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POTOLTU C POTRE 



[b. a. e. 



ing in 1804 on the coast of Washington, 

 N. w. of the Klumaitumsh. They num- 

 bered 200 people, in 10 houses. 



Potoashees. — Lewis and Clark Exped., ii, 119, 1814. 

 Potoashs.— Orig. Jour. Lewis and Clark, vi, 70, 

 1905 (also Potoash's, p. 118) . 



Potoltnc. A Chumashan village w. of 

 Pueblo de las Canoas (San Buenaven- 

 tura), Ventura co., Cal., in 1542. — Ca- 

 brillo, Narr. (1542), in Smith, Colec. 

 Doc. Fla., 181, 1857. 



Potomac. An Indian town, the name 

 of which, when heard by the discoverers 

 and first explorers of tlie river, was sup- 

 posed by them to be that of the stream, 

 and was erroneously written Pntoivomek. 

 This town was situated about 55 m. in a 

 straight line from Chesapeake bay, on a 

 peninsula, in what is now Stafford co., 

 Va., formed by Potomac r. and Potomac 

 cr. It was the principal residence of a 

 werowance who is said to have been as 

 powerful as Powhatan, but whose name 

 has not been preserved. On hia return 

 from a visit to Powhatan's son, Parahunt 

 ('One who misses his aim,' otherwise 

 called Tanx Powhatan, or 'The lesser 

 Powhatan'-), this werowance was accom- 

 panied by Henry Spelman, once inter- 

 preter to the Jamestown colony, who took 

 the occasion now offered him to escape 

 from the bondage into which he had been 

 sold to Parahunt by Capt. John Smith. 

 Spelman, in his Relation of Virginia {ca. 

 1613), styles his new master "King Pato- 

 mecke" and hia people the "Patomeck." 



The word Patomeck ( Patomek) ia a ver- 

 bal noun meaning' something brought,' 

 and, as a designation for a place, may 

 perhaps be short for, say, Enda PdtomSk, 

 'w'here something is brought.' Verbal 

 nouns of this kind, for which one gram- 

 marian has proposed the name of ' ' gerun- 

 dives," are found only in the eastern 

 Algonquian dialects. They are forrned 

 from both transitive and intransitive 

 verbs by suffixing thereto, after a slight 

 change in the termination, the syllable 

 -mek, -muk, or -vuk, according to dialect. 

 Thus, in Abnaki, from bdgdsitun, 'he 

 cooks it,' is formed bagdsitumik, 'some- 

 thing cooked ; ' from isdkesdwetun, ' he ig- 

 nites with it,' tsdkesdivetufDek, 'with w'hat 

 is ignited' (a match.) In Natick, from 

 womdssu, 'he descends,' is formed vom{ts- 

 simdk, 'a descent.' In Delaw^are, from 

 wuldptoneu, 'he speaks favorably,' is 

 tormed wuldptondyntk, 'good tidings.' In 

 like manner, from pdton, 'he brings it,' 

 is formed pdtomck, 'what is brought.' 



The town so called may have been the 

 place to which the tribes along the river 

 and in its vicinity brought the tribute 

 which was expected from them by the 

 werowance of the country. (w. r. g). 

 Patomek.— Religion in Va., by R. G., quoted by 

 Hart. Am. Hist, told by Contemporaries, i, 294, 1902. 

 Potomac— Martin, N. C, I, 97, 1829. Potomeack.— 

 Vi^hite ica. 1634), Relatio Itineris, 33, 1874, 



Potomac. An important tribe of the 

 Powhatan confederacy, formerly occupy- 

 ing the s. bank of Potomac r. , in Stafford 

 and King George cos., Va. In 1608 they 

 numbered about 800. Their principal 

 village bore the same name. The Conoy 

 stated in 1660 that they were among 

 those over whom the Potomac chief at 

 one time had dominion (Maryland 

 Archives, Proc. Council, 1636-^7, 403, 

 1885). 



