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iK^t, however, one of the Sixtowns re- 

 corded by Gatschet. See OkiahannuU. 



Oskenotoh {Os-ken'' -o-toh) . The Deer 

 clan of the Hurons. — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 

 153, 1877. 



Oskquisaquamai. A fish-eating people 

 mentioned in connection with Assini- 

 boin, Cree, and Maskegon, in the middle 

 of the 18th century; probably a band of 

 Cree. 



Oskquisaquamai. — Biicqixeville do la Potherie, 

 Hist. Am., I, 176, 1753. Osquisakamais. — Dobbs, 

 Hudson Bay, 25, 1744. 



Oskuk \0s ki'ik, 'tree standing'). A 

 f^mall Pima village on Gila r., s. Arizo- 

 na.— Ru.ssell, Pima MS., B. A. E., 18, 

 1902. 



Osmakmiketlp ( Osmaxm ik -e^lp ) . A Bel- 

 lacoola village on the n. side of Bella- 

 coola r., at its mouth, in British Colum- 

 bia; it was one of the eight Nuhalk 

 towns. — Boas in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., II, 49, 1898. 



Osonee. A former village, probably of 

 the Upper Creeks, on Cahawba r., in 

 Shelbv CO., Ala. 



Old Osonee.— Rovce in 18th Rep. B. A. E., Ala. 

 map, 1900. 



Osotchi. A former Lower Creek town 

 on the w. bank of Chattahoochee r. , Rus- 

 sell CO., Ala., 2 m. below Uchee town and 

 adjoining Chiaha. It was settled prior 

 to 1791 by people from Flint r., Ga., and 

 in 1832 had 168 heads of families. In 

 Oklahoma the descendants of the people 

 of Osotchi and Chiaha are settled in one 

 village. 



Hoose'che.— Bartram, Travels, 462, 1791. Hoosi- 

 tchi.— Bartram as cited by Gatschet, Creek Migr. 

 Leg., I, 142, 1884. Ocsachees.— Harris, Voy., ll, 

 335,1764. Odsinachies.—McKenney and Hall, Ind. 

 Tribes, in, 80, 1854 (probably identical). Oosco- 

 oches.— Hawkins (1813) in Am. State Pap., Ind. 

 Aff., I, 8-54, 1832. Oosechu.— Adair, Am. Inds., 

 257,1775. Oo-se-oo-che. — Hawkins (1799), Sketch, 

 25,63, 1848. Ooseoochee.— U. S. Ind. Treat. (1814), 

 163, 1837. Oscoochee.— Gallatin in Trans. Am. 

 Antiq. Soc, II, 95, 1836. Oseooche.— Wilkinson 

 (1802) in Am. State Pap., Ind. AflF., I, 677, 1832. 

 Ositchy.— Pickett, Hist. Ala., ii, 104, 18.51. Oso- 

 chee.— Am. State Papers, Ind. Aff., II, 837, 1834- 

 dsotchi.— Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., I, 142, 1884. 

 Ossuchees. — Am. State Papers, Ind. Aff., I, 383. 

 1832. Ostretchees.— H. R. Ex. Doc. 276, 24th Cong., 

 1st sess., 308, 1836. dsudshi.— Gatschet, Creek, 

 Migr. Leg., I, 142, 1884. Osutchi.-Ibid. Oswi- 

 chees. — Woodward, Reminis., 38, 18-59. Oswichu. — 

 U. S. Ind. Treat. (1827), 419, 1837. Oswitcha.— H. 

 R. Ex. Doc. 276, 24th Cong., 1st sess., 300, 1836. 

 Oswitche.— H. R. Doi'. 4.52, 2.5th Cong,, 2d sess., 49, 

 1.S38. Oswitchee.— Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, iv, 

 57S, 1S54. Ousauches.— Barnard (1793) in Am. 

 State Pap., Ind. Aff., i, 382, 1832. Owitchees.— 

 McCall, Hist. Georgia, l, 364, 1811. Owseecheys.— 

 Harris, Vov., ii, 327, 1764. tJsechees.— Kinnard 

 (1793) in Am. State Pap., Ind. Aff., i, 388, ls32. 

