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SAKAWESTON SALAL 



[b. a. e. 



town in 1813. The chief Sakarissa was 

 one of the founders of the Tuscarora Con- 

 gregational church in 1805, and accom- 

 panied Solomon Longbeard in 1802 to 

 North Carolina, where land claims were 

 settled. At Canandaigua the Quakers 

 said: "He appears to be a thoughtful 

 man, and mentioned a desire he had, 

 that some of our young men might come 

 among them as teachers." See Elias 

 Johnson, Six Nations, 134, 1881; Savery, 

 Journal, 359, 1837. Cf. Saghivareesa, Se- 

 quareesere. (w. M. b. ) 



Sakaweston. An Indian seized by Capt. 

 Harlow in 1611 from one of the islands 

 off tiie coast of New England, who, after 

 he had lived many years in England, 

 went as a soldier to the wars in Bohemia, 

 as Capt. John Smith relates. 



SakawithiniwukC people of the woods')- 

 The Wood Cree, one of the several di- 

 visions of the Cree. They are divided 

 into the Sakittawawithiniwuk and the 

 Athabaska withiniwuk . 



Ayabaskawiyiniwag.— Wm. Jones, inf 'n, 1906 (own 

 name). Cree of the Woods.— Morgan .Consang. and 

 Affin., 286, 1871. Na-he'-ah-wuk.— Ibid. Northern 

 Crees.— Franklin, Journ. Polar Sea, II, 213, 1824. 

 People of the Woods.— Morgan, op. cit., 286. Sacka- 

 weethinyoowuo. — Franklin, op. cit., 168. Sakawi- 

 yiniwok.— Laciimtie, Diet, de la Langue des Oris, 

 X, 1874. Strong-wood Cree. — Maclean, Hudson 

 Bay, 11, 264, 1849. Thick Wood Crees.— Franklin, 

 op.'cit., 168, 1824. Upper Cree.— Oox, Columbia R., 

 II, 207, 1831. Wood Crees.— Hind, Lab. Penin., ii, 

 app., 262, 1863. 



Sakaya. A former unidentified village 

 situated a little w. of Sentinel Kock, 

 Yoseinite valley, Mariposa cc, Cal. 

 Saccaya.— Powers in Overland Mo., x, 333, 1874. 

 Sak'-ka-ya.— Powers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., Ill, 

 365, 1877. 



Sakayengwalaghton. See Sayenqner- 

 agltta. 



Sakeyu {Sa-le-yu). A prehistoric pue- 

 blo of the Tewa on a mesa w. of the Rio 

 Grande in N. New Mexico, between San 

 Ildefonso pueblo and Rito de los Frijo- 

 les (Bandelier in Arch. Inst. Papers, iv, 

 78, 1892). Possibly the same as Tsan- 

 kawi (q. v.). 



Sakhauwotung ('the mouth of a creek 

 where one resides ' ) . A former small vil- 

 lage of Delawares who moved from New 

 Jersey about 1737; situated on the w. 

 bank of Delaware r. , near the site of Al- 

 len Ferry, about 7 m. below the Gap, in 

 Northampton co. , Pa. It was visited by 

 Zinzendorf in 1 742. David Brainerd built 

 a cabin at this place in 1744, when he 

 was preaching to the Indians "at the 

 Forks." At that time he had about 30 

 or 40 Indians present at the services, and 

 the following year baptized Moses Ta- 

 temy, who had acted as his interpreter. 

 Brainerd preached here for the last time 

 Feb. 23, 1746. Consult Brodhead, Dela- 

 ware Water Gap, 1867; Memoirs of Rev. 

 David Brainerd, 1822; Memorials of Mora- 

 vian Church, 1870. (g. p. d.) 



Sakhone A former Costanoan village 

 on the site of Soledad mission, Cal. 

 Sakhones.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Apr. 20, 1860. 



Sakiakdjung. A spring settlement of 

 Kingua Okomiut Eskimo at the head of 

 Cumberland sd., Baffin land. 

 Sakiaqdjung.— Boas in 6th Rep. B. A. E., map, 1888. 

 Saki-kegawai {Sa^ki qe'gmca-i, ' those 

 born up the inlet' ). A prominent family 

 of the Eagle clan of the Haida. They 

 belonged to the Gunghet-haidagai, or 

 Ninstints people, and were said to be a 

 part of the Gunghet-kegawai. Their 

 chief was town chief of Ninstints, which 

 received its name among the whites from 

 one of his names, Nungstins {NaU stins, 

 'One who is two'). — S wanton, Cont. 

 Haida, 272, 1905. 



Sakittawawithiniwuk ( * people of the 

 mouth of the river.' — W. J.). A subdi- 

 vision of the Sakawithiniwuk, or Wood 

 Cree. 



Sakoghsinnakichte. See Sadekanaktie. 

 Saksinahmahyiks ( Sak-si-nali^-mah-yiks, 

 'short bows'). A subtribe of the Kai- 

 nah. — Grinnell, Blackfoot Lodge Tales, 

 209, 1892. 



Sakta (Saqta). A Bellacoola town on 

 the N. side of the mouth of Bellacoola r., 

 Brit. Col. It was one of the 8 Nuhalk 

 villages. — Boas in Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., II, 49, 1898. 



Sakuma. A band formerly inhabiting 

 the lower Colorado valley in the present 

 Arizona or California, who were con- 

 quered, absorbed, or driven out by the 

 Mohave. — Bourke in Jour. Am. Folk- 

 lore, II, 185, 1889. 



Sakumehu. A Salish division on the 

 headwaters of Skagit r.. Wash., number- 

 ing 250 in 1852. The remnant is now on 

 Swinomish res. 



Sachimers.— Stevens in Ind. Aff. Rep., 17, 1870. 

 Sac-me-ugh.— Mallet, ibid., 198, 1877. Sah-ku- 

 mehu.— U. S. Stat, at Large, xil, 927, 1863. Sa- 

 ku-me-hu.— Stevens in Ind. Aff. Rep., 458, 1854. 

 Sock-a-muke. — Starling, ibid., 170, 1852. 



Sakutenedi {SAq^'te^7iedi,' grass people' ). 

 A Tlingit division at Kake, Alaska, be- 

 longing to the Raven clan. (.i. r. s. ) 



Salabi. The Spruce clan of the Kachina 

 phratry of the Hopi. 



Sa-la'-bi.— Stephen in 8th Rep. B. A. E., 39, 1891. 

 Salab -wiiiwu.- Fewkes in 19th Rep., B. A. E., 584, 

 1900 (iC((7)(!('( = 'clan '). Salab' wiin-wii.— Fewkes 

 in Am. Anthr., vii, 404, 1894. 



Salachi. A Chumashan village formerly 

 near Purisima mission, Santa Barbara 

 CO., Cal. Twice mentioned in mission 

 archives; seemingly two villages of the 

 same name. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Oct. 

 18, 1861. 



Salal. A berry-bearing evergreen plant 

 ( Gaultlieria shallon) of the Columbia r. re- 

 gion, the fruit of which has been an im- 

 portant source of food for the Indians; 

 written also Hullal, the name of this fruit 

 in the Chinook jargon, from Chinook 

 kVhwu-shalla. (a. f. c.) 



