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()KANAC4AN LAKE OKT.NAGAN 



[b. a. e. 



where are still the remains of a town. 

 It is possible that White's branch was 

 also called Okalusa in Romans' time. 

 This writer represents the Black Water 

 warriors as predatory in their habits, 

 often making inroads into the territory 

 of the Creeks. In 1831 the Black Water 

 people numbered 78. — Halbert in Pub. 

 Miss. Hist. Soc, in, 367-368, 1900; vi, 

 420, 1902. 



Black Water.— Jefferys, French Dom..i, 165,1761. 

 Oaka Loosa. — Rumans, Florida, map, 1775. Ogue 

 Loussas. — Jt'fft'rys, French Dom., i, 164, 1761. Oka 

 Loosa. — Romans, Florida, 310, 1775. Okecoussa. — 

 Lattr^, Map U. S., 1784. Oke Lousa.— Pub. Miss. 

 Hist. Soc, VI, 420, 1902 (mi.squolation of d'An- 

 ville). Oke Loussa. — d'Anville's map in Hamil- 

 ton, Colonial Mobile, 158, 1897. Oque-Loussas. — 

 Du Pratz, La., ii, 241, 1758. 



Okanagan Lake. The local name for a 

 body of Okinagan on the w. shore of 

 Okanagan lake ins. w. British Columbia; 

 pop. 37 in 1901, the last time the name 

 appears. 



Helowna.— Can. Ind. AfE., pt. II, 166, 1901. 



Okapoolo. A former Choctaw village 

 probably in the present Newton co., 

 Miss. — Romans, Florida, map, 1775. 



Okatalaya {Oka-talaia, 'spreading 

 water'). One of the Choctaw Sixtowns 

 which controlled a large extent of terri- 

 tory in the present Jasper and Smith cos., 

 Miss., but centered on Oka Talaia cr. — 

 Halbert in Pub. Ala. Hist. Soc, Misc. 

 Coll., I, 383, 1901. 



Okawasiku ( ' coot ' ) . A subphratry or 

 gensof theMenominee. — Hoffman in 14th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 42, 1896. 



Okchayi. A former Upper Creek town 

 on Oktchayi cr., a w. tributary of Talla- 

 poosa r., 3 m. below Kailaidshi, in Coosa 

 CO., Ala. Its inhabitants Mere of Aliba- 

 mu origin, as were also those of Okchay- 

 udshi. Milfort gives a tradition concern- 

 ing their migration. Another Creek set- 

 tlement of the same name was situated on 

 the E. bank of Tombigbee r., at the ford 

 of the trail to the Creek Nation, which 

 was in a bend of the stream a few miles 

 below Sukanatchi junction, probably in 

 Sumter co. , Ala. This was probably the 

 mother town of the other Okchayi and 

 of Okchayudshi. (a. s. g. ) 



Hook-choie.— Hawkins (1799), Sketch, 37, 1848. 

 Hootchooee. — Hawkins (1813) in Am. State Pap., 

 Ind. Aff., I, 852, 1832. Oakchog.— Sen. Ex. Doc. 

 425, 24th Cong., 1st sess., 302, 1836. Oakchoie.— 

 Pickett, Hist. Ala., ii, 341, 1851. Oakchoys.— Swan 

 (1791) in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, v, 262, 1855. 

 Oakgees. — Galphin (1787) in Am. State Pap., Ind. 

 Aff., 1, 32, 1832. Oakjoys.— Blount (1792), ibid., 270. 

 Occha. — Jefferys, Frencli Dom. Am., i, 134, map, 

 1761. Occhoy.-^Romans, Florida, 327, 1775. Ocka. — 

 Alcedo, Die. Geog., Ill, 361, 1788. Ockha.— Jefferys, 

 Am. Atlas, map 5, 1776. Ockhoys.— McKennev and 

 Hall, Ind. Tribes, iii, 80, 1X54. Ok-chai.— Adair, 

 Am.Inds., 257, 273, 1775. Okchoys.— Romans, Flor- 

 ida, 90, 1776. Oke-choy-atte.— Schoolcraft, Ind. 

 Tribes, i, 266. 1851. Okchoys.— Carroll, Hist. Coll. 

