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Scuppernong, The name of a small and 

 unimportant river in Tyrrell co. , N. C, 

 raised from o))scurity through the appli- 

 cation of its name to a whitish grape (a 

 variety of Vids rotuudifolia^ INIichx., the 

 muscadine grape; the messamin of Capt. 

 John Smith), discovered near Columbia 

 (the county seat), on its e. shore, in 

 the ISth century, by two men named Al- 

 exander. This variety, which subse- 

 ciuently became somewhat famous as a 

 table and wine grape, was called at first 

 the "white grape" by its discoverers, who 

 afterward changed the name, owing to 

 its indetiniteness, to that of the river on 

 which it was found. The name of the 

 river (which is also that of the lake in 

 which it has its source) was originally 

 the Inliau designation of the swampy 

 land along its borders, viz, askiq/onony, 

 'at (or in) the place (or country) of the 

 iiskupo,' the Southern Algonquian name 

 of the MagnoVui glaitca, a small tree grow- 

 ing in swamps (or "bays," as magnolia 

 swamps are called in North Carolina) 

 freim Xew Jersey to Florida, and popu- 

 larly known as sweet bay, swamp bay, 

 swamp sassafras, bay laurel, etc. This 

 species of magnolia is the tree that Capt. 

 Arthur Barlow in his account of Woko- 

 kon id. (1584) refers to as "the tree that 

 beareth the rine [rind] of blacke sina- 

 mon," and compares to another magnolia 

 now known as Drimys Winteri; and that 

 Thomas Hariot, in his Brief and True 

 Report (1588), mentions under the Indian 

 name of ascopo, and likens to the "cas- 

 sia lignea" {Canella alba) of the West 

 Indies. (w. r. g.) 



Scuteeg. See Squeteague. 



Scyo. ]\Ientioned by Laet (Heylyn, 

 Cosmog., 969, 1703) as one of the prov- 

 inces of Quivira (q. v.); apparently im- 

 aginarv. 



Se, The Bluebird clan of the Tewa 

 jmeblo of San Ildefonso, N. Mex. 

 Se-tdoa.— Hodge in Am. Anthr., ix, 349, 1896 

 (Woa = ' people'). 



Seakop. A Salish village or band under 

 Fraser superintendency, Brit. Col. — Can. 

 Ind. Aff. Rep., 78, 1878. 



Seama. A former village, whose in- 

 habitants were probably Salinan, con- 

 nected with San Antonio mission, ]Mon- 

 terey CO. , Cal. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, 

 Apr. 27, 1860. 



Seamysty. According to Gairdner 

 (Jour. (Teog. Soc. Lond., xi, 255, 1841) a 

 Chinookan tribe living at the mouth of 

 Cowlitz r., Oreg., before 1835. It was 

 undoubtedly a band or division of the 

 Skilloot and closely related to the Cooniac 

 band. (l. f. ) 



Cia'mectix'.— Boas, inf'n, 1905. Lcta'mectix'.— 

 Boas, Kathlamet Texts, 6, 1901. Noowootsoo.— 

 Botis, inf'n, 1905. 



Seantre. A band, belonging proba1)ly 



to the Moquelumnan stock, formerly liv- 

 ing on Merced r., central Cal.— Wessells 

 (1853) in H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, 34th Cong., 

 3d sess., 30, 1857. 



Seasons. See Calendar. 



Seats. See Furniture. 



Seattle (properly Seafhl). A chief of 

 the Dwamish and allied tribes of Puget 

 sd.. Wash.; born perhaps about 1790, 

 died on Port Madison res., in the same 

 neighl)orhood, June 7, 1866. He was 

 the first signer of the Port Elliott treaty 

 of 1855, by which the Puget sd. tribes 

 submitted to agency restrictions. In the 

 general outbreak of 1855-58 he main- 

 tained a friendly attitude. Through the 

 efforts of the French missionaries he 

 became a Catholic and inaugurated 

 regular morning and evening prayers in 

 his tribe, which were continued by his 

 people after his death. In appearance 

 he is described as dignifiedand venerable, 

 with a bearing reminding one somewhat 

 of Senator Benton. The town of Seattle 

 was named from him, and in accorclance 

 with local Indian belief that the mention 

 of a dead man's name disturbs the rest of 

 the spirit, the old man Avas accustomed to 

 levy a small tribute on the citizens as 

 compensation in advance. A monument 

 was erected over his grave bv the people 

 of Seattle in 1890. See Bancroft, Hist. 

 Wash., Idaho and Mont., 1890; Ind. Aff. 

 Rep. 1904,357, 1905. (.i. m.) 



Seawan, Seawant. See Sevxm. 



Sebaik ( 'at the water-passage.'— Gat- 

 schet). A Passamaquocldy village at 

 Pleasant Point on Passamaquoddy bay, 

 near Perry, Washington co., Me. 'it was 

 settled by the Indians who came across 

 Passamaquoddy bay from Gunasquame- 

 kook. 



Pleasant Point, — Vetromile, Abnakis, 19, 1866. 

 Point Pleasant.— Shea, Cath. Miss., 158, 1855. 

 Seboiak.— KellogK in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll.. 3d s.. 

 HI, 181, 1833. Siba-igewi.— Gatschet, Penobscot 

 MS., B. A. E., 1887 (Penobscot name). Sybaik.— 

 Vetromile, Abnakis, 55, 1866. Sybayks.— Kidder 

 in Me. Hist. Soc. Coll., vr, 232, IS.W. Tchibaique.— 

 Romagne, Ind. Prayer Book, title, 1801. 



Secaca'woni. A tribe or village of the 

 Powhatan confederacy on the s. bank of 

 the Potomac in Northumberland co., Va. 

 In 1608 the inhabitants numbered about 

 120. The village was situated at the 

 mouth of Coan r. 



Cecocawanee.— Bozman, Md., I, 118, 1837. Cecoea- 

 wonee.— Simons in Smith (1629), Va., I, 177, re- 

 print of isiy. Cekacawone. — Smith. ibi(i., n, 78. 

 Cekaka-wwon.— Strachey(1612),Va.,38,lS49. Chico- 

 coan.— Bozman, I\Id., if, 308. 1837. Sakacawone.— 

 Ibid., I, 138, 1837. Se-ca-ca-co-nies. — Macaulev, 

 N. Y., II, 166, 1829. Secacaonies. — .IetYer.«on, Note's, 

 128, table, 1802. Secakoonies.— Boudinot, Star in 

 the West, 1'28, 1816. Sekacawone.— Smith, Va., 

 I, 118, repr. 1819. Sekacowones,— Laet, Nouv. 

 Monde, 85, lOlO. 



Secatoag ( 'burned land.' — Gerard). A 

 tribe or band on the s. coast of Long Id., 

 N. Y., in Suffolk co., occupying the dis- 



