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SEETHLTUN SEK A NI 



[b. a. e. 



Ind. The tract was sold in 1838. Ac- 

 cording to Indian information obtained 

 by J. P. Dunn, the chief's name was 

 Zeke and his father was a German. His 

 Miami name was Maconsaw, 'Young 

 Beaver,' and this name was sometimes 

 given to the village. 



Seethltun ( Chasta Costa: Se-eql-tun, 'peo- 

 ple using salmon weirs' ). The Takelma 

 village nearest the Chastacosta, on the s. 

 side of Rogue r., Oi-eg. — Dorsey in Jour. 

 Am. Folk-lore, iii, 235, 1890. 



Seginsavin. A former Potawatomi vil- 

 lage, named from its chief, on Rouge r., 

 near Detroit, Mich. The tract was sold 

 in 1827. 



Seginsairn's Village.— Treaty of 1S27 in U. S. Ind. 

 Treat., 674, liS73. Seginsavin's village. — Brown, 

 West. Gaz., 159, 1817. Seginservin's village, — De- 

 troit treaty (1807) in Am. St. Papers, Ind. Aff., i, 

 747, 1832. Seginsiwin's village.— Detroit treaty 

 (1807) in U. S. Ind. Treat., 194, 1873. 



Sego. A bulbous root (Cnlochortus lu- 

 teus) found particularly in Utah and used 

 for food by the Indians: from the word 

 for bulbous roots of this sort in the Paiute 

 language. (a.f. c. ) 



Segocket. An Abnaki village about 

 1614, near the mouth of Penobscot r.. Me. 

 Segocket— Smith (161(1) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 8d s., VI, 97, 1837. Segohquet.— Straehev (ca. 1612), 

 Va., 167, 1849. 



Segotago. An Abnaki village in 1614, 

 probably near the mouth of Kennebec 

 r., Me.— Smith (1616) in Mass. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., 3d s.,vi, 107, 1837. 



Segunesit. A former Nipmuc village 

 in N. E. Connecticut, whose warriors 

 gathered with other hostile Indians in 

 1675 at Manexit. — Quanapaug (1675) in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., Ists., vi, 205, 1800. 



Segwallitsu. Given by Gibbs (Cont. 

 N. A. Ethnol., i, 178, 1877) as a band of 

 the Nisqualli. The name is not found 

 elsewhere. 



Segwarusa. See Saghivareesa. 



Seh. The Eagle clan of Jemez pueblo. 

 New Mexico. A corresponding clan ex- 

 isted also at the former related pueblo of 

 Pecos. 



See+.— Hodge in Am. Anthr., ix, 350, 1896 (Pe- 

 cosform; -l-=as/i='people'). Sehtsaash. — Hodge, 

 Ibid. (Jemez form). Se-peh. — Hewett, ibid., n". s., 

 VI, 431, 1904 (Pecos form). 



Sehaclipeya {Seh-<ich-pe-ya). A former 

 Hupa village on the w. bank of Trinity 

 r., Cal., below the mouth of Willow cr. — 

 Gibbs, MS.,B. A. E., 1852. 



Sekamishi. A Salish division formerly 

 on Whiter., n. w. Wash., now on Port 

 Madison res. 



Se-ka-mish.— Gibbs in Pae. R. R. Rep., I, 436, 

 1855. Sk-Khabish.— Mallet in Ind. Aff. Rep., 198, 

 1877. St-ka-bish.— Ibid. St-kah-mish.— Treaty of 

 1865 in U. S. Ind. Treaties, 37S, 1873. St. Kalmish,— 

 Ross in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1869, 135, 1870. St'kamish,— 

 Gibbs in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., i, 179, 1877. 



Sekani ('dwellers on the rocks'). A 

 group of Athapascan tribes living in the 

 valleys of up]ier Peace r. and its tributa- 

 ries and on the w. slope of the Rocky 

 mts., Brit. Col. Morice says they were 



formerly united into one large tribe, but 

 on account of their nomadic habits have 

 gradually separated into smaller dis- 

 tinct tribes liaving no affiliation with 

 one another. Harmon (Jour., 190, 1820) 

 said that they came from e. of the Rocky 

 mts., where they formed a part of the 

 Tsattine. Gallatin (Trans. Am. Antiq. 

 Soc, II, 20, 1836) gave their habitat as 

 the headwaters of Peace r. Dunn ( Hist. 

 Greg., 79, 1844) located them in the 

 mountains near Nahanni r. Wilkes ( U. S. 

 Explor. Exped., iv, 451, 1845) said they 

 ranged about Ft Simpson, e. of the Ta- 

 culli and beyond the Rocky mts. McLean 

 (Hudson's Bay, i, 235, 1849) found some 

 at McLeod lake in 1849. Richardson 

 (x-^rct. Voy., IT, 31, 1851) placed them 

 between Stikine and Skeena rs. Taylor 

 (Cal. Farmer, July 19, 1862) described 

 them as being in the mountains between 

 McLeod and Connollv lakes. According 

 to Hind (Labrador Benin., ii, 261, 1863) 

 they inhabited the foot of the Rocky 

 mts. N. w. of Peace r. and a part of New 

 Caledonia w. of the Rocky mts., resorting 

 to Fts Dunvegan, Halkett, and Liard. 

 Pope (MS., B. A. E. ) located them w. of 

 Tatlah lake, Brit. Col. Petitot (Diet. 

 Dene-Dindjie, xx, 1876) said that most 

 of them were near the trading posts 

 on Eraser r., a small numl)er only fre- 

 quenting the Peace and Liard, where 

 they have a rej^utation for great savage- 

 ness. Morice (Proc. Canad. Inst., 112, 

 1889) says they roam over the Rocky 

 mts. on both slopes and the adjacent 

 forests and plains from about 54° to 60° 

 N. They are of much slighter build and 

 shorter in stature than any of the neigh- 

 boring tribes, from whom they otherwise 

 differ but little excej^t that their bands 

 are numerous and not closely organized 

 socially. Morice describes tliem as slen- 

 der and bony, in stature below the aver- 

 age, with narrow forehead, prominent 

 cheek-bones, small, deeply sunk eyes, 

 the upper lip very thin, the lower pro- 

 truding, the chin very small, and the 

 nose straight. Fathers appear like chil- 

 dren, and none are corpulent and none 

 bald. Petitot describes them as built 

 like Hindus, light of color, with fine 

 black almond eyes, large and of oriental 

 limpidity, firm noses, the mouth large 

 and voluptuous. Many of the males are 

 circumcized. The women wear rings in 

 their noses. These people are very bar- 

 barous and licentious. Their complete 

 isolation in the Rocky mts. and their 

 reputation for merciless and cold-blooded 

 savagery cause them to be dreaded by 

 other tribes. Their manner of life is 

 miserable. They do without tents, sleep- 

 ing in brush huts open to the weather. 

 Their only clothing consists of coats and 

 breeches of mountain-goat or bighorn 



