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Indians of Virginia apantmendn, 'parched 

 grain ') pounded into a very fine powder. 

 At the N. maple sugar is sometimes mixed 

 with it, and, in Texas, powdered mes- 

 quite beans, while still farther s. choco- 

 late and cane sugar enter into its compo- 

 sition. This preparation is carried in a 

 skin bag or pouch by the hunter, who 

 is able to subsist on it alone for several 

 days at a time. It was formerly the prin- 

 cipal food of Indian war parties going on 

 distant expeditions, its bulk being re- 

 duced to the smallest possible compass, 

 and it being so light that the Indians 

 could, without inconvenience, carry a 

 supply sufficient for a long journey. 

 Under the name of mashika, it forms an 

 important part of the rations furnished 

 to the soldiers of the Peruvian army. 

 From Powhatan of Virginia (with a vo- 

 calic suffix due to English-speaking peo- 

 ple) rokahamen, a verb meaning, in its 

 indefinite sense, 'softened'; cognate with 

 Lenape lok'hamen, and Abnaki nuk'- 

 hamen. (w. R. G. ) 



Rockaway (Renape: regawihdki, ' sandy 

 land.' — Gerard.) A tribe formerly living 

 about Rockaway and Hempstead, on the 

 s. coast of Long id., N. Y. They were 

 scattered over the plains and extended 

 N. w. to Newton. Their principal village 

 was Rechquaakie, besides which they 

 had another on Hog id., in Rockaway 

 bay. 



Rackeaway.— Doc. of 1662 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 XIV, 512,1883. Rechkewick.— Deed of 1647, ibid., 

 68. Rechou-whacky.— Deed of 1639, ibid., 15. Recho- 

 wacky.— Stuyvesant (1663), ibid., xiii, 322, 1881. 

 Reckkeweck.— Deed of 1647, ibid., xiv, 66, 1883. 

 Reckkouwhacky. — Deed of 1669 quoted by Rutten- 

 ber, Ind. Geog. Names, 87, 1906. Reckomacki. — 

 Stuyvesant (1660) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., xiv, 

 474, 1883. Reckonhacky.— Doe. of 1644, ibid., 56. 

 Reckowacky.— Doc. of 1660, ibid., xill, 184, 1881. 

 Roakaway.— Doc. of 1657, ibid., xiv, 416, 1883. 

 Rockaway. — Deed of 1643, ibid., 530. Rockeway. — 

 Z)oc. of 1675, ibid., 705. Rockway.— Andros (1676), 

 ibid., 709. 



Rockaway. A two-seated pleasure car- 

 riage with a canopy top, named after 

 Rockaway, a river and a village in New 

 Jersey, derived from the Delaware dia- 

 lect of Algonquian prevalent in this re- 

 gion, (a. F. c. ) 



Rock Village. A former Potawatomi 

 village in n. e. Illinois, on a reservation 

 sold in 1837.— Tippecanoe treaty (1832) in 

 U. S. Ind. Treat., 698, 1873; Washington 

 treaty (1837), ibid., 715. 



Rocky Point. A former Micmac village 

 on Prince Edward id., Canada. 



Roenoke. See Roanoke. 



Rokeag. An Indian food preparation 

 made of finely powdered parched corn: 

 spelled also roucheag and rokee. The 

 word is from Quiripi (Quinnipiac) rok'hig, 

 abbreviated from rokchigan, and, like its 

 Massachuset and Pequot-Mohegan cog- 

 nates, nokeM.k and yokeag, means '(what 

 is) softened.' (w. e. g.) 



Rokohamin. See Rockahominy. 



Roktsko. The highest of the Chilula" 

 villages on Redwood cr., n. Cal. 

 Rooktsu. — Kroeber, MS., Univ. Cal. (Yurok name). 

 Roque-choh. — Gibbs in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, 

 III, 139, 1853. 



Rolfe, Thomas. The son and only child 

 of the celebrated Pocahontas (q. v. ) of 

 Virginia, by her husband John Rolfe. 

 He was laorn in England in 1617, shortly 

 before the death of his mother, and was 

 educated in London by his uncle, Henry 

 Rolfe. On reaching manhood he came to 

 America, where, in 1641, he petitioned 

 the Virginia government for permission to 

 visit his mother's sister and uncle among 

 their people, then at war with the Eng- 

 lish. He is styled by one writer "a gen- 

 tleman of great distinction and possessed 

 of ample fortune," but his name is not 

 conspicuous in the records of his time. 

 He left one daughter, who in turn left 

 one son, through whom certain families 

 trace descent from Pocahontas, (j. m.) 



Romaine (Ordmdntshijm, 'vermilion 

 river, ' from Montagnais ordman ' vermil- 

 ion', sMpu 'river.' — Gerard). A Mon- 

 tagnais village and trading station on the 

 coast of Labrador, at the mouth of Ro- 

 maine r. In 1884 the inhabitants num- 

 bered 287. 



Grand Romaine.— Can. Ind. Aff. Rep. 1884, pt. 1, 

 185, 1885, Olomanosheebo. — Stearns, Labrador, 264, 

 1884. Romaine. — Ibid. 



Roman Nose {Woqliii, 'hook nose'). 

 A former noted chief of the Himoiyoqis 

 warrior society of the Southern Cheyenne. 

 The name " Roman Nose" was given him 

 by the whites; his proper name was Sauts, 

 'Bat.' He was prominent in the Indian 

 wars along the Kansas frontier between 

 1864 and 1868, and led the attack at the 

 celebrated battle of Aricaree Fork or 

 Beecher's Island, e. Colorado, Sept. 17-25, 

 1868, in which a company of 62 scouts 

 under command of Col. (Gen.) G. A. For- 

 syth successfully held off several hundred 

 Cheyenne warriors for 8 days until help 

 arrived. Roman Nose was shot in the 

 afternoon of the first day's fight and died 

 that night in the Indian camp, to which 

 he had been removed by his friends. 

 See Cheyenne. (.t. m.) 



Romonan. A division of the Costanoan 

 family of California, presumably on San 

 Francisco peninsula and connected with 

 Dolores mission, San Francisco. Some- 

 times included under the term Costanos. 

 Romanons.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, May 31, 1861. 

 Ro-monans. — Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, ii, 506, 1852. 

 Rowanans.— Hittell, Hist. Cal., I, 731, 1898. 



Ronatewisichroone. The Iroquois name 

 of a tribe, probably Algonquian, formerly 

 living about the upper Great Lakes. 

 They sent a friendly message to the 

 Seneca in 1715. — Livingston (1715) in 

 N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., v, 445, 1855. 



Ronowadainie. One of the 6 "castles" 

 of the Amikwa, near Michilimackinac, 



