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ack.— Deed of 1657, ibid., 394. Nayeck.— Treatv 

 of l(i45, ibid., XIII, IS, lysi. Neyick.— ])()c. of lt;49, 

 ibid., 25. Nyacks.— Clark, Onondaga, I, 18, 1S43. 

 Nyeck.— Treaty of 1645 quoted bv Knttenber, 

 Tribe-s Hudson R., 118, 1872. 



Nyack. A settlement in 1680, presum- 

 ably of the Canarsee, about the present 

 site of Ft Hamilton, Kings co., w. Long 

 id., N. Y. At a later period the occu- 

 pants removed to Staten id., near by. See 

 Ruttenber, Ind. Geog. Names, 92,1906. 



Nyhatta. An unidentified tribe of Lou- 

 isiana, apparently populous, met three 

 days' journey up Tassenocogoula ( Red ) r. 

 from the Huma village in 1699. — Iberville 

 in Margry, Dec, iv, 179, 1880. 



Ny Herrnhut. An Eskimo settlement 

 and German Moravian missionary post 

 near Godthaab on the w. coast of Green- 

 land. 



New Hernhut. — Kane, Arot. Explor., I, 4.53, 1856. 

 Kew Herrnhut — Thompson, Moravian Miss., 203, 

 1886. Ny Herrnhut. — Nansen, First Crossing, ll, 

 172, 1890. 



Nyhougoulas. One of the 7 Taensa vil- 

 lages in the 17th centurv. — Iberville(1699) 

 in Margry, Dec, iv, 17'9, 1880. 



Nyuchirhaan ('openings'). The pres- 

 ent Tuscarora village near Lewiston, 

 Niagara co., N. Y. (j. n. b. h. ) 



Ga-a-no'-ga. — Morgan, League Iroq., 428, 1851 ('on 

 the mountains': Seneca name). Ga'-a-no-geh. — 

 Ibid., 469. Ga-a-n6°-ge'.— J. N. B. Hewitt, inf'n, 

 1886 (Seneca form). Ga-o-no'-geh. — Morgan, op. 

 eit., 432. Nyu-tcir-ha"a".— Hewitt, inf'n, 1886 (Tus- 

 carora name; tc=ch). 



Nzatzahatko {N' zatzahatko, 'clear 

 water' ). A village of the Ntlakyapamuk 

 on Fraserr., Brit. Col., just below Cisco.— 

 Hill-Tout in Rep. Ethnol. Surv. Can., 5, 

 1899. 



Oahgwadaiya (Hot Bread). A Seneca 

 chief who signed the deed to the Tusca- 

 rora, Mar. 30, 1808, being then called 

 Captain Hot Bread. The name of another 

 Hot Bread appears on this deed. Oah- 

 gwadaiya was short and dark, a leading 

 man and orator, and was chief of a village 

 opposite Avon, N. Y., in 1790, when he 

 was called Gwakwadia. In 1797 his name 

 appears as Ahquatieya. He died of 

 smallpox. (w. m. b. ) 



Oakfuskee. A former Upper Creek town 

 *on both sides of Tallapoosa r., Ala., about 

 35 m. above Tukabatchi, possibly on the s. 

 boundary of Cleburne co., where a village 

 of the same name now stands. The Oak- 

 fuskee Indians on the e. bank of the river 

 came from 3 villages: Chihlakonini, Hu- 

 hlitaiga, and Chukahlako. In 1799 Oak- 

 fuskee, with its 180 warriors and 7 branch 

 villages'on the Tallapoosa (with 270 war- 

 riors), was considered the largest commu- 

 nity of the Creek confederacy. The 7 

 villages were Atchinaalgi, Inuikfa, Ipi- 

 sogi, Niuyaka, Sukaispoka, Tallahassee, 

 Tukabatchi, and Tukhtukagi. (.\. s. g. ) 

 Akfaski.— Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., I, 139, 1884; 

 11, 185, 1888. lower Oakfuske.— Bartram, Trav., 

 461, 1791. Oakbusky.— Finnelson (1792) in Am. 

 State Pap., Ind. Aff., i, 2.H9, 18:V2 (misprint). 

