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OUHE Y WICHKINGH OUNNASH ATT A KAU 



[b. a. e. 



Ouheywiclikingh. An Algonquian vil- 

 lage on Long id., N. Y., probably near 

 the western end. — Doc. of 1645 in N. Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist, XIV, 60, 1883. 



Ouiatenon (abbr. of wmviiatanong, ' at 

 wawiiatan,' i. e. 'the current goes round' : 

 whence the name of the Wea tribe. — 

 Gerard). Tbe principal village of the 

 Wea, situated on the s. e. bank of the 

 Wabash, just below the mouth of Wea 

 cr., in what is now Tippecanoe co., Ind. 

 It was headquarters for the French traders 

 in that section, the French Ft Ouiatenon 

 having been nearly opposite the mouth of 

 the creek. It is described as extending 

 3 m., though the number of houses it 

 contained was but 70, exclusive of the 

 French dwellings. In 1777 this was the 

 principal Indian center on the Wabash, 

 Ouiatenon and a Kickapoo town on the 

 opposite side of the river together con- 

 taining 1,000 fighting men. It was de- 

 stroyed by the United States troops under 

 Gen. Scott in 1791. For forms of the 

 name, see Tim. (.t. m. j. p. d. ) 



Ouikaliny (misprint of OnikaUny) . A 

 tribe n. of L. Superior in 1697, who some- 

 times traded with the French, but gen- 

 erally with the English on Hudson bay. 

 They may have been the Maskegon. 

 Gens de I'Outarde. — La Chesnave (1697) in Margry, 

 Dec, VI, 7, IScSG. Ouikaliny.— ibid., 7. 



Ouinebigonhelini (probably for WinV 

 bigo^vinmavug, 'people of the unpleasant 

 water. ' — W. J. ) . A tribe or band, doubt- 

 less of the Maskegon, living on Hudson 

 bay at the mouth of Nelson r. in the 

 middle of the 18th century. 

 Ouenebegonhelinis. — Dobbs, Hudson Bay, 24, 1744. 

 Ouinebigonhelini. — Ibid., 23. . 



Ouininiche. See Owmaniche. 



Oujatespouitons. A band of one of the 

 Dakota tribes w. of Mississippi at the close 

 hi the 17th century. 



Oujalespious. — La Harpe (1700) in French, Hist. 

 ColL La., Ill, 27, 1851. Oujalespoitons. — Le Sueur 

 (1700) in Neill, Hist. Minn., 170, 1858 (sig.: 'vil- 

 lage divided into many small bands'). Oujales- 

 poitous. — Le Sueur quoted by Shea, Early Voy- 

 ages, 104, 1861. Oujatespouetons. — Shea, ibid., lil 

 (.sig.: 'village dispersed in several little bands'). 

 Oujatespouitons. — Le Sueur (1700) in Margry, D^e., 

 VI, SO, 1886. Ouyatespony. — Pc'nicaut in Minn. 

 Hist. Soc. Coll., II, pt. 2, 6, 1864. 



Oukesestigouek (Cree: uklslstigwek, 

 ' swift- water ijeople.'— Gerard). A Mon- 

 tagnais tribe or band, known to the 

 French as early as 16-43. They lived about 

 the headwaters of Manicouagan r., n. of 

 the Papinachois, with whom they appear 

 to have been in close relation. They are 

 spoken of as a quiet and peaceable peo- 

 ple, willingly receiving instructions from 

 the missionaries. (,t. m.) 



Ochessigiriniooek. — Keane in Stanford, Compend., 

 526, 1878. Ochessigiriniouek. — Albanel (co. 1670) 

 quoted by Hind, Lab. Penin., ii, 22, 1863. Ochest- 

 gooetch.— Keane in Stanford, Compend., 526,1878. 

 Ochestgouetch.— Hind, Lab. Penin., ll, 20, 1863. 

 Ochestigouecks. — Crepy, Map, ra. 1755. Ouchessigi- 

 riniouek. — Jes. Rel. 1670, 13, 1858. Ouchestigoiiek. — 

 .les. Rel. 1665, 5, 1858. Ouchestigouetch.— Jes. Rel. 

