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STEG AH A Ki STtK INE 



[b. a. B. 



Consult Abbottin Wheeler Survey Rep., 

 VII, 1879; Boasin6thRep. B. A.E.,1888; 

 Bushnell in Am. Anthr., x, no. 4, 1908; 

 Holmes (1) in Am. Anthr., ii, no. 4, 1890, 

 (2) in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 1897, (3) in 

 Rep. Nat. Mus. 1900, 1902; Hough in Rep. 

 Nat. Mus. 1896, 1898; Kengla, Archaeol- 

 ogy of the District of Columbia, 1883; 

 McGuire in Trans. Anthr. Soc. Wash., ii, 

 1883; Niblack in Rep. Nat. Mus. 1888, 

 1890; Putnam in 11th Rep. Peabody Mus., 

 1878; Reynolds in 13th Rep. Peabody 

 Mus., 1880; Schumacher in 11th and 12th 

 Reps. Peabody Mus., 1878. (w. h. h.) 



Stegaraki. A tribe of the Mannahoac 

 confederacy, living in 1608 on Rapidan r., 

 in Orange co., Va. 



Stegara.— Smith (1629), Va., I, map, 1819. Stega- 

 rakes,— Ibid., 134. Stegarakies. — Jefferson, Notes, 

 139, 1801. Stegerakies.— Boudinot, Star in the 

 West, 128, 1816. Stegora.— Simons in Smith (1629), 

 Va., I, 186, 1819. Stenkenocks.— Spotswood^l722) 

 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., V, 673, 1855. Stogaras.— 

 Straehey ( ca. 1612) , Va. , 104, 1809. 



Stehtlum {StM-ldm, 'a shovel-nosed 

 canoe', from a fancied resemblance of 

 the cape. — Eells). A Clallam village at 

 New Dungeness, Wash. 

 False Dungeness.— Gibbs in Pac. R. R. Rep., i, 

 429, 1855 (should be Dungeness). Stehl-lum.— 

 Stevens in Ind. AfY. Rep., 457, 1S54. Stehtlum.— 

 Gibbs in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., I, 177, 1877. Stent- 

 lum.— Gibbs in Pae. R. R. Rep., I, 435, 1855. 

 Stetchtlum.— U. S. Ind. Treaties, 800, 1873. Ste- 

 te-tlum.— Eells, letter to B. A. E., May 21, 1886. 

 Stet-lum.— Gibbs, Clallam and Lummi, 20, 1863. 



Stehtsasamish. A division of Salish on 

 Budds inlet, near the present site of 

 Olympia, Wash. ; pop. 20 in 1854, accord- 

 ing to Gibbs. Stehchass is said by Gibbs 

 to be the Nisqualli name for the site of 

 Olympia itself. 



Stek-cha-sa-mish.— Ind. Aff. Rep., 458, 1854. Steh- 

 chass.— Treaty of 18.54 in U. S. Ind. Treaties, 561, 

 1873. Stehchop.— Ind. Aff. Rep., 265, 1856. Steht- 

 sasamish.— Gibbs in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., I, 178, 

 1877. Stekchar.— Ross in Ind. Aff. Rep., 135, 1869. 

 Stell-cha-sa-mish.— Gibbs in Pac. R. R. Rep., I, 435, 

 18.55. Stetch-as.— Simmons in Ind. Aff. Rep., 226, 

 1858. Stitchafsamish.— Lane (1819) in Sen. Ex. 

 Doc. 52, 31st Cong., 1st sess., 173, 1850. Stitcha- 

 saw-mich.— Starling in Ind. Aff. Rep., 171, 18.52. 

 Stitcheo-saw-mish.— Ibid. ,170. Turn Water .—Ibid. 

 (misprint of r»»»(ia<ec). 



Steilacoomamisli. A band of Salish on 

 Steilacoom or., n. w. Wash. They are 

 closely related to the Nisqualli. 

 Stailaku-mamish,— Gibbs quoted by Dall in Cont. 

 N. A. Ethnol., i, 241, 1877. Steilacoom.— Treaty of 

 1854 in U. S. Ind. Treaties, 561, 1873. Steila-coom-a- 

 mish.— Gibbs in Pac. R. R Rep., i, 435, 1855. 

 Steilakumahmish.— Gibbs in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., 

 I, 178, 1877. 



Stella ('the cape'). A Natl iatin vil- 

 lage at the entrance of Stelako r. into 

 Eraser lake, Brit. Col. ; pop. 42 in 1902, 60 

 in 1909. 



Stelaoten.— De Smet, Oregon Miss., 100, 1847. 

 Stel-a-tin.— Dawson in Can. Geol. Snrv. 1879-80, 

 30b, 18S1. Stella.— Morice, Notes on W. D^n^s, 25, 

 1892. Stilla.— Harmon, Jour., 244, 1820. 



Stella. The village of the Tautin, on 

 Eraser r., lat. 52° 40^ Brit. Col. 



