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SIKSINOKAES SILPOPONEMEW 



[b. a. e. 



Siksika or Blackfeet, and also of the 

 Siksika proper. 



Black Elks.— Grinnell, Blackfoot Lodge Tales, 

 208. 209, 1S92. Sik-sino'-kai-iks.— Havden, Ethnog. 

 and Philol. Mo. Val., 264, 1862. Siks-in'-o-kaks.— 

 Grinnell, op. cit. 



Siksinokaks. A subtribe or band of the 

 Siksika. 



Siks-in'-o-kaks. — Grinnell, Blackfoot Lodge Tales, 

 208, 1892. 



Siktokkis. A town of the Ahousaht 

 Nootka on the n. arm of Clayoquot sd., 

 Vancouver id. It was destroyed by 

 Admiral Denham in Oct. 1864 in punish- 

 ment for the killing of the crew of the 

 trading schooner Kingfisher. 

 Sik-tok-kis.— Sproat, Savage life, 197, 1868. 



Sikutsipumaiks ( ' black patched mocca- 

 sins' ). A band of the Piegan division of 

 the Siksika or Blackfeet. 

 Black Patched Moccasins. — Grinnell, Blackfoot 

 Lodge Tales, 225, 1892. Si-ka'-tsi-po-maks.— Hay- 

 den, Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. Val., 264, 1862 (trans. 

 ' band with black patched moccasins '). Sik-ut'- 

 si-pum-aiks. --Grinnell, op. cit., 209. 



Sikwayi. See Sequoya. 



Sikyachi. The name of two distinct Yel- 

 low Bird clans of the Hopi, one belonging 

 to the Kachina, the other to the Kokop 

 phratrv. 



Si-kya'-tci.— Stephen in 8th Rep. B. A. E., 39, 1891. 

 Sikyatci winwu.— Fewkes in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 

 584, 1900. Si-kya-tci wiin-wii. — Fewkes in Am. 

 Anthr., vil, 404,1894. 



Sikyataiyo. The Yellow Fox clan of the 

 Hopi. 



Si-kah-ta-ya.— Dorsey and Voth, Mishongnovi 

 Ceremonies, 175, 1902. Sikahtayo.— Voth, Hopi 

 Proper Names, 105, 1905. Sikyataiyo winwii. — 

 Fewkes in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 584, 1900. Si-kya'- 

 tai-yo -wiifi-wu. — Fewkes in Am. Anthr., vii, 403, 

 1894. 



Sikyatki ('yellow house'). A prehis- 

 toric pueblo of the Firewood (Kokop) 

 people of the Hopi, situated on two rocky 

 knolls at the e. base of the Walpi mesa 

 of Tusayan, n. e. Arizona. According to 

 tradition it was built by the Fire- 

 wood clans after the abandonment of 

 their pueblo of Tebugkihu, and in turn 

 was destroyed by warriors from Walpi 

 and possibly from other Hopi pueblos. 

 See Fewkes in Am. Anthr., vii, 396, 406, 

 1894, and in 17th Rep. B. A. E., 631-744, 

 1898; Mindeleff in 8th Rep. B. A. E., 20, 

 1891. 

 Si-ka'k-i.— Fewkes in Am. Anthr., v, 10, 1892. 



Silela ( Ts'(V-lil-d) . A former village of 

 the Kuitsh on lower Umpqua r., w. Oreg. 

 Mentioned by Lewis and Clark in 1806 as, 

 a tribe of 1,200. 



Isalleet.— Galrdner (1835) in Jonr. Geog. Soc. 

 Lond., XI, 256, 1841. Sahlalah.— McVickar, Hist. 

 Exped. Lewis and Clark, ii, 383, 1842. Shalalahs.— 

 LewisandClark,Exped.,ii,119, 1814. Shallalah.— 

 Ibid., 474. Silela.— Dor.sev in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, 

 III, 231, 1890. Tsalel.— Hale, Ethnol. and Philol., 

 221, 1846. Ts'a'-lil-a.— Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk- 

 lore, 111,231, 1890. Tsantcha'lilaamim.— Gatschet, 

 Lakmiut MS., B. A. E., 105 (Lakmiut-Kalapuya 

 name for Indians at mouth of Umpqua r.). 



