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OKLAHANNALT OKOWVIT^JHA 



[b. a. e. 



the Noxubee and Sukenatcha waters on 

 the E. ; thence somewhat westerly by Ya- 

 zoo Town, in Neshoba co. ; thence more 

 or less southerly on the ridge between 

 the headwaters of Talasha and the head- 

 waters of Oktibbeha (there are two Ok- 

 tibbeha crs. in Mississippi) to the ancient 

 town of Kunshak-bolukta, which was sit- 

 uated in the s. w. part of Kemper co.. 

 some 2 m. from the Neshoba and about 

 a mile and a half from the Lauderdale 

 CO. line. The line separating the western 

 from the southeastern began at Kunshak- 

 bolukta, first going a short distance north- 

 westerly between the Talasha and Oktib- 

 beha waters ; thence it zigzagged more or 

 less southwesterly on the dividing ridge 

 between the Pearl and the Chickasawhay 

 waters until it came to the vicinity of 

 Lake Station, in Scott co. Mokalusha 

 Town (Imoklasha), situated on the head- 

 waters of Talasha cr., in Neshoba co., 

 though somewhat s. of the regular line, 

 belonged to the western district. From 

 the vicinity of Lake Station the line ran 

 southward on the dividing ridge between 

 West Tallyhaly and Leaf r. down to the 

 confluence of these two streams. Leaf r. 

 from this confluence down to wdiere it 

 struck the Choctaw boundary line formed 

 the remainder of the line separating the 

 western district from the southeastern." — 

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

 Coll., I, 375-376, 1901. 



Hattack-falaih-hosh. — Reed in Sturm's Statehood 

 Mag., I, 85, Nov. 1905. Oaklafalaya.— U. S. Ind. 

 Treat. (1837), 698, 1837. dkla falaya.— Gatschet, 

 Creek Migr. Leg., i, 104, 1884. Olilefeleia.— Wright 

 in Ind. Aff. Rep., 348, 1843. Oocooloo-Falaya.— 

 Romans, Fla., 73, 1775. TTkla falaya.— West Florida 

 map, ca. 1775. 



Oklahannali ( ' six towns' ) . Originally 

 given to 6 closely connected Choctaw 

 towns on several tributaries of Chicasaw- 

 hay r., in Smith and Jasper cos.. Miss., 

 this name finally came to be applied to 

 one of the three princijial divisions of 

 the Choctaw which included, besides the 

 "Sixtowns" proper, the districts of 

 Chickasawhay, Yowani, Coosa, and per- 

 haps some others, the names of which 

 have become lost. The towns were also 

 called "English towns" because they 

 espoused the English cause in the Choc- 

 taw civil war of 1748-50. Adair (Hist. 

 Inds., 298, 1775) mentions "seven towns 

 that lie close together and next to New- 

 Orleans," possibly meaning these. The 

 six towns were Bishkon, Chinakbi, Inkil- 

 lis Tamaha, Nashwaiya, Okatalaya, and 

 Talla. They spoke a peculiar dialect of 

 Choctaw, and in the Choctaw Nation, 

 where they removed in 1845, they are 

 still known as Sixtown Indians. Al- 

 though the name "Six Towns" was 

 usually applied to this group, Oskelagna 

 (q. V.) was also mentioned as one of 

 them, which would make a seventh, thus 

 agreeing with Adair's statement. The 



population in 1846 (Rutherford in Ind. 

 Aff. Rep., 877, 1847) was 650. For the 

 boundaries of this division, see Oklafalaya 

 and Oijpntoocooloo. (h. w. h.) 



Bay Indians. — Rutherford in Ind. Afl. Rep., 877, 

 1847. English Towns.— Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., 

 1, 108, 1884. Oklahaneli.— Wright in Ind. Aff. Rep., 

 348, 1843. dkla hannali.— Gatschet, Creek Migr. 

 Leg., I, 104, 1884. Okla-humali-hosh.— Reed in 

 Sturm's Statehood Mag.. I, 85. Nov. 1905. Six- 

 towns —Rutherford in Ind. Aff. Rep., 877, 1847. 

 Six Towns Indians. — Claiborne (1843) in Sen. Doe. 

 168, •28th Cong.. 1st sess., 192, 1844. 



Oknagak. A Kuskwogmiut Eskimo vil- 

 lage and seat of a Roman Catholic mis- 

 sion on the N. bank of Kuskokwim r., 

 Alaska. Pop. 130 in 1880, 36 in 1890. 

 Oh-hagamiut.— 11th Census, Alaska, 164, 1893. 

 Okhogamute.— Nelson (1879) quoted by Baker, 

 Geog. Diet. Alaska, 1902. Oknagamut. — Baker, 

 ibid. Oknagamute. — Bruce, Alaska, map, 1885. 

 Ookhogamute.— Hallock in Nat. Geog. Mag., ix, 

 90, 1.S9S. 



Okomint ('people of the lee side'). 

 An Eskimo tribe dwelling on Cumber- 

 land sd., Baffin land. They embrace the 

 Talirpingmiut, Kinguamiut, Kingnait- 

 miut, and Saumingmiut. When whalers 

 first visited them, about 1850, the popu- 

 lation amounted to 1,500, but it was re- 

 duced to 245 in 1883. Their villages and 

 settlements are: Anarnitung, Aukard- 

 neling, Ekaluakdjuin, Ekaluin, Ekaluk- 

 djuak, Idjorituaktuin, Igpirto, Imigen, 

 Kangertloaping, Kangertlung, Kangert- 

 lukdjuaq, Karmang, Karsukan, Karu- 

 suit, Katernuna, Kekertaujang, Keker- 

 ten, Kimissing, Kingaseareang, Kingua, 

 Kitingujang, Kordlubing, Koukdjuaq, 

 Naujateling, Nedlung, Niantilik, Nird- 

 lirn, Niutang, Nuvujalung, Nuvujen, Pu- 

 jetung, Sakiakdjung, Saunutung, Tiker- 

 akdjung, Tuakdjuak, Tupirbikdjuin, Ug- 

 juktung, Ukiadliving, Umanaktuak, and 

 Utikimiting. 



Oqomiut.— Boas in 6th Rep. B. A. E., 424, 1888. 

 Oxomiut. — Boas in Petermanns Mitt., no. 80,69, 1885. 



Okommakamesit. A village of praying 

 Indians in 1674 near the present Marl- 

 borough, Mass. It was in the territory 

 of the Nipmuc. 



Okkokonimesit.— Gookin (1677) in Trans. Am. 

 Antiq. Soc., II, 435, 1836. Okommakamesit. — 

 Gookin (1674) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st a., I, 

 185, 1806. Okonhomessit.— Gookin (1677) in Trans. 

 Am. Antiq. Soc, ll, 455, 1836. 



Okopeya ( 'in danger') . A band of the 

 Sisseton Sioux, an offshoot of the Tizap- 

 tan.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 217, 

 1897. 



Okos ('band of bulls'). A former 

 Arikara band under Kunuteshan, Chief 

 Bear. 



Bulls.— Culbertaon in Smithson. Rep. 1850, 143, 

 18.51. Okos'.— Hayden, Ethnog. and Philol., 357, 

 1862. 



Okossisak. An Eskimo village on Sal- 

 mon r., w. Greenland. — Kane, Arctic 

 Explor., II, 124, 1856. 



Okow. See Occoio. 



Okowvinjha. A former Gabrieleilo 

 rancheria near San Fernando mission, 

 Los Angeles co., Cal. (Taylor in Cal. 