Alexandria.— Ind. Aff. Can., 138, 1879. Stella.— 

 Morice in Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., 109, 1892. 



Stella. A Tsilkotin village on the right 

 bank of Eraser r., near Alexandria, 



Brit. Col. — Morice in Trans. Roy. Soc. 

 Can., 109, 1892. 



Steloglamo. A former village, probably 

 Salinan, connected with San Antonio 

 mis.sion, Monterey co., Cal. — Tavlor in 

 Cal. Earmer, Apr. 27, 1860. 



Stetuk ( Stetu(jk'). A Squawmish village 

 communitv on Burrard inlet, Brit. Col. — 

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



Stiahta. See Roundhead. 



Stick Indians (from iftick, meaning 'tree,' 

 or 'wood, 'in the Chinook jargon). A term 

 universally applied by certain N. W. Coast 

 tribes to any Indians from the interior; 

 that is, to those who live back in the woods. 

 It is more commonly used on the coasts 

 of Alaska and British Columbia to refer 

 to the Athapascan tribes e. of the Coast 

 range, but it was used also by the Chinook 

 and other Oregon and Washington tribes to 

 designate the Salish and Shahaptian tribes 

 of Columbia r. and Puget sd. (l. f. ) 

 Si-him-e-na. — Mahoneyin Sen. Ex. Doc. 68,41st 

 Cong., 2d sess., 20, 1870. Thick-wood Indians. — 

 Franklin, Journ. Polar Sea, 262, 1824. Thick Wood 

 Indians. — Simpson quoted by Morgan in Beach, 

 Ind. Miscel., 179, 1877. 



Stikayi (StikrVyf). The name of three 

 distinct Cherokee settlements: (1) on 

 Sticoa cr., near Clayton, Rabun co., Ga. ; 

 (2) on Tuckasegee r., at the old Thomas 

 homestead, just above the present Whit- 

 tier, in Swain co. , N. C. ; ( 3 ) on Stekoa cr. 

 of Little Tennessee r., a few miles below 

 the junction of Nantahala, in Graham co., 

 N. C. The word has lost its meaning. 

 It is variously spelled Stecoe, Steecoy, 

 Stekoah, Stickoev, etc. — Mooney in 19th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 532, 1900. 

 Steecoy.— Doc. of 1755 quoted by Rovce in 5th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 143, 1SS7. Stekoa.— Royce in 18th 

 Rep. B. A. E., map 54, 1899. Sticcoa.— Royce in 5th 

 Rep., op. cit., map. 



Stikine. A Tlingit tribe on and near 

 the mouth of the river which bears its 

 name. Pop. 1,. 300 in 1840, 317 in 1880, 255 

 in 1890. Their winter town is Katchanaak 

 (Wrangell); their ancient village was 

 Kahltcatlan (Old Wrangell). Shake's 

 Village, Shallyany's Village, and Shus- 

 tak's Village are also mentioned. The 

 following social divisions are found here: 

 Hehlkoan, Hokedi, Kaskakoedi, Katch- 

 adi, Kayashkidetan, Kiksadi, Nanyaayi, 

 Siknahadi, Tahlkoedi, and Tihittan. 

 Shikene.— Peirce in H. R. Rep. 830, 27th Cong., 2d 

 sess., 62, 1842 (village). Stach'in.— Holmberg, 

 Ethnog. Skizz., map, 142, 18.55. Stackeenes.— Bor- 

 rows in H. R. Ex. Doc. 197, 42d Cong., 2d sess., 4, 

 1872. Stakeen.— Borrows in Sen. Ex. Doc. 67, 41st 

 Cong., 2d sess., 9, 1870. Stakhin.— Petroff in 10th 

 Census, Alaska, 32, 1884. Stak-hin-kon.— Krause, 

 Tlinkit Ind,, 120, 1885. Stakhin'-kwan.— Dall in 

 Cont. N. A. Ethnol., l, 38, 1877. Stakhinskoe.— 

 Veniaminoff, Zapiski, n, pt. in, 30, 1S40. Stakin.— 

 Eleventh Census, Alaska, 158, 1893. Stekini.— 

 Kane, Wand, in N. A., app., 1859. Stickens.— 

 Crosbie in H. R. Ex. Doc. 77, 36th Cong., l.st sess., 

 7, 1860. Stickienes.— Beardslee in Sen. Ex. Doc. 

 105, 46th Cong., 1st se.ss., 29, 1880. Stickine.— Bor- 

 rows (1869) in Sen. Ex. Doc. 67, 41st Cong,, 2d 

 sess., 2, 1870. Stikin.— Boas, 5th Rep. N, W. Tribes 

 Can., 25, 1SS9. Stikines.— Scott (1859) in H. R. Ex. 

 Doc. 65, 36th Cong., 1st sess., 115, 1860. Stohen- 