Siletz. A former Salishan tribe on a 

 river of the same name in n. w. Oregon. 

 It was the southernmost Salishan tribe on 

 the coast. Latterly the name was ex- 



tended to designate all the tribes on the 

 Siletz res. in Oregon, which belong to the 

 Athapascan, Yakonan, Kusan, Takilman, 

 Shastan, and Shahaptian linguistic fami- 

 lies. 



Celetse.— Gibbs, MS. Notes, B. A. E., 1856. Nese- 

 litch. — Gairdner (1835) in Jour. Geog. Soc. Lond., 

 XI, 255, 1841. Sai-letc'.— Dorsey, Tutu MS., B. A. 

 E., 1884. Sai-letc'-ic-me'-iiinne. — Dorsey, NaltGn- 

 ne^ijnne MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1884. Siletz.— Dor- 

 sey (1884) in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, iii, 227, 1890. 

 Tsa Shnadsh amim. — Gatschet, Lakmiut-Kalapuva 

 MS., B. A. E., 105 (Lakmiut name). 



Silimastus. A former Chumashan vil- 

 lage near Purisima mission, Santa Bar- 

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

 Oct. 18, 1861. 



Silimi. A former Chumashan village 

 near Purisima mission, Santa Barbara 

 CO., Cal. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 

 1861. 



Silino. A former Chumashan village 

 near Purisima mission, Santa Barbara 

 CO., Cal. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 

 1861. 



Silisne. A former Chumashan village 

 near Purisima mission, Santa Barbara 

 CO., Cal. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 

 1861. 



Siliwihi. A former Chumashan village 

 on Santa Rosa id., coast of California, e. 

 of the harbor. — Henshaw, Buenaventura 

 MS. vocab., B. A E., 1884. 



Silkhkemechetatun ( SU'-qke-me'-tcc-ta^- 

 tun). A band or village of the Chasta- 

 costa on the n. side of Rogue r., Oreg. — 

 Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 234, 

 1890. 



Sillanguayas. A tribe given by Rivera 

 in 1727 and by Orozco y Berra in 1864 as 

 natives of Coahuila (Rivera, Diario, leg. 

 2763, 1736; Orozco y Berra, Geog., 306, 

 1864). 

 Siyanguayas. — Orozco y Berra, op. cit. 



Sillery. A Jesuit mission village estab- 

 lished in 1637 on St Lawrence r., a few 

 miles above Quebec, Canada. The Al- 

 gonkin and Montagnais were first gath- 

 ered there and were joined at the close 

 of King Philip's war in 1679 by Abnaki 

 from Kennebec r. in Maine in such num- 

 bers that it soon became virtually an Ab- 

 naki village. In 1683-85 the inhabitants 

 removed to St Francis, and the village was 

 deserted. _ (j. m. ) 



Eamiskwawangachit. — Vetromile in Me. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., VI, 213, 18.59 ('where they catch salmon 

 with the spear': Abnaki name). Sciller. — La- 

 hontan (1703) quoted bv Richardson, Arct. Ex- 

 ped., II, 39 1851. Silem.— Jefferys, Fr. Doms., pt. 

 1, map, 1761 (misprint). Sillerie. — Doc. of 1759 

 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., x, 1037, 1858. Sillery.— 

 Denonville (1087), ibid., ix, 354, 1855. St. Joseph.— 

 Vetromile, op. cit. (mission name). Syllery. — 

 Jefterys, Fr. Doms., pt. 1, 10, 1761. 



Silongkoyo. A former Maidu village at 

 Quincy, Plumas co., Cal. — Dixon in Bull. 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, xvii, map, 1905. 



Silpoponemew. A former Chumashan 

 village at San Antonio, about 4 m. from 

 Santa Barbara mission, Cal. — Taylor in 

 Cal. Farmer, May 4, 1860. 



