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NUTRIA NYACK 



Lb. a. e. 



r., Cal. — Wessells in H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, 

 34th Cong., 3d sess., 30, 1857. 



Nutria (Span.: 'otter'; also Las Xu- 

 trins, 'the otters' ; native name TcViakwin, 

 'seed (corn) place,' or 'planting place'). 

 A Zuni farming village at the headwaters 

 of an upper branch of Zufii r., about 23 m. 

 X. E. of Zuiii, Valencia co., N. Mex. ; occu- 

 pied only during the season of planting 

 and harvesting except by one or two fami- 

 lies. In the vicinity there are prehis- 

 toric ruins, also popularly known l)y the 

 same name. For plan and description 

 of the pueblo, see Mindeleff in 8th Rep. 

 B. A. E., 94, 1891. 



Natrias. — Loew in Ann. Rep. Wheeler Surv., app. 

 LL, 178, 1875 (misprint). Neutrias. — Klett in Pop. 

 Sci. Mo., 588, Sept. 1874. Nutria. — Common map 

 form (also Las Nutrias). Ta'-ia-kwe. — Gushing in 

 Millstone, ix,5.'),Apr. l,SiS4 (' peopleof the planting 

 town': Zuni name). Tai'-ya.— Ibid. ,22.5, Dec. 1884. 

 Tola. — Fewkesin Jour. Am. Kth.and Arch.,i, 100, 

 1891 (probably identical). To-ya.— Bandelier in 

 Revue d' Ethnog., 202, 188ti. To-y-a.— Bandelier 

 in Arch. Inst. Papers, iv, 340, 1892. 



Nutun (NutiYii). An Ita Eskimo set- 

 tlement on the s. shore of Inglefield gulf, 

 N. Greenland. — Stein in Petermanns 

 Mitt., no. 9, map, 1902. 



Nutumitu. A Yokuts ( Mariposan ) tribe 

 formerly living on lower Kings r., Cal. 

 They were on the Fresno reserve in 1861, 

 and with the Wimilchi numbered 180. 

 Subsequently they were almost extermi- 

 nated by white settlers, but two or three 

 Nutunulu survive among neighboring 

 tril:)es. The name is also pronounced 

 Nutuntu, and in the plural is Nutantisha. 

 Mon-to-tos.— Wessells (1853) in H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, 

 34th Cong., 3d sess., 32, 1857 (probably identical). 

 Na-too'-na-ta. — Merriam in Science, xix, 916, 1904 

 (or.NA-toon'a-til). No-toan'-ai-ti. — Powers inCont. 

 N. A.Ethnol., ni, 370, 1x77. Kotonatos.— Bancroft, 

 Nat. Races, i, 4.56, 1874. No-ton-no-tos.— Johnston 

 (1851) in Sen. Ex. Doc. 61, 32d Cong., 1st sess., 23, 

 1852 (mentioned as distinct from No-ton-toos, but 

 apparently the same). No-to-no-tos. — McKeeetal. 

 inInd.Aff".Rep.,223,1851. No-ton-toos.— Johnston, 

 op. cit., 22 (see Notonnotos). Notoowthas. — Hen- 

 ley in Ind. Aff. Rep., 511, 1854. Notototens.— Tay- 

 lor in Cal. Farmer, June 22, 1860. No-tow-too. — 

 Barbour (1852) in Sen. Ex. Doc. 4,32d Cong., spec. 

 sess., 254, 1853. Nutonetoos. — Taylor in Cal. Far- 

 mer, June 8, 1860. Nutuntu.— A. L. Kroeber, inf'n, 

 1906. Nutunutu.— Kroeberin Univ. Cal. Pub., Am. 

 Archa;ol. and Ethnol., ii, 360, 1907. 



Nutzotin. A band of the Tenankutchin 

 living near the headwaters of Tanana r., 

 Alaska. They occupy the villages of Nan- 

 dell and Tetling. — Allen, Rep. on Alaska, 

 13?, 1887. 



Nuvujalung. A fall settlement of Talir- 

 pingmiut Okomint Es-kimo, on the s. w. 

 shore of Cumberland sd., Baffin land. — 

 Boas in 6th Rep. B. A. E., map, 1888. _ 



Nuvujen ('the capes'). An Okomiut 

 Eskimo winter village of the Talirping- 

 miut on the w. shore of Cumberland sd. ; 

 pop. 26 in 1883. 



