— Rink, Eskimo Tribes, 32, 1887. 

 Nushegagmut. — Nelson in l«th Rep. B. A. E., map, 

 18119. Nushergagmutes. — Dall in I'roc. .\. A. A. 

 S., 207, 1869. 



Nushagak. A Nushagagmiut village, 

 Russian Orthodox mission, and trading 

 post at the mouth of Nushagak r., 

 Alaska. The redoubt and trade station 

 of Alexandrovsk was founded there by 

 Alexander Baranof in 1819, and the Mo- 

 ravian mission of Carmel was established 

 by Americans in 1886 at Kanulik, 1^ m. 

 above. Pop. 178 in 1880, 268 in 1890, 

 excluding Bradford (pop. 166), Carmel 

 (pop. 189), andMillerton (pop. 165); in- 

 cluding these, 788 in 1900. 

 Meshagak.— Baker, Geog. Diet. Alaska, 476, 1900 

 (quoted form). Nushagak. — Ibid, (proper form). 

 Nushegak. — I'etroll", Rep. on Alaska, 40, 1881. 



Nushaltkagakni ('spring people'). 

 A division of the Modoc at the head- 

 waters of Lost r., s. w. Oreg., near Bo- 

 nanza. 



Nushaltxagakni. — Gatschet in Cont. X. X. Ethnol., 

 II, pt. I, XXXV, 1890. Spring-people.— Ibid. 



Nushekaayi ( 'people back of the fort' ). 

 A Tlingit division among the Chilkat, be- 

 longing to the Raven clan. They are said 

 to be closely related to the Hlukahadi. 



Nucekaa'yi. — Swanton, field notes, B. A. E., 1904. 

 Niische-kiari. — Krause, Tlinkit Ind., 116, 1885. 



Nushemouck. An Algonquian village in 

 1608 about the mouth of Nanjemoy cr., 

 Charles co., Md.— Smith (1629), Va., i, 

 map, repr. 1819. 



Nuskek ( Nusre^qf). A Bellacoola town 

 on North Bentinck arm, Brit. Col. — Boas 

 in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., ii, 48, 1898. 



Nuskelst ( NmqlE^lst ) . A Bellacoola vil- 

 lage on Bellacoola r. above Tskoakkane, 

 Brit. Col. The people of this place were 

 subdivided into 3 gentes, 2of Avhich were 

 called Tlakaumo(jt and Kookotlane. 

 Nu'sk-'Elst.- Boas in 7th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 

 3,1891. Nusk-'E'lstEmH.— Ibid. (-E;»/( = ' people'). 

 NusqiE'lst.— Boas in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 II, 49, 1898. 



Nussamek. A village, probably Algon- 

 quian, on Potomac r., about Doncaster, 

 Charles co. , Md. , in 1608. It was leagued 

 with the Nacotchtank and Moyawance in 

 a war against the Potomac. 



Nazatica.— Smith (1029), Va., ii, 80, repr. 1819. 

 Nussamek.— Ibid., I, map. Pazaticans. — Il)id., ll,78. 

 Nutltleik ( XaLU''ix ) . A Bellacoola vil- 

 lage on Bellacoola r. above Nuskelst, Brit. 

 Col. 



NuLLe'ix. — Boas in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., ii, 

 49, 1898. Nutltle'iq.— Boas in 7th Rep. N. W. Tribes 

 Can., 3, 1891. 



Nutnur. A former village of the Kalin- 

 daruk division of the Costanoan family 

 of California. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, 

 Apr. 20, 1860. 



Nutonto. A former Chumashan village 

 near Santa Inez mi.ssion, Santa Barbara 

 CO., Cal. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 

 1861. 



Nutqiu [Nu'tqiu, 'warriors'; sing.: 

 nu^taq). The warrior organization of 

 the Cheyenne (q. v.), consisting of 6 or 

 more societies. (.i. m.) 



Nutrecho. Mentioned as a tribe, seem- 

 ingly Moquelumman, formerly on Fresno 



