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SASABAC SASSACUS 



[b. a. e. 



N. W. Tribes Canada, 242-255, 1889). 

 The language of the Sarsi is uncorrupted, 

 notwithstanding association with the 

 Siksika. (j. o. d. p. e. g.) 



Bongees.— Chappell, Hudson's Bay, 166, 1817 (pos- 

 sibly a misprint). Castors des Prairies. — Petitot, 

 Autour du lac des Esclaves, 362, 1891. Circee. — 

 Franklin, Journ. Polar Sea, 1, 170, 1824. dries.— 

 Gairdner (1835) in Jour. Geog. Soc. Lond., xi, 257, 

 1841. Isashbahatse.— Curtis, N. Am. Ind., 180, 

 1909 (' bad robes' : Grow name). Lurcees. — Can. 

 Ind. Rep. 1872, 63, 1873 ( misprint). Mauvais Monde, 

 des Pieds-Noirs. — Petitot, op. cit. Sa arcez. — Petitot 

 in Jour. Roy. Geog. Sou., 652, 1883 ('not good': 

 Siksika name). Sa-arcix. — Petitot, Autourdu lac 

 des Esclaves, 362, 1891. Sarcees. — Tanner, Narr., 

 293,1830. Sarcess.— Ibid., 390. Sarcis,— Maximil- 

 ian, Trav., 242, 1843. Sarcix. — Petitot, Autour du 

 lac des Esclaves, 362, 1891. Sarsees. — Mackenzie, 

 Voy., Ixx, 1801. Sarsewi. — Petitot in Jour. Roy. 

 Geog. Soc, 6.52, 1883 (Cree name). Sarxi,— Wilson 

 in 4th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 11, 1888. Sassee.— 

 Franklin, Journ. Polar Sea, I, 170, 1824. Sassis. — 

 Maximilian, Trav., 242, 1843. Searcies.— Ind. AfF. 

 Rep., 473, 1838. Sircie,— Robinson, Great Fur 

 Land, 188, 1879. Sorsi.— Richardson, Jour., ii, 6, 

 1851. Sotenna.— Wilson in 4th Rep. N. W. Tribes 

 Can., 11, 1888 (own name). Surcee. — Smet, Ore- 

 gon Mi.ss., 327, 1847. Surci. — Richardson, Jour., 

 II, 6, 1851. Surcie.— Smet, Miss, de I'Oreg., 252, 

 1848. Sursis.— Duflot de Mofras, Oregon, ii, 342, 

 1844. Susses.— Umfreville (1790) in Maine Hist. 

 Soc. Coll., VI, 270, 1.S59. Sussekoon.— Henry, 

 Blackfoot MS. vocab., 1808 (Siksika name). Sus- 

 sez. — Armstrong, Oregon, 114, 1857. Sussi. — 

 Latham in Trans. Philol. Soc. Lond., 66, 18.56. 

 Swees.— Chappell, Hudson's Bay, 166, 1817. 

 Tco'ko.— Chamberlain in Rep. onN. W. Tribes 

 Can., Brit. A. A. S., 8, 1892 (Kutenai name). Tso- 

 Ottine. — Petitot, Autourdu lac des Esclaves, 362, 



1891 ('people among the beavers'). Tsu'qos. — 

 Chamberlain in Rep. on N. W. Tribes Can., Brit. 

 A. A. S., 8, 1892 (Kutenai name). TJssinnewudj 

 Eninnewug. — Tanner, Narr., 316, 1830 ('stone 

 mountain men': Ottawa name). 



Sasabac. A rancheria of the Maricopa 

 on Gila r., Ariz., in 1744. — Sedelmair 

 (1744) cited by Bancroft, Ariz, and N. 

 Mex., 366, 1889. 



Sasabaithi {Sdsabdithi, 'looking up,' or 

 'looking around,' i. e. 'watchers'). A 

 band of the Arapaho, q. v. 



Sascbutkenne ('people of the black 

 bear') . A tribe of the Sekani who hunt 

 on the w. declivity of the Rocky mts., 

 about lat. 56° and northward, and before 



1892 traded at Ft Connolly, Brit. Col. 

