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tribes, seems to have been applied origi- 

 nally to them. — A. L. Kroeber, inf'n, 

 1905. 



Alchones.— Beechev, Vov., i, 400, 1831. Ohlones.— 

 Taylor in Cal. Farmer." May 31, IStil. Olchone.— 

 Beefhev, op. cit., 402. 01-hones.— Sfhoolcraft, 

 Ind. Tribes, ii, 506, 1852. Oljon.— Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, Oft. 18, 1861. 



Olitassa {HoUhtasha, 'fort is there'). 

 A former important Choctaw town, noted 

 by Romans in 1775 on the site of the 

 present De Kalb, ^Nliss. It had two chiefs 

 and more than 100 cabins, and was a kind 

 of capital for the neighboring towns for 

 20 m. or more around. Once a year dele- 

 gates from all these towns met there to 

 make new laws. — Halbert in Pub. Miss. 

 Hist. Soc, VI, 426, 1902. 



Ollas. See Pottery, Receptacles. 



Olmolococ. A former rancheria con- 

 nected with Dolores mission, San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal. — Tavlor in Cal. Farmer, Oct. 

 18, 1861. 



Ololopa ( fy -lo-lo-pa, related to n'-Jo-lo- 

 ko, 'smoke-hole'). A division or village 

 of the Maidu near Oroville, on Feather r. , 

 Butte CO., Cal. They numbered between 

 100 and 150 in 1850, but are now nearly 

 extinct. (r. b. d. ) 



Holilepas. — .lohnson in Schooleraft, Ind. Tribes, 

 VI, 710, 1857. Holil-le-pas.— Day (1850) in Sen. 

 E.x. Doc. 4, 32d Cong., spec, .sess., 39, 1853. Ho-lil- 

 li-pah.— Ind. Aff. Rep., 124, 18.50. Holoaloopis.— 

 Powers in Overland Mo., xii, 420. 1874. Hololipi. — 

 Chever in Bull. Essex Inst. 1870, ii, 28, 1871. 

 Hol-6-lu-pai. — PowersinCont.N.A.Ethnol.,iii,282, 

 1877. Jollillepas. — Day, op. cit. Oleepas. — Delano, 

 Life on Plains, 293, 18.54. 0-lip-as. — Day, op. cit. 

 0-lip-pas. — Johnston (1850) in Sen. Ex. Doc. 4, 

 32d Cong., spec, sess., 45, 1853. Ololopai. — Curtin, 

 MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1885. 



Olotaraca. A young chief who led the 

 Indian force which accompanied De 

 Gourges in the destruction of the Spanish 

 forts at the mouth of St John r., Fla., in 

 1568, and distinguished himself by being 

 the first man to scale the breastwork, kill- 

 ing the gunner who had fired on the ad- 

 vancing French. He was the nephew of 

 the chief of the Saturil>a (Satourioua) 

 tribe, which held lower St John r. and 

 had welcomed the French under Ribaut 

 in 1562 and Laudonniere in 1564. The 

 name occurs also as Olotoraca, Olotacara, 

 Otocara, etc., and according to Oatschet 

 the proper form is Hola'taraca, holata 

 being the title for a subchief in the Timu- 

 cua language. (j. m.) 



Olowitok ( Ol-o'-wi-toh, from olowin, 

 ' west' ) . A general name ajiplied l)y the 

 people of the Miwok (]\Ioqnelumnan) 

 stock of California to all people living w. 

 of the sjieaker. (s. a. b.) 



Ol-o'-wi-dok.— Powers in Cent. N. A. Etlinol., in, 

 349, 1877. Ol'-o-wit.— Ibid, (identical, althongh 

 givenasdislinct). Olowitok.— S. ,\. Barrett, inf'n, 

 1906. Ol-o-wl'-ya. — Powers, op. cit. (identical, al- 

 though given as distinct). Olwiya.— S. A. Bar- 

 rett, inf'n, 1906 (alternative form). 



Olpen. A former rancheria connected 

 with Dolores mission, San Francisco, 

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

 1861. 



Olposel. A name applied to one of the 

 villages or small divisions of the south- 

 ern Wintun or Patwin Indians living on 

 the upper course of Cache cr., in Lake 

 CO., Cal. (s. A. B. ) 



Ol'-po-sel.— Powers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., iii, 219, 

 1877. 



Olalato ('above', 'on high'). A Pat- 

 win tftbe formerly living on Ulatus cr. 

 and about Vacaville, Solano co., Cal. 



Hallapootas.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Mar. 30, 1860. 

 Ol-u-la'-to.— Powers in Cont. N. A. Flthnol., in, 

 218. 1877. Ouloulatines.— Choris, Voy. Pitt., 6, 18'22. 

 TJllulatas. — Tavlor, op. cit. TTlulato. — Chamisso in 

 Kotzebue, Voy., Ill, 51, 1821. 



Olumane ( 0-lnm^-a-ne, 'vermilion ' ) . A 

 subclan of the Delawares. — Morgan, Anc. 

 Soc, 172, 1877. 



Olumpali. A former large Moquelum- 

 nan village in the present Marin co., Cal., 

 at a point about 6 m. s. of the town of 

 Petal uma. (s. a. b. ) 



Olompalis. —Choris. Voy. Pitt., 6, 1822. Olumpali.— 

 Chamisso in Kotzebue, Voy., in, 61. 1821. 



Omaha ( ' those going against the wind 

 or current ' ) . One of the 5 tribes of the so- 

 called Dhegihagroupof the Siouan family, 

 the other 4 being the Kansa, Quapaw, 

 Osage, and Ponca. Hale and Dor.sey con- 

 cluded from a study of the languages and 

 traditions that, in the westward migration 

 of the Dhegiha from their seat on Ohio and 

 Wabash rs. after the separation, at least 

 as early as 1500, of the Quapaw, who went 

 down the Mississippi from the mouth 

 of the Ohio, the Omaha branch moved 

 up the great river, remaining awhile near 

 the mouth of the Missouri while war and 

 hunting parties explored the country to 

 the N. w. The Osage remained on Osage r. 

 and the Kansa continued up the Missouri, 

 while theOmaha, still includingthePonca, 

 crossed the latter stream and remained 

 for a period in Iowa, ranging as far as the 

 Pipestone quarry at the jiresent Pipestone, 

 Minn. They were driven back by the 

 Dakota, and after the sej^aration of the 

 Ponca, who advanced into the Black 

 hills, which occurred probably about 

 1650 at the mouth of Niobrara r., the 

 Omaha settled on Bow cr. , Nebr. , and may 

 have already been there at the date of 

 Marquette's map (1673). Jefferys (1761) 

 located the Omaha on the e. side of Mis- 

 souri r., beyond the Iowa, immediately 

 above Big Sioux r. In 1766 they appear 

 to have had friendly relations with the 

 Dakota, as Carver mentions having met 

 both tribes together on Minnesota r. 

 They were at their favorite resort near 

 Omadi, Dakota co., Nel)r., in 1800. Lewis 

 and Clark (1804) found them on the s. 

 side of Missouri r. opposite Sioux City, 

 S. Dak., but learned that the tribe in 

 1802, while living at a point farther up 

 the Missouri, was visited by smallpox, 

 which had greatly reduced their number 

 and caused their removal. Then, as in 

 later years, they were at constant war 



