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SAMP SANA 



[b. a. b. 



gave him "a horseman's coat" and also 

 "strong water and biskit and butter, and 

 cheese and pudding, and a piece of a mal- 

 lard." Samoset repaid this kindness by 

 the services he rendered the new colo- 

 nists. He is next heard of two years 

 later at Capmanwogen (Southport, Me.), 

 with Capt. Levett, whom he esteemed as 

 his special friend. In July, 1625, he, with 

 Unongoit, executed the tirst deed made 

 between the Indians and the P^nglish, con- 

 veying to John Brown, of New Harbor, 

 12,000 acres of the Pemaquid territory. 

 Nothing further is recorded of Samoset 

 until 1653, when he signed a deed con- 

 veying 1,000 acres to William Parnell, 

 Thomas Way, and William England. 

 He probably died soon thereafter, and 

 was buried with his kindred on his is- 

 land homestead near Round pond, in the 

 town of Bristol. He is described as hav- 

 ing been tall and straight, with hair long 

 behind and short in front; his only dress 

 "a leather" about his waist with a fringe 

 about a span long. Mention is made of 

 one son born to him about 1624, but his 

 name is not given. Consult Mourt in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., viii, 226, 

 1802; Thornton in Me. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 V, 167-201, 1857; Sewell in Mag. Am. 

 Hist., VIII, 820-25, 1882. (c. t.) 



Samp. A maize porridge, once a very 

 important article of food in New England 

 and elsewhere. In 1677 the treasurer of 

 Massachusetts was ordered to procure, 

 among other things to be given as pres- 

 ents to the king, "two hogsheads of spe- 

 ciall good sampe." Roger Williams (Key 

 to Am. Lang., 33, 1643) defines the na- 

 saitmp of the Narraganset dialect of Al- 

 gonquian as "a kind of meale pottage 

 unparched," adding that "from this the 

 English call their samj>, which is Indian 

 corn beaten and boiled, and eaten hot or 

 cold with milke or butter." Josselyn 

 (1672) describes sampe as "a kind of 

 loblolly of blue corn to eat with milk." 

 The Narraganset nasaump, 'softened 

 with water,' is cognate with the Abnaki 

 tsa>'ba"n, corn mush, etc. (a. f. c. ) 



Sampala. A former Seminole town, 26 

 m. above the forks of Apalachicola r., on 

 the w. bank, in Calhoun co., Fla. — H. R. 

 Ex. Doc. 74 (1823), 19th Cong., 1st sess., 

 27, 1826. 



Sampanal. A tribe, evidently of the 

 Coahuiltecan family, met by Massanet's 

 party in 1689, when on the way from 

 Coahuila to Texas, at Sacatsol mts., 20 

 leagues n. of the Rio Grande, in Texas. 

 They were with the Mescal, Yorica, Cho- 

 mene (Jumano), Tilpayay, and other 

 tribes (Manzanet, Carta, ca. 1690, in Quar. 

 Tex. Hist. Asso., ii, 284, 1899). In 1691 

 Massanet met the same tribe near Rio 

 Hondo ( Diario, in Mem. de Nueva Espana, 

 XXVII, 94, MS.). (h. e. b.) 



Sanpanal. — Massanet (1691), Diario, op. cit. San- 

 panale. — Massanet, List of Tribes dated Nov. 16, 



1690, in Mem. de Nueva Espana, xxvii, 183, MS. 

 Sampe. See Samp. 



Sana. A central Texas tribe, apparently 

 Tonkawan. It was known as early as 



1691, when Massanet mentioned it in one 

 of the most important passages bearing on 

 the ethnology of early Texas. When 

 about 25 m. n. e. of San Antonio r., ap- 

 parently at Arroyo del Cibolo, and about 

 opposite Seguin, he wrote: "I may note 

 that from the mission [San Salvador, in 

 Coahuila] to this place there is still one 

 language [the Coahuiltecan] . . . From 

 this place to the Texas there are other 

 languages. There follow the Catqueca, 

 Cantona, Emet, Cavas, Sana, Tojo, Toaa, 

 and other tribes of Indians. At the said 

 place, it being on the boundary between 

 the Indians, they sj)eak d?tterent lan- 

 guages, although they are all friendly and 

 do not have wars." The Coahuiltecan 

 tribes called the place Xoloton, and the 

 tribes to the e. called it Bata Coniquiyoqui 

 (Mem. de Nueva Espaiia, xxvii, 98, MS. ). 



In 1716 the Chanas, evidently identical, 

 are mentioned by Ramon, together with 

 Apaches, Yojuanes, and Chuuipanes, as 

 enemies of the Texas (Orig. MS. in 

 Archivo Gen. de Mex. ). An imperfect 

 copy of Ramon's report give "Jumanes" 

 and "Chivipanes" in place of Yojuanes 

 and Chuuipanes (Representacion, Mem. 

 de Nueva Espana, xxvii, 160, MS.). In 

 1716 the same list is given as the Apaches, 

 Yojuanes, Cibi panes, and Canas (Dicta- 

 men Fiscal, Nov. 30, ibid., 193), and 

 a few days later as Apaches, Jojuanes, 

 Huvipanes (P^rvipiames), and Chanas 

 (Junta de Guerra, Dec. 2, 1716, ibid., 

 217). If the last list be con-ect, it is one 

 of several indications of the Tonkawan 

 affiliation of the Sana. Shortly after this 

 period Llano r. was known as Rio de los 

 Chanes, but it is not known that there is 

 any connection between this and the 

 name of the Sana tribe. 



In 1721 the Sana are again met and 

 dealt with. Late in January, it seems, 

 some of the tribe (Samas) came from the 

 e. to San Antonio and reported to Capt. 

 Garcia that Saint Denis, the French com- 

 mandant at Natchitoches, had called a 

 meeting of many tribes 30 leagues from 

 San Antonio (Pena, Diario, Mem. de 

 Nueva Espana, xxviii, 6, MS.). When 

 Aguayo passed through San Antonio he 

 made the Sana presents. Later he met 

 part of the tribe, apparently in their 

 home, halfway between the Guadalupe 

 and the Colorado, in the neighborhood of 

 modern San Marcos (ibid., 18). 



Late in 1739 or early in 1740 a severe 

 epidemic visited the San Antonio mis- 

 sions, and in Feb., 1740, the missionaries, 

 wishing to replenish the supply of In- 

 dians, declared their intention of bring- 