 Dawson (Rep. Geol. Surv. Can., 200b, 

 1889) stated that they had recently re- 

 turned to the headwaters of Black r. after 

 having abandoned the region for a num- 

 ber of years. In 1890 Morice gave their 

 habitat as Thutage lake and northward, 

 w. of the Rocky mts. 



Al-ta'-tin of Bear Lake. — Dawson in Rep. Geol 

 Surv. Can., 1887-8, 200b, 1889. Bear Lake Indians.— 

 Ibid. Sas-chu-tqene. — Morice, inf'n, 1890. Sas- 

 chut-'qenne.— Morice in Trans. Can. Inst., 1892-93, 

 29, 1895. Sat-e-loo'-ne. —Dawson, op. cit. (so called 

 by the Titshotina). 



Saskatchewan Assiniboin. An Assini- 

 boin band of 50 lodges that dwelt in 1808 

 about Eagle hills and s. Saskatchewan r., 

 Assiniboia. — Henry-Thompson Jour., ii, 

 523, 1897. 



Saskatoon. A name in use in the Cana- 

 dian N.W. for the service berry {Amelan- 

 chier canadensis): probably a corruption 



of misdskiuatomin, which is the name ap- 

 plied to the fruit in the Cree dialect of 

 Algonquian, signifying ' fruit of misdskwat, 

 the tree of much wood,' from mis 'much', 

 and dskwat 'wood'. Saskatoon occurs 

 also as a place-name in the above-named 

 region. (a. f. c.) 



Sassaba. A minor Chippewa chief of 

 the Crane gens, who first appears in his- 

 tory as a member of Tecumseh's forces at 

 the l)attle of the Thames, Canada, Oct. 5, 

 1813, in which his brother, to whom he 

 seems to have been greatly attached, was 

 killed while fighting by his side. This 

 incident embittered Sassaba against the 

 Americans during the remainder of his 

 life. When Lewis Cass visited Sault Ste 

 Marie, Mich., in 1820, to negotiate a 

 treaty with the Chippewa for purchasing 

 a small tract of land, Sassaba, who was 

 one of the chiefs assembled on this occa- 

 sion, not only manifested his bitter ani- 

 mosity toward the United States author- 

 ities, but displayed his eccentric charac- 

 ter as well. During the council he hoisted 

 the British flag over his tent, which was 

 torn down by Gen. Cass in person. On 

 this occasion he was thus dressed: " Be- 

 ginning at the top an eagle's feather, 

 bear's grease, vermilion and indigo, a red 

 British military coat with two enormous 

 epaulets, a large British silver medal, 

 breech-clout, leggins, and moccasins." 

 He arose in council and remarked gruffly 

 that the Chippewa did not wish to sell 

 their land; and refusing the pipe, kicked 

 over the presents that had been placed 

 before him, and rushed from the tent 

 under its side. He refused to sign the 

 treaty (Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll., v, 414-15, 

 1868). On Sept. 25, 1822, Sassaba and 

 his wife and child were drowned at 

 Sault Ste Marie. He had been drinking 

 heavily at Point aux Pins, 6 m. above the 

 rapids, and was intoxicated during the 

 trip. According to Schoolcraft (Pers. 

 Mem., 119, 1851) he would often walk 

 through, the village where he resided, 

 divested of every particle of clothing ex- 

 cept a large gray wolf's skin, which he 

 had drawn over his body in such manner 

 as to let the tail dangle behind. From 

 this habit the name Myeengun ('wolf') 

 was sometimes applied to him. He was 

 also known as The Count. _ (c. t. ) 



Sassacus (perhaps the equivalent of 

 Massachuset Sassakusu, 'he is wild' (un- 

 tamed), 'fierce.' — Gerard). The noted 

 and last chief of the Pequot tribe while 

 yet in their integrity; born near Groton, 

 Conn., about 1560, killed by the Mohawk 

 in New York, June 1637. He was the son 

 and successor of Wopigwooit, the first 

 chief of the tribe with whom the whites 

 had come in contact, who was killed by 

 the Dutch, about 1632, at or near the 

 site of Hartford, Conn. , then the princi- 