 TJsuchees.— Seagrove (1793), ibid., 387. tJsu- 

 tchi.— Gat.schet, Creek Migr. Leg., I, 142, 1884. 



Osotchi. A town of the Creek Nation, 

 on Deep fork, below Ocmulgee, Okla. 

 O'sudshi,— Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., ii, 186, 1888. 



Ospo. A village and mission station, 

 possiljly of the Yamasee, on or near Guale 

 (Amelia) id., n. e. Fla., in the latter part of 

 the 16th century. In 1597, in a general 

 attack on the missions, the church was 

 destroyed and the priest in charge, Father 



Avila, taken prisoner, but he was finally 

 rescued after having once been conden med 

 to the stake. Hee Tolemato. (.i. m. ) 

 Ospa. — Shea, Cath. Miss., 70, 185.5. Ospo. — Barcia, 

 Ensayo, 171, 1723. 



Osquake (from OUquago, 'under the 

 rock, ' Mohawk name of the creek. — Hew- 

 itt). A Moliawk band and village for- 

 merly at Ft Plain and on Osquake cr., 

 Montgomerv co., N.Y. (Macaulev, N. Y., 

 II, 296, 1829). Cf. (hgtutge. 



Ossaghrage (Ii'oqiiois: 'place of beaver 

 dams.' — Hewitt) . An Abnaki village in 

 1700.— Bellomont (1700) in N. Y. Doc. 

 Col. Hist., IV, 758, 1854. 



Ossahinta ( ' Frost' ) . The principal chief 

 of the Onondaga from 1830 until his 

 death in 1846; he was born in 1760 and 

 belonged to the Turtle clan. Ossahinta 

 was of high character and an eloquent 

 speaker, and w'as commonly known as 

 Captain Frost. (w. m. b.) 



Oase {Os''-se, 'old squaw duck'). Asub- 

 phratry or gensof theMenominee. — Hoff- 

 man in 14th Rep. B. A. E., 42, 1896. 



Ossewingo. A town with a mixed popu- 

 lation under Oneida jurisdiction, formerly 

 situated, according to the Evans map of 

 1756, afew miles aboveChenango, Broome 

 CO., N. Y. The report of Thompson and 

 Post in 1758 (Pa. Archives, in, 418, 1853) 

 says, with reference to Chenango, that it 

 is a "town of the Nanticokes, on Susque- 

 hanna, al^out half way between Owegey 

 and Ossewingo," which indicates appar- 

 ently that Chenango lay between the 

 two towns mentioned and is not identical 

 with Ossewingo, as some writers assert. 

 See Halsey, Old N. Y. Frontier, 276, 



1901. (.1. N. B. H.) 



Ossingsing (Delaware: ass'mesink; 'at 

 the little stone,' probably referring to 

 the heaps of small stones that the Indians 

 were accustomed to form at certain places, 

 especially at the foot of a hill. — Gerard). 

 A former village of theSintsink (q.v.) on 

 the site of Ossining, N. Y. — Ruttenber, 

 Tribes Hudson R., 79, 1872. 



Ossipee ('lake formed by the enlarge- 

 ment of a river.' — Maurault). A small 

 tribe of the Pennacook confederacy for- 

 merly living on Ossipee r. and lake in Car- 

 roll CO., N. H., and Oxford co.. Me. 

 Their village, of the same name, was prob- 

 ably on the lake. (i. m. ) 

 Osipees. — Kendall, Trav., iii, 45, 1809. Ossepe. — 

 Treaty of 1690 in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d s., i, 113, 

 1825. Ossipee.— Pen hallow (1726) in N. H. Hist. 

 Soc. Coll., I, 71, 1824. 



Ossossane ('a mound'). A former im- 

 portant Huron village, belonging to the 

 Bear clan, situated between L. Simcoe 

 and Georgian bay, Ontario. It was 

 known under various names at different 

 periods. In 1639 the mission of La Con- 

 ception was removed there from Iliona- 

 tiria. (j. n. b. h. ) 



Immaculate Conception.— Shea, Cath. Miss., 177, 

 1855. La Conception.— Jes. Rel. 1640, 63, 1858. 

 LaRochelle.— .Ics. Rel. 1636,123,1858. Ossonane.— 



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