 1664, 13, 1858. Ouchestigouets. — Bellin, Map, 1755. 

 Oukesestigouek.— Jes. Rel. 1643, 38, 1858. 



Oukiskimanitouk (probably for Okiski- 

 manisiwog, 'whetstone-bird people', i. e. 

 'kingfisher people'). A clan of the 

 Chippewa of L. Superi(3r. Chauvignerie 

 in 1736 noted the Oskemanettigons, an 

 Algonquian tribe of 40 warriors on Win- 

 nipeg r., having the fisher as its totem. 

 This may be identical. 



Oskemanettigons. — Chauvignerie (1736) in N. Y. 

 Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 1054, 1855. Oskemanitigous.— 

 Chauvignerie (1736) quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind. 

 Tribes, III, 556, 1853. Oukiskimanitouk.— Jes. Rel. 

 1658, 22, 1858. TJshkimani'tigog.— Wm. Jones, inf'n, 

 1906. 



Oukotoemi. A Montagnais band, part of 

 whom gathered at Three Rivers, Quebec, 

 in 1641 (Jes. Rel. 1641, 29, 1858). Doubt- 

 less a part of the Attikamegue. 



Oumamiwek (^Montagnais: umamiwek, 

 ' down - stream people.' — Gerard). A 

 tribe or band of Montagnais, closely 

 related to, if not identical with, the 

 Bersiamite. It is possible that the 

 two were members of one tribe, each 

 having its distinct organization. Shea 

 (Charlevoix, New France, ii, 243,1866), 

 following the Jesuit Relations, says 

 the Bersiamite were next to Tadoussac 

 and the Oumamiwek inland in the N. e. 

 The Relation of 1670 places them below 

 the Papinachois on the St Lawrence. It 

 is, however, certain that the Papinachois 

 were chiefly inland, probably about the 

 headwaters of Bersiamite r. From a 

 conversation with an Oumamiwek chief 

 recorded by Father Henri Nouvel (Jes. 

 Rel. 1664 ) it is learned that his people and 

 other tril3es of the lower St Lawrence 

 were in the habit at that early day of 

 visiting the Hudson Bay region. The 

 people of this tribe were readily brought 

 under the influence of the missionaries. 



Oumamiois. — Jes. Rel. 1670, 13, 1858. 8mami8ek. — 

 Jes. Rel. 1650, 41, 1858. SmamiSekhi.- Jes. Rel. 

 1641,57,1858. Oumamiwek.— Bail loquet (1661) in 

 Hind, Lab. Penin., Il, 20, 1863. Oumaniouets. — 

 Homann Heirs map, 1756 (located about head of 

 Saguenay r., and po.ssibly a distinct tribe). Ouma- 

 nois. — Hind, Lab. Penin., ii, 21, 1863 (perhaps 

 quoting a writer of 1664). Ouramanichek. — Jes. 

 Rel. 1644, 53, 1858 (identical?). 



Oumataclii. An Algonquian band liv- 

 ing between Mistassini and Abittibi lakes, 

 Quebec, in the 18th century. 

 Oumatachi.— Jefferys, French Dom., pt. 1, map, 

 1761. Oumatachiiriouetz. — La Tour, Map, 1779 

 (should be Oumataehiriniouetz). 



OunnashattakaTi. A Sen'eca chief, usu- 

 ally called Ounneashataikau, or Tall 

 Chief, born in 1750. He signed the 

 treaties of 1797 and Aug. 31, 1826, his 

 name appearing as Auashodakai in the 

 latter. He lived alternately at Squakie 

 hill (Dayoitgao), near Mt Morris, N. 

 Y., and at the latter place. He died and 

 was buried at Tonawanda in 1828, but 

 his remains were removed, Junell, 1884, 

 to Mt Morris, where a monument bearing 

 his name in the form A-wa-nis-ha- 

 dek-ha (meaning 'burning day') has 

 been erected to his memory. He is de- 

 scribed as having been a graceful and 

 fine-looking man. (w. m. b.) 