Patamack. — De la Warre (1611) in Mass. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., 4th s., IX, 6, 1871 (the chief). Patawoe- 

 nicke.— Writer of 1649, ibid., 2d s., ix, 110, 1822. 

 Patawomeck. -T- Smith (1029), Va., II, 39, repr. 

 1819. Patawomekes. — Ibid., I, 118. Patomacs. — 

 Thompson quoted by Jefferson, Notes, 277, 1825. 

 Patowamack.— Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. 4, 17, 1848. 

 Patowmeck.— Map {ca. 1640) in Rep. on the Line 

 between Va. and Md., 1873. Patowomacks.— Bou- 

 dinot, Star in the We.st, 128, 1816. Patowomeek.— 

 Harris, Voy. and Trav., i, 839, 1705. Patowomek.— 

 Simons in Smith (1629), Va., I, 177, repr. 1819. 

 Pattawomekes. — Smith., ibid., 135. Petawomeek. — 

 Harris, Voy. and Trav., 842, 1705. Potomack In- 

 dians.— Philadelphia treaty (1701) quoted by 

 Proud, Penn., I, 431, 1797. Potowmack.— Md. pat- 

 ent (1632), ibid., 117. Satawomeck. — Strachey (ca. 

 1612), Va., 38, 1849. Satawomekes.— Ibid., map. 



Potopaco ( Poidpdkw, equivalent of Mas- 

 sachuset potupagw, Abnaki podebdgw, 

 'bay,' 'cove'). A village on the left bank 

 of Potomac r., in Charles co., Md., w. of 

 Port Tobacco, the name of which is a cor- 

 ruption of the Indian word. About 1642 

 the Jesuit mission was removed to that 

 place from Piscataway, and the village 

 then contained 130 converts. It was ex- 

 tinct in 1722. 



Portobacco. — Writer of 1642, Relatio Itineris, 82, 

 1874. Porto-Back.— Bozman, Md., II, 468, 1837. 

 Portobacke.— Map {ca. 1640) in Rep. on Line be- 

 tween Va. and Md., 1873. Portobaco. — Herrman, 

 map(1670), ibid. Port Tabago.— Beverley, Va., 199, 

 1722. Potapaco.— Smith (1629), Va., I, map, repr. 

 1819. Potapoco.— Strachey {ca. 1612), Va., 38, 1849. 

 Potopaco. — Bozman, Md., I, 139, 1837. 



Potoyanti. A band, probably Moquel- 

 umnan, formerly living about the head- 

 waters of Tuolumne, Merced, and Mari- 

 posa r.s. , central Cal. During the mission 

 period they were neophytes of Dolores 

 mission, and prior to 1851 were placed 

 by United States authorities on a reserve 

 between the Tuolumne and the Merced. 

 There were 110 of them on Fresno reserve 

 in 1861. 



Pota-aches. — Bancroft, Nat. Races, I, 455, 1874. 

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

 Potoancies.— Lewis in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1856, 252, 1857. 

 Potoencies.— Ind. Aff. Rep., 219, 1861. Potoyan- 

 tes.— Barbour et al. (1851) in Sen. Ex. Doc. 4, 32d 

 Cong., spec, sess., 69, 18.53. Po-to-yan-ti. — Johnston 

 in Sen. Ex. Doc. 61, 32d Cong., 1st sess., 22, 1852. 

 Po-to-yan-to.— Barbour (1852), op. cit., 252. Poto- 

 yau-te.— McKee et al. (1851), ibid., 74. Po-toy- 

 en-tre.— Wessells (1853) in H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, 34th 

 Cong., 3d sess., 30, 1857. 



Potre. Mentioned by Juan de Onate as 

 a pueblo of the Jemez (q. v.) in New 

 Mexico in 1598. The name has not been 

 identified with the native name of any 

 ruined settlement in the vicinity of the 

 present Jemez. 



Potre.— Onate (1698) in Doc. In6d., XVI, 114, 1871. 

 Poze.— Ibid., 102. 



