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fB. A. 



'(what is) used for striking'. The cog- 

 nate word, j>ttkamdgan, is used by the 

 Cree as a name fqr a hammer or mallet. 

 See Clubs, Tomahawks. (w. e. g. ) 



Pogatacut. A sachem of the Manhasset 

 of Long Id., who signed the deed of 

 East Hampton in 1648. In the same 

 year his name was written Poygratasuck. 

 He was a brother of the chief of the 

 same name who died in 1651, and whose 

 body, on the way to the grave, was set 

 down between Sag Harbor and East 

 Hampton. At the spot where his head 

 rested was made the "Sachem's Hole," 

 which was kept clear by the Indians 

 until destroyed in building a turnpike. 

 Consult Ruttenber, Tribes Hudson R., 

 75, 1872; N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., i, 676, 

 1853. (w. M. B. ) 



Poggie, Poggy. See Pogy, Porgy. 



Poghaden. See Pogy, Pauhagen. 



Pogie. See Pogy, Porgy. 



Pogonip. A Shoshonean term used in 

 Nevada to designate a peculiar fog that 

 occasionally visits the mountain country 

 in winter. The sun is obscured, usually 

 during the entire day, and sometimes for 

 days, while the air is charged with a 

 heavy fog in which fine particles of snow 

 seem to be flying. Although the tem- 

 perature may not be low, intense cold is 

 felt on account of the unusual humidity 

 that prevails. It is said that the Indians 

 greatly fear these fogs. 



Pogoreshapka (Russian: 'burnt cap'). 

 An Ikogmiut Eskimo village on the right 

 bank of the lower Yukon, about 20 m. 

 from Koserefski, Alaska; pop. 121 in 1880. 

 Gagara-Shapka. — Dall, inf ii (Russian: 'Joon cap ; 

 name applied tij a village where the natives made 

 birdsliin caps, for wliich Pogoreshapka is a mis- 

 take). Pogoreshapka. — PetrofE in Tenth Census, 

 Alaska, 12, 1884. 



Pogromni (Russian: 'desolation'). An 

 Aleut village near Pogromni volcano, on 

 the N. shore of Unimak id., e. Aleutian 

 ids., Alaska. — Lutke (1828) quoted by 

 Baker, Geog. Diet. Alaska, 1902. 



Pogy. A northern New England name 

 for the menhaden; also applied to a fish- 

 ing boat. A trap for menhaden fishing 

 is known as pogy-oatcher. The word is 

 either identical with porgy (q. v.) or cor- 

 rupted from poghaden, a variant of pau- 

 hagen, another name of this fish. It is 

 spelled also ])ogie and poggie. ( a. f. c. ) 



Pohallintinleli {Pohalin iinliu, 'at the 

 squirrels' holes.' — A. L. K. ). A name 

 given by Powers (Cont. N. A. Ethnol., 

 Ill, 370, 1877) as that of a Mariposan 

 (Yokuts) tribe living a little n. of Ft 

 Tejon, near Kern lake, Cal., but it is 

 really only the name of a locality. 



Pohemcomeati. A Nanticoke village in 

 1707 on the lower Susquehanna in Penn- 

 sylvania. — Evans (1707) quoted by Dav, 

 Penn., 391, 1843. 



Pohickery. See Hickory. 



Pohkopophunk {PuchapucJmng, 'at the 

 cleft rock.' — Gerard). A Delaware vil- 

 lage about 1740 in e. Pennsylvania, prob- 

 al)ly in Carbon co. 



Pochapuchkung. — Loskiel (1794) quoted by Day, 

 Penn., 517, 1843. Pohkopophunk.— Scull {ca. 1737) 

 quoted by Day, ibid., 475. 



Pohoi {Po'-hol, 'wild-gage people'). 

 The Comanche name for the Shoshoni, 

 of whom a few are incorporated in the 

 former tribe; early referred to as a Co- 

 manche band. (j. m. ) 

 Po'-hoi,—M coney in 14th Rep. B. A. E., 1045, 189(i. 

 Po-jo. — Butcher and Levendecker, Comanche 

 MS. vocab.,_B._A. E., 1867 (trans, 'of the mute 

 tribe'). Tres-qui-ta. — Ibid, (trans, 'spare evac- 

 uators ' ) . 



Pohomoosh. A Micmac village or band 

 in 1760, probably in Nova Scotia. — Frj'e 

 (1760) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., 

 X, 116, 1809. 



Pohonichi. A name applied to those 

 Indians of the Moquelumnan family who 

 formerly lived during the summer months 

 in Yosemite valley, Cal. The name is 

 derived from Pohono, the Indian name 

 for Bridalveil fall in Yosemite valley. 

 These people lived during the cold season 

 in the Sierra foot-hills along Merced r. 

 Of the original group of people to which 

 the term was applied there are now (1906) 

 but two or three survivors. (s. a. b. ) 

 Fonechas. — Bancroft, Nat. Races, I, 363, 1874. 

 Openoches. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, June 8, 1860. 

 Pah-huh-hach-is.— Johnston in Sen. Ex. Doc. 61, 

 32d Cong., Istsess., 23, 1852. Phonecha. — Henley 

 in Ind. Aff. Rep., 512, 1854. Po-ha-ha-chis.— John- 

 ston, op. cit., 22. Poho-neche. — Royce in ISth Rep. 

 B. A. E., 822, 1899. Po-ho-ne-chees.— Barbour in 

 Sen. Ex. Doc. 4, 32d Cong., spec, sess., 252, 1853. 

 Pohoneechees. — Bancroft, Nat. Races, I, 456, 1874. 

 Po-ho-neech-es. — McKee et al. (1851) in Sen. Ex. 

 Doc. 4, 32d Cong., spec, sess., 74, 1853. Po-ho- 

 neich-es.— McKee in Ind. Aff. Rep.. 223, 1851. Po'- 

 ho-ni-chi. — Powers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., in, 350, 

 1877. Pohuniche.— Savage (1851) in Sen. Ex. Doc. 

 4, 32d Cong., spec, sess., 231, 1853. Po-ko-na-tri. — 

 Wessells (1853) in H. R. Ex. Doe. 76, 34th Cong., 

 1st sess., 30, 18.57. Powhawneches. — Barbour et al. 

 in Sen. Ex. Doc. 4, 32d Cong., spec, sess., 61, 1853. 



Pohulo {Po-hw'-Io, a species of herb). 

 An extinct clan of the Tewa pueblo of 

 Hano, Ariz. — Fewkes in Am. Anthrop., 

 VII, 166, 1894. 



Poiam. A Squawmish village commu- 

 nity on the right bank of Squawmisht r., ■ 

 w. Brit. Col. 



Poia'm.— Hill-Tout in Rep. B. A. A. S., 474, 1900. 

 P'oyam.— Boa.s, MS., B. A.E., 1887. _ 



Poihuuinge. A large prehistoric Tewa 

 pueblo, now ruins, on the summit of a 

 small but lofty mesa about 1 m. s. of 

 Chama r. and 4 m. w. of its confluence 

 with the Rio Grande, in Rio Arriba co., 

 N. Mex. The pueblo was built of adobe 

 and ii-regular blocks of the heavy black 

 lava of which the mesas in this region are 

 composed. It was built in three sections, 

 about a court, the s. side being open. 

 There were two circular kivas within the 

 court and two outside at some distance 

 from the building. The site is strongly 

 defensive, but the water and food supply 

 must have been precarious, there being 



