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SNAKE EIVER SNOQUALMU 



[b. a. e. 



Ill, 380, 1877) was similar in some respects 

 to the Hopi dance. 



For detailed information see Bourke, 

 Snake Dance of the Moijuis of Arizona, 

 1884; Dorsey and Votb, Mishongnovi 

 Ceremonies of the Snake and Antelope 

 Fraternities, Field Colum'bian Mus. Pub., 



HOPI SNAKE DANCE 



Anthr. ser., iii, no. 3, 1902; Fewkes, Snake 

 Ceremonials at Walpi, Jour. Am. Ethnol. 

 and Archa?ol., iv, 1894, and Tusayan 

 Snake Ceremonies, 16th Rep. B. A. E., 

 1897; Hodge, Pueblo Snake Ceremonials, 

 Am. Anthr., ix, 1896; Hough, Moki Snake 

 Dance, 1898; Stevenson, The Sia, in 11th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 1894. (w. n.) 



Snake River. A Chippewa band on 

 Mille Lac res., Minn. — Ind. Aff. Rep., 

 250, 1877. 



Snakes. A name applied to many dif- 

 ferent bodies of Shoshonean Indians, but 

 most persistently to those of k. Oregon, to 

 which the following synonyms refer. 

 These Indians form one dialectic group 

 with the Paviotso of w. Nevada and the 

 Mono of s. E. California. The principal 

 Snake tribes were the Walpapi and the 

 Yahuskin. For others, see Moiio-Puriotso, 

 Shoshonean Famil;/. (j. r. s. ) 



Aigspaluma.— Gatsch'et in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., ii, 

 pt. 1, xxxiii, 1890 ('Chipmunk people'; applied 

 by the Warm Springs Indians to Oregon Shoshoni 

 and Klamath). Sai'-du-ka,— Powers, Inds.W. Ne- 

 vada, MS., B. A. E., 1876. Sa't— Gatschet, MS., 

 B. A. E. (Klamath and Modoc name for all 

 Shoshonean Indians; sig. 'unclean,' 'disheveled,' 

 'of low character'). Sha't. — Ibid. Shitaikt. — 

 Mooney, inf n, 1900 (Tenino name, especially for 

 the Shoshoneans of Warm Springs, Oreg.). Shne'- 

 gitsuish. — Gatschet, MS., B. A. E. (Shasta name for 

 a "Snake" Indian). Shoshoni. — Lewis and Clark 

 Exped., II, 594, 1817. 



Snakestown. A former village, perhaps 

 of the Delawares, on Muskingum r., Ohio, 

 in 1774. — McKee (1774) quoted bv Rupp, 

 W. Penn., app., 211, 1846. 



Snakwametl {Snd^kwaviEtl). A village 

 belonging to the Snonkweametl, an ex- 

 tinct tribe of Covvichan on lower Eraser 

 r., Brit. Col.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Ethnol. 

 Surv. Can., 54, 1902. 



Snapa ('burnt place,' according toTeit; 

 'barren or bare place,' according to Hill- 



Tout). A village of the Spences Bridge 

 band of Ntlakyapamuk, li m. back from 

 the s. side of Thompson r. and 42 m. 

 above Lytton, Brit. Col. Pop. 17 in 1897, 

 the last time it was enumerated sepa- 

 rately. 



Black Canon. — White men's name. C'npa. — Hill- 

 Tout in Rep. Ethnol. Surv. Can., 4, 1899. Kepa.— 

 Can. Ind. Aff., 230, 1886. Snapa'.— Teit in Mem. 

 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., ii, 173, 1900. 



Snares. See Fishing, Himting, Traps. 



Snauk. A Squawmish village commu- 

 nity at False cr., Burrard inlet, Brit. Col. ; 

 pop. 47 in 1909. 



False Creek.— Can. Ind. Aff., pt. II, 72, 1902. 

 Snauq.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Brit. A. A. S.,475, 1900. 



