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Ounontisaston ( ' at the foot of the 

 mountain.' — Hewitt). An important 

 Huron village visited by De la Roche Dal- 

 lionin 1626 (Shea, Cath. Miss., 170, 1855) 

 and mentioned by Sagard (Can., in, 805, 

 1866) in 1636. Its location is uncertain, 

 but it was probably not far from Niagara 

 r., and the name may refer to its situation 

 on the ridge facing the n. (w. m. b. ) 



Ouray (said by Powell to be the Ute 

 attempt to pronounce the name Willie, 

 given him by the white family to which 

 he was attached as a boy; other authori- 

 ties give the meaning ' The Arrow ' ). A 

 chief of the Uncompahgre Ute, born in 

 Colorado in 1820. He was engaged in a 

 fierce struggle with the Sioux in his early 

 manhood, and his only son was captured 

 bv his enemies, never to be restored. His 



relations with the United States govern- 

 ment, so far as recorded, began with the 

 treaty made by the Taljeguache band at 

 Conejos, Colo., Oct. 7, 1863, to which, his 

 name is signed "U-ray, or Arrow." He 

 also signed the treaty of Washington, 

 Mar. 2, 1868, by the name U-re; though 

 to the amendment, Aug. 15, 1868, it is 

 written Ou-ray. He is noted chiefly 

 for his unwavering friendshiji for the 

 whites, with whom he always kept faith 

 and whose interests he protected as far as 

 possible, even on trying occasions. It was 

 in all probability his firm stand and there- 

 straint he imposed upon his people that 

 prevented the spread of the outbreak of 

 the Ute in Sept. 1879, when agent N. C. 

 Meeker and others were killed and the 

 women of the agency made captives. 



As soon as Ouray heard of this outbreak 

 he commanded the cessation of hostilities, 

 which the agent claimed would have 

 stopped further outrage had the soldiers 

 been withheld. Ouray at this time 

 signed himself as "head chief" of the 

 Ute, though what this designation im- 

 plied is uncertain. For his efforts to 

 maintain peace at this time he was 

 granted an annuity of $1,000 as long as 

 he remained chief of the Ute. Ouray 

 had a fair education, speaking both Eng- 

 lish and Spanish. His death occurred 

 Aug. 24, 1880, at which time he was re- 

 siding in a comfortable, well-furnished 

 house on a farm which he owned and 

 cultivated. (c. t. ) 



Ousagoucoula (Choctaw: ' hickory peo- 

 ple,' from o.s.wA-, 'hickory'). One of the 

 9 Natchez villages in 1699. 

 Noyers.— Richebourg in French, Hist. Coll. La., 

 HI, 248, 1851. Ousagoucoula.— Iberville (1699) in 

 Margry, D6c., IV, 179, 1880. Walnut Village.— 

 Uayarr^, La., I, 156, 1851. 



Ousint. A former village, presumably 

 Costanoan, connected with Dolores mis- 

 sion, San Francisco, Cal. — Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. 



Ontacity. Given in documents as the 

 name or title of a prominent C'herokee 

 chief about 1720; also spelled Otacite, 

 Otassite, Outassatah, Wootassite, Wrose- 

 tasatow. — Mooney in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 

 529, 546, 1900. 



OntaoTiakamigouk (probably for Utdwd- 

 kdnuguk, 'people of the open country or 

 land.' — Gerard). A tribe or band on the 

 X. E. coast of L. Huron in 1648; probably 

 a part of the Ottawa. 



Ouraouakmikoug-.— Jus. Rel. 1658, 22, 1858. Outa- 

 ouakamigouk.— Jes. Rel. 1648, 62, 1858. 



Outassatah. — See Ontadty. 



Outaunink (corrupted spelling of Uie- 

 ninl; from titen, or utdu, 'town,' + ink, 

 'at.' — Gerard). A former Munsee vil- 

 lage, commonly called Old Town, situated 

 on theN. bank of Whiter., opposite ]M un- 

 cle, Delaware co., Ind., on land sold in 

 1818. The Indians have called the place 

 " site of the town," or "place where the 

 town was," and whites have mistaken 

 this for the name of the town when it was 

 there. (.i. p. d. ) 



Old Town.— J. p. Dunn, infn, 1907. Ou-tau- 

 nink. — Hough, map, in Indiana Geol. Rep., 1882. 



Outchichagami (^Nlontagnais: Utclukd- 

 gdmi, ' people near the water.' — Gerard). 

 The name of a small tribe living n. of 

 Albany r., in Keewatin, Canada. They 

 speak a Chippewa dialect fairly Avell 

 understood by the Chippewa of the n. 

 shore of L. Superior. (w. .j.) 



Otcitcakonsag.— Wm. Jones, infn, 1906. Outchi- 

 chagami. — .Teffreys, French Dom. Am., i, map, 

 1761. Outchichagamiouetz. — La Tour. Map, 1779. 



Outchongai. A band that lived in 1640 

 on theE. side of Georgian bay, Ontario r., 

 and probably s. of French r. They were 

 connected with the Amikwa. In 1736 they 