 S. C, 1, 190, 1836. Oukehaee.— Schermerhorn (1812) 

 in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 2d s., ii, 18, 1814. Oxiail- 

 les.— Milfort, M(?moire, 266, 1802. Ozeailles.— 

 Pickett, Hist. Ala., I, 88, 1851. 



Okchayi. A town of the Creek Nation, 

 on Canadian r., near Hillabi, Okla. 



Oktchayi.— <j;itschet, Creek Migr. Leg., ll, 186, 1888. 



Okchayudshi ('little Okchayi'). A 

 former small Upper Creek town in the 

 present Elmore co., Ala., on the e. bank 

 of Coosa r., between Odshiapofa (Little 

 Talassee) and Tuskegee. The village was 

 removed to the e. side of Tallapoosa r. on 

 account of Chickasaw raids. 

 Hook-choie-oo-che.— Hawkins (1799), Sketch, 37, 

 1848. Hookchoiooche. — Hawkins (1813) in Am. 

 State Papers, Ind. Aff., l, 854, 1832. Little Oak- 

 choy.— Creek paper (1836) in H. R. Rep. 37, 31st 

 Cong., 2d sess., 122, 18.51. Little Oakjoys.— U. S. 

 Ind. Treat. (1797), 68, 1837. Oakchoieooche.— Pick- 

 ett, Hist. Ala., II, 267, 18.51. Oktchayii'dshi.— 

 Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., I, 141, 1884. 



Oke. The principal village of the Ehat- 

 isaht (q. v.), on Eperanza inlet, w. coast 

 of Vancouver id., Brit. Col. — Can. Ind. 

 Aff., 264, 1902. 



Okechumne. A former Moquelumnan 

 group on ]Merced r., central Cal. 

 Ochekhamni.— Kroeber in Am. Anthrop., viii, 659, 

 1906. Okechumne.— W'essells (1853) in H. R. Ex. 

 Doc. 76, 34th Cong., 3d sess., 30, 1857. 



Okehumpkee (probably 'lonely water'). 

 A former Seminole town 30 m. s. w. from 

 Volusia, and n. e. of Dade's battle ground, 

 Volusia CO., Fla. Mikanopy was chief 

 in 1823, between which date and 1836 it 

 was abandoned. 



Ocahumpky.— Gadsden (1836) in H. R. Doc. 78, 26th 

 Cong., 2dsess., 407, 1838. Okahumky.— Scott's map, 

 ibid., 408-9. Okehumpkee. -H. R. Doc. 74, 19th 

 Cong., 1st sess., 27, 1826. 



Oketo. The Yurok name of Big lagoon 

 on the N.w. coast of Cal., 10 m. m. of Trini- 

 dad, as well as of the largest of the several 

 Yurok villages thereon. ( a. l. k. ) 



Okhatatalaya {Okhata-talaia, 'spreading 

 pond') . A former Choctaw town in the 

 westernmost part of the present Newton 

 CO., Miss. It was named from a pond 

 several acres in extent, near the center of 

 the town, which was a great resort for 

 wild fowl. — Brown in Pub. Miss. Hist. 

 Soc. VI, 445, 1902. 



Okilisa {0-kV-li-sa). An extinct Creek 

 clan. — (latschet. Creek Migr. Leg., i, 155, 

 1884. 



Okinagan (etymology doubtful). A 

 name originally applied to the confluence 

 of Similkameen and Okanogan rs. , but ex- 

 tended first to include a small band and 

 afterward to a large and important division 

 of the Salishan family. They formerly 

 inhabited the w. side of Okanogan r., 

 Wash., from Old Ft Okanogan to the Ca- 

 nadian border, and in British Columbia 

 the shores of Okanagan lake and the sur- 

 rounding country. Later they displaced 

 an Athapascan tribe from the valley of 

 the Similkameen. In 1906 there were 527 

 Okinagan on Colville res., W^ash., and 824 

 under the Kamloops-Okanagan agency, 

 British Columbia; total, 1,351. Gibbs in 

 1855 gave the following list of Okinagan 

 bands on Okanogan r. : Tkwuratum, Ko- 



