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Tamakwapi ('beaver man'). A clan, 

 class, or division, probably of the Dela- 

 wares, mentioned in the Walam Olum in 

 contradistinction to southerriers, wolf- 

 men, hunters, priests, and others. — Brin- 

 ton, Lenape Leg., 187, 1885. 

 Beaver-men. —Squior in Beach, Ind. Miscel., 29, 

 1877. Tamakwapis. — Ibid. 



Tamal. A jMoquelumnan or Miwok 

 term, signifying ' bay,' used by the divi- 

 sion of that family which occupied the 

 coast region immediately n. of San Fran- 

 cisco bay and comprising the greater part 

 of Marin co., Cal. It was applied by 

 them to any bay, but particularly to the 

 largest bay with which they were familiar, 

 what is now known as Tomales bay. 

 Tomales is simply a rendition of the orig- 

 inal Indian term in a modified Spanish 

 orthography. The name sur\nves also in 

 Tomales point and the town of Tomales. 

 Mt Tamalpais is an aboriginal name and 

 comes from this term, tivnal 'bay', and 

 pais ' mountain ' . The name Tamal and 

 various modifications of it were applied 

 to certain of the neophytes at San Rafael 

 and Sonoma missions. Most of these, 

 it is supposed, came from the vicinity 

 of Tomales bay, or at least from w. of 

 the missions and in the direction of that 

 bay. (s. A. B.) 



Tamal. — Chamisso in Kotzebue, Voy., iii, .51, 1821. 

 Tamalenos.— Taj-lor in Cal. Farmer, Mar. 2, 1860. 

 Tamales,— Ibid. Tamallos.— Ibid., Mar. 30. Ta- 

 mals.— Choris, Vov. Pitt., 6, 1822. Tammalanos.— 

 Taylor, op. clt., Mar. 30. Tomales.— Ibid., Oct. 18, 

 1861. 



Tamali (Tamali). The name of two 

 places, and prol)ably settlements there 

 situated, in the Cherokee country. One 

 wag on Valley r. , a few miles above Mur- 

 phy, about the present Tomatola, in 

 Cherokee co., N. C. ; the other was on 

 Little Tennessee r., about Tomotley ford, 

 a few miles above Tellico r., in Monroe 

 CO., Tenn. The name can not be trans- 

 lated and may be of Creek origin, as that 

 tribe had a town of the same name on 

 lower Chattahoochee r. (j. m. ) 



Tamable.— Bartram, Travels, 372, 1792 (the .second 

 or Tennessee town). Tamali— Mooney in 19th 

 Rep. B. A. E., .534, 1900. Ta-me-tah.— Adair, Am. 

 Ind.s.,257, 1775 (possibly identical). Timotlee.— 

 Royce in 5th Rep, B. A. E., map, 1887. Tomatly.— 

 Doc. of 1755 quoted by Royce, ibid., 142. Toma- 

 tola.— Mooney, on. cit. Tommotley.— Timber- 

 lake, Memoir.s, map, 1765 (on Little Tennessee r.). 

 Tomothle.— Bartram, Travels, 371, 1792 (the N. C. 

 town). 



Tamali (Tdmd'li). A former Lower 

 Creek town on Chattahoochee r., 7 m. 

 above Ocheses, probably in Eussell co., 

 Ala. 



Tama'li.— Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., i, 145, 1884. 

 Tamatles.— Morse, Rep. to Sec. War, 364, 1822. 

 Tum-mault-lau.— Hawkins (1799), Sketch, 26, 1848. 



Tamanee, Tamanend. See Tammani/. 



Tamanos, A term used to designate 

 shamanistic power, and applied in de- 

 scriptions of the custom.s of the tribes of 

 Oregon, Washington, and British Colum- 

 bia, or of the region in which the Chinook 



jargon was spoken. The word is derived 

 from Chinook iHamd'noas, designat- 

 ing " beings endowed with supernatural 

 power. ' ' The Indian word is not equiva- 

 lent to terms expressing magic power, like 

 wnkanda of the Siouan tribes, orenda of 

 the Iroquois, navalak of the Kwakiutl. 

 In the Indian languages of this region, 

 and particularly in Chinook, the term is 

 not applied to designate the shaman, but 

 in literary usage it has come to mean 

 shamanistic acts and all the performances 

 belonging to the secret societies of the n. 

 Pacific coast. Witchcraft is often desig- 

 nated as " black tamanos," while the art 

 of the shaman as a healer is sometimes 

 designated as "white tamanos." In the 

 latter part of the 19th century the word 

 passed out of use among the Lower Chi- 

 nook, because a person of a name similar 

 to the word iHavid'noas died, and in ac- 

 cordance with their custom another word 

 was substituted. (f. b.) 



Tamaque ('beaver' ). A famous Delaware 

 chief, of the Unalachtigo tribe, commonly 

 called The Beaver, or King Beaver. He 

 was a brother of the no less famous Shin- 

 gass, who was one of the most cruel and 

 crafty foes of the settlers in w. Pennsylva- 

 nia during the years of Indian hostility. 

 The chief place of residence of ' ' King Bea- 

 ver" was at the mouth of Beaver r., at the 

 place called Shingis Town, and later called 

 "The Beaver's Town" [see Sawcunk, Tus- 

 caraims). He also had a place of residence 

 at Kuskuski, and spent part of his time at 

 Kittanning. When the p]nglish took pos- 

 session of Ft Duquesne he moved to Ohio, 

 where his village, near the junction of the 

 Tuscarawas and Big Sandy, was called 

 "The Beaver' s Town. " He was friendly to 

 the English until after Braddock's defeat 

 (1755), when he allied himself with the 

 French. When Post made his journey 

 in 1758 to the western Indians, "King 

 Beaver," as he calls him, was the chief 

 speaker in all the councils held at Kus- 

 kuski. _ On Post's second mission to the 

 Ohio, in advance of Forbes' expedition 

 (Nov. 1758), he carried letters addressed 

 by General Forbes to "Brethren, Kings 

 Beaver and Shingsa" (Thwaites, Early 

 \yest. Trav., i, 267, 1904). He at that 

 time spoke of the desire of the Indians 

 to resume their alliance with the English. 

 He was present at the council held at Ft 

 Pitt in the fall of 1759 by Gen. Stanwix, 

 and also at that held by Gen. Moncton in 

 Aug. 1760 (Rupp, Hist. West. Pa.,app., 

 139, 1846). In 1762 Beaver and Shingas 

 sent word to the Governor of Pennsyl- 

 vania that it was their desire to remain 

 friendly with the English, and in the 

 same year he promised to deliver all the 

 white prisoners with the Indians at Ft 

 Pitt. Col._ Bnrd and Josiah Davenport 

 were appointed commissioners to receive 