Newboyant.— Kumlien in Bull. Nat. Mus., no. 15, 

 15, 1879. Nuvujen.— Boas in 6th Rep. B. A. E., 426, 

 1885. 



Nuvuktualung. A summer village of 

 the Nugumiut Eskimo on Frobisher bay. 



s. E. Baffin land. — Boas in 6th Rep. 

 B. A. E.,map, 1888. 



Nuvung. An Aivilinuiut Eskimo win- 

 ter village on Melville penin., n. e. of the 

 entrance to Lyon inlet. 



Noowook. — Lyons, Priv. Jour., 845, 1824. Nuvuk. — 

 Boas in Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., xv, 6, 1901. 

 Nuvukdjuaq.— Boas in 6th Rep. B. A. E., map, 1888. 

 Nuvung. — Ibid., 4-19. 



Nuwuak. A Kangmaligmiut Eskimo 

 village at ^Manning pt, Alaska. — Dall in 

 Cont. N. A. Ethnol., i, map, 1877. 



Nuwuk ( ' point ' ) . The principal vil- 

 lage of the JSuwukmiut at Pt Barrow, 

 Alaska. Pop., according to Dr Simpson, 

 309 in 1853; according to Petroff, 200 in 

 1880; according to Murdoch, 150 or 160 

 in 1883; according to Kelly, less than 100 

 in 1890; 152 in 1900, including Ongove- 

 henok, a winter village on Kugrua r., and 

 the refuge and whaling station. 



Kokmullit. — Petroff in 10th Census, Alaska, map, 

 1884 (corrupted from Kunmudlin, ' distant ones', 

 used bv the Eskimo of Norton sd.). Noowoo. — 

 Kellv, Arct.E.skimos, 14, 1890. Noo'wooh.— Baker, 

 Geog. Diet. Alaska, 476, 1906 (quoted form). 

 Noowook. — U. S. Coast Surv. map, 1898. Nuwuk. — 

 Murdoch in 9th Rep. B. A. E., 43, 1892. 



Nuwukmiut ('people of the point'). 

 An Eskimo tribe of Pt Barrow, Alaska. 

 They belong in race and language to the 

 pure Eskimo stock, and are small in stat- 

 ure, robust and muscular, with full faces, 

 spare bodies, shapely hands and feet, low, 

 broad foreheads, narrowing toward the 

 crown; short, broad noses, high cheek 

 bones, full lips, especially the under one; 

 cheeks often ruddy, and a skin of yel- 

 lowish brown, varying in some to a bru- 

 nette almost European, in some to a 

 coppery hue. Their eyes are brown, of 

 various shades, often bright and hand- 

 some. The hair is black, perfectly 

 straight, and thick, but short; beards 

 scanty. They are not prolific, and are 

 dying out. Gray hair is uncommon, but 

 wrinkles appear early. The large, regu- 

 lar teeth ai'e worn away by the various 

 uses to which the P^skimo put them, and 

 few of either sex reach the age of 60. 

 Pop. 43 in 1900. Their villages are 

 Lsutkwa, Nuwuk, Pernyu, Ongovehenok, 

 and Sinaru. 



Kokmalect.— Kelly, Arct. Eskimos, 14, 1890 (given 

 as the name of tlie old Eskimo dialect of the 

 Arctic coast tribes from Icy cape to Pt Barrow). 

 Noowoo Mutes. — Kellv, ibid., chart. Nugumut. — 

 Zagoskin, Descr. Russ. Poss. in Am., I, 74, 1847. 

 Nuwukmut.— Dall in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., I, 11, 

 1877. Nuwung-me-un. — Richardson, Polar Re- 

 gions, 300, 1861. Nuwu'nmiun. — Murdoch in 9th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 43, 1892. 



Nyack (Aoio(7, 'point', 'corner'). A 

 former village, probably of the Unami 

 division of the Delawares, on the w. bank 

 of Hudson r. al)out the present Nyack, 

 in Rockland co., N. Y. The tract was sold 

 . and the Indians were removed in 1652. 

 Naiack.— Schoolcraft in Proc. N. Y. Hist. Soc, 107, 

 1844. Naieck.— Doe. of 16.">2 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 XIV, 190. 18,S3. Najack.— Doc. of 1660, ibid., xni, 

 167, 1881. Najeck — Treatv of 1660, ibid., 148. 

 Najeek.— Doc. of 1656, ibid., xiv, 365, 1883. Nay- 