 Oakfuskies.— Durouzeau.x (1792), ibid., 312. Oak- 



fusky.— Flint, Ind. Wars, 202, 1833. Oakiuskees.— 

 Nik'S (1760) in Mass. Hi.st. Coll., 4th s., v, 555, 1861. 

 Oakpuskee.— U. S. Ind. Treat. (1827), 420, 1837. 

 Oc-fus-kee.— Hawkins (1799), Sketch, 45, 1848. 

 Ockfuskee.— Jefferys, Am. Atlas, map 5, 1776. Oek- 

 fusaet.— Lattrt*, map U. S., 1784. Okfuski.— Gat- 

 schet, ^Creek Migr. Leg., i, 139, 1884; li, 185, 1888. 

 Ok-whus-ke. — .Vdair, Am. Inds., 2.57, 1775. Tipper 

 Oakfuske.— Bartram, Travels, 461, 1791. 



Oakfuskee. A Creek town on Deep fork 

 of Canadian r., Okla. 



Akfaski.— Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., i, i:S9, 1884; 

 II, 1S5, 18SS. Okfuski.— Ibid. 



Oakfuskudshi ('little Oakfuskee'). A 

 former small l"pi)er Creek village on Tal- 

 lapoosa r., 4 m. above Niuyaka and 24 m. 

 above Oakfuskee, in e. Ala. The town 

 was destroyed by Gen. White in 1813. 

 It is probable that the people were colo- 

 nists from Little Oakfuskee (Chihlako- 

 nini) on Chattahoochee r., whicli was 

 destroyed by the Georgians in 1793. See 

 Chihlakonini. 



Little Ockfuske.— Pickett, Hist. Ala., 557, 1896. 

 Little Okfuski.— Pickett, Hi.st. Ala., ll, 299, 1851. 

 Oc-fus-coo-che.— Hawkins (1799), Sketch, 51, 1848. 

 Okfusku'dshi. — Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., i, 140, 

 1884. 



Oapars. A former Papago rancheria be- 

 tween San Xavier del Bac and the Gila r. 

 in s. Arizona; visited l)y Father Garces in 

 1775, and by Anza and Font in 1780. 

 Ditt-pax.— Anza and Font (1780) quoted by Ban- 

 croft, Ariz, and N. Mex., 392, 1889. Oapars.— Arri- 

 ciyita, Cronica Serilfica, ll, 416, 1792. Oitapars. — 

 Anza and Font (1780) quoted by Bancroft, Ariz. 

 andN. Mex., 392, 1889. Oytapars.— Garces (1775), 

 Diary, 64, 1900. Oytapayts.— Anza and Font (1780) 

 quoted by Bancroft, Ariz, and N. Mex., 392, 1889. 

 Pueblo viejo. — Ibid. 



Oat {Old). The Raccoon clan of the 

 Caddo.— Mooney in 14th Rep. B. A. E., 

 1093, 1896. 



Oatka {fy-iU-ku) . A former small Seneca 

 village on the site of Scottsville, on the w. 

 bank of Genesee r., Monroe co., N. Y. — 

 INIorgan League Iroq., 434, 468, 1851. 



O'Bail. See Cnrnplnnter. 



Obaldaquini. A mission village, prob- 

 ably on the lower Georgia coast, which 

 was among those that revolted against the 

 Spaniards in 1687. — Barcia, Ensavo, 287, 

 1723. 



Obayos. A tribe formerly living in the 

 province of Coahuila, n. e. Mexico, and 

 gathered into the mission of San Francisco 

 de Coahuila a quarter of a league n. of 

 Monclova (Orozco y Berra, Geog., 302, 

 1864). It was probably of Coahuiltecan 

 speech. 



O'Beal, O'Beel. See Complanter. 



Obidgewong. A Chippewa and Ottawa 

 settlement on the w. shore of L. Wolseley, 

 Manitoulin id. in L. Huron, Ontario, con- 

 taining 17 inhabitants in 1884, but reduced 

 to 7 in 1906. Their reserve consists of 400 

 acres. They cultivate the soil, are good 

 bushmen, and in winter cut ties and posts 

 which they ])eel and sell in summer. 

 Obidgewong. — Canadian oflicial form. Wabi'tig- 

 wayang. — \Vm. .tones, inf'n, 1905 (correct name). 



Obodeus. Given by Ker (Travels, 195, 

 1816), as the name of a tribe living on 



