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SLIAMMON SMOHALLA 



[b. a. e. 



1862. He is described in 1836 (McKen- 

 ney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, ii, 109, 1854) 

 as large and well proportioned, of rather 

 dignified appearance, good natured and 

 plausible, but as having never been dis- 

 tinguished as a warrior or hunter. He 

 signed the treaties of Prairie du Chien, 

 Aug. 19, 1825, and July 15, 1830; St. Pe- 

 ters, Nov. 30, 1836; and Traverse des 

 Sioux, July 23, 1851. The last treaty v/as 

 signed also by "Sleepy Eyes young," 

 probably a son. Sleepy Eyes died in 

 Roberts co., S. Dak., but many years after 

 his death his remains were disinterred 

 and removed to Sleepyeye, Minn., where 

 they were reburied under a monument 

 erected by the citizens, (d. r. c. t. ) 



Sliammon. A Salish tribe on Malaspina 

 inlet, Brit. Col., speaking the Comox 

 dialect; pop. 107 in 1909. 

 Klaamen.— Brit. Col. Map, Ind. Aff., Victoria, 1872 

 (given as n. of Malaspina inlet). Sliammon.— Can. 

 Ind. Aff., pt. II, 160, 1901. Tlaamen.— Boas, MS., 

 B. A. E., 1887. 



Slings. Slings made of the skins of 

 animals and of textile materials variously 

 woven and plaited were in use among the 

 ancient aborigines of Middle and South 

 America, and are still employed by the 

 more primitive tribes. There appears to 

 be no absolute proof, however, that the 

 sling was known to the northern tribes 

 before the discovery of America, although 

 it has been assumed that certain pellets 

 of baked clay found in numbers in Cali- 

 fornia mounds were intended for this use. 

 The slings found in collections, although 

 showing in their materials and manu- 

 facture some local tribal characteristics, 

 were adopted from Europeans and had no 

 employment other than for youthful 

 sports. (w. H. ) 



Slokoi. A Squawmish village commu- 

 nity on the right bank of Squawmisht r., 

 Brit. Col.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Brit. A. A. 

 S., 474, 1900. 



Slubeama. Given as a division of Salish 

 numbering 400 and living n. of Whidbey 

 id. , on a river of the same name. 

 Slub-e-a-ma.— Jones (18.53) in H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, 

 34th Cong., 3d sess., 6, 1857. 



Slumach. A band of the Katsey (q. v.) 

 in British Columbia; pop. 69 in 1896, 

 when last separately enumerated. 



Slumach.-Can. Ind. Aff., 27G, 1894. Slumagh.— 

 Ibid., 313, 1888. 



Smackshop. A band of the Chilluckit- 

 tequaw living in 1806 on Columbia r. from 

 the mouth of Hood r. to The Dalles. Their 

 estimated number was 800. 

 Sinacsops. — Wilkes, Hist. Oregon, 44, 1846. Smack- 

 shops. — Orig. Jour. Lewis and Clark, vi, 67, 1905. 

 Smacshop.— Lewis and Clark Exped., map, 1893. 

 Smacsops, — Robertson, Oregon, 129, 1846. Smak- 

 shop.— Ind. Aff. Rep., 460, 1854. Smascops.— Rob- 

 ertson in H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, 30th Cong., 1st sess., 

 9, 1848. Smockshop.— Morse, Rep. to Sec. War, 370, 

 1822. Smokshops.— Am. Pioneer, ii, 191, 1843. 

 Weocksockwillacum. — Lewis and Clark Exped., 

 II. 239, 1814. We-ock-sock, Willacum. —Orig. Jour. 

 Lewisand Clark, iv, 280, 1905. Wil-la-cum.— Ibid., 

 282. 



Smalihu. A Salish division on a branch 

 of Skagit r. , n. w. Wash. ; generally classed 

 as a Skagit subtribe. 



Sma-leh-hu.— Stevens in Ind. Aflf. Rep., 458, 1854. 

 Sma-lih-hu.— Gibbs in Pac. R. R.Rep., I, 436, 1*55. 

 Smali-hu.— GibbsinCont. N. A. Ethnol.. i, 180, 1877. 



Smelakoa {SmEld'kdd). A Squawmish 

 village community on Burrard inlet, Brit. 

 Col.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Brit. A. A. S., 475, 

 1900. 



Smith, Nimrod Jarrett (known to his 

 people as Tsdldtihl, an attempt at the 

 sound of "Jarrett"). A mixed-blood 

 Cherokee, for a number of years chief of 

 the Eastern band, residing on a reserva- 

 tion in w. North Carolina. His father, 

 Henry Smith, was a half-breed, while his 

 mother was of full blood. Chief Smith 

 was born on Valley r., near the present 

 Murphy, N. C., about 1838. He received 

 a fair education, which he supplemented 

 from his own resources in later years. 

 Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil 

 War he enlisted, with a considerable 

 number of the East Cherokee, in the 

 Thomas Confederate Legion, organized 

 by Col. W. H. Thomas, a Cherokee 

 trader, and served to the close of the war 

 as sergeantof his Indian company. Some 

 10 years later he was elected principal 

 chief of the Eastern band, which office 

 he held by successive reelections almost 

 to the time of his death. During all 

 these years he was an active worker 

 on behalf of his people, both at home 

 and in Washington, and always at great 

 personal sacrifice to himself, as by reason 

 of the refusal of the band to join the 

 main body of the tribe in the W. they 

 were denied any share in the tribal funds, 

 so that most of his service was performed 

 at his own expense. Through his efforts 

 the first schools were established among 

 the East Cherokee and the landed interests 

 of the tribe were established on a secure 

 basis. He died in Aug. 1893. In person 

 Smith was of manly and lovable disposi- 

 tion, dignified bearing, and magnificent 

 physique, being 6 ft 4 in. in height. He 

 was a master of both Cherokee and Eng- 

 lish. His wife was a white woman, for- 

 merly Miss Mary Guthrie. (j. m. ) 



Smoen [Smo'En). The highest gens or 

 band of the Bellacoola people of Nutlel, 

 Brit. Col.— Boas in 7th Rep. N. \V. Tribes 

 Can., 6, 1891. 



Smohalla. An Indian prophet and 

 teacher, the originator of a religion cur- 

 rent among the tribes of the upper Co- 

 lumbia r. and adjacent region in Wash- 

 ington, Oregon, and Idaho, whence the 

 name "Smohallah Indians" sometimes 

 applied. The name, properly Shmoqfda, 

 signifies "The Preacher," and was given 

 to him after he became prominent as a re- 

 ligious reformer. He belonged to the So- 

 kulk, a small tribe cognate to the Nez 

 Perces and centering about Priest rapids 