Snihuax. A former Chumashan village 

 near Santa Barbara, Cal. — Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, Apr. 24, 1863. 



Snohomish. A Salish tribe formerly on 

 the s. end of Whidl)ey id., Puget sd., and 

 on the mainland opposite at the mouth 

 of Snohomish r., Wash. Pop. 350 in 

 1850. The remnant is now on Tulalip 

 res., Wash., mixed "with other broken 

 tribes. 



Ashnuhumsh. — Gatschet, Kalapuya MS., B. A. E., 

 71 (ICalapuya name). Sdo-hobc,— McCavv, Puyal- 

 lup MS. vocab., B. A. E. (Puyallup name). S'do- 

 ho-bish.-Miillet in Ind. Aff. Rep., 198, 1877. Sina- 

 hamish. — Lane in Sen. Ex. Doc. 52, 31st Cong., 1st 

 sess., 173, 18ri0. Sinahomas. —Kane, Wand, in N. A., 

 240,1859. Sin-a-ho-mish.— GibbsinPac.R.R.Rep.,1, 

 436,1855. Sinahoumez. — Duflotde Mofras, Oregon, 

 11,335, 1844 (evidently includes many other tribes). 

 Sineramish.— Lane in Ind. Aff. Rep. ,162, 1850. Sin- 

 namish. — Lane in Sen. lix. Doc. 52. 31st Cong., 1st 

 sess., 173, 1850 (mentioned distinctively from the 

 "Sinahamish"). Sno-dom-ish,— Fay in Ind. Aff. 

 Rep., 238, 1858. Sno-ho-mish.— Treatv of 1855 in 

 U. S. Ind. Treaties, 378, 1873. Sunahumes.— Hale 

 in U. S. Expl. Exped., vi, 221, 1846. 



Snonkweametl (Snonkive^amEtl). An 

 extinct Cowichan tribe on lower Eraser r., 

 Brit. Col. ; their village was Snakwa- 

 metl.— Hill-Tout in Ethnol. Surv. Can., 

 54, 1902. 



Snonowas. A Salish tribe around Na- 

 noose bay, e. coast of Vancouver id. They 

 speak the Cowichan dialect, and num- 

 bered 14 in 1909. 



Nanoos. — Tolmie and • Dawson, Vocabs. Brit. 

 Col., 120b. 1884. Nanoose.— Mayne, Brit. Col., 243, 

 1861. Snonoos.— Boas, MS., B. A. E., 1887. Sno- 

 nowas.— Can. Ind. Aff., pt. II. 164, 1901. Sno-no- 

 wus.— Ibid., 417, 1898. Sno-uo-wus,— Ibid., 270, 

 1889. 



Snoqualmn. A Salish division which 

 formerly occupied the upper branches of 

 a river of the same name in Washington 

 and which numbered 225 in 1857. The 

 remnantof these Indians is now on Tulalip 

 res., with other broken tribes. 

 Sdok'-al-bihw.— McCaw, Puyallup MS. vocab., 

 B. A. E., 1885 (Puyallup name). Sdo-qual-bush. — 

 Mallet in Ind. Aff. Rep., 198, 1877. Sno-kwal-mi- 

 yiikh.— Gibbs in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., i, 342, 1877 

 (full form of name; miukh—locntiye). Snokwal- 

 mii.— Gibbs, ibid., 179. Snoqualamick. — Lane in 

 Sen. Ex. Doc. 52, 31st Cong., 1st sess., 173, 1850. 

 Sno-qual-a-mick. — Jones (18.53) in H. R. Ex. Doc. 

 76, 34th Cong., 3d sess., 5, 1857. Sno-qual-a-muhe. — 

 Starling in Ind. Aff. Rep., 171, 1852. Sno-qual-a- 

 muke, — Ibid., 170. Snoqualimich. — Schoolcraft, 

 Ind. Tribes, v, 701, 1855. Sno-qualimick. — Lane 

 in Sen. Ex. Doc. 52, 31st Cong., 1st sess., 167, 1850. 



