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THILDZHEHI THLELKHUS 



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who dwell on the shores of Lacrosse lake 

 and in the country between Cold lake 

 and Ft Locha, Athabasca Ter., Canada. 

 Ross (MS., B. A. E.) gives their habitat 

 as extending from Churchill r. to Atha- 

 basca and Great Slave lakes. Kennicott 

 (MS., B. A. E. ) states that they extend 

 as far n. as Ft Resolution on the s. shore 

 of Great Slave lake. The Thilanottine 

 are of good stature, having well-propor- 

 tioned bodies, long narrow heads, flat 

 faces, high cheek-bones, and depressed 

 temples, giving the head a marked pear 

 shape. Their hands and feetare unusually 

 small and well formed. They are mild- 

 mannered and docile, selfish, and grasp- 

 ing, great liars, but otherwise noted for 

 honesty. Polygamy exists, but is not 

 common. A Roman Catholic mission 

 was established among them in 1856, and 

 their native beliefs and customs have 

 been influenced thereby; otherwise they 

 do not differ materially from the tribes 

 on the N. Their snowshoes are of su- 

 perior workmanship, the inner part of 

 the frames being straight, the outer edge 

 curved, and both ends pointed, the one 

 in front being turned upward. The lac- 

 ing is neatly made ot deerskin thongs. 

 Their sledges are made of thin strips of 

 red spruce-fir turned up in front and 

 highly polished with a crooked knife to 

 make them run easily. In 1859 the tribe 

 numbered 211, of whom 100 were males 

 and 111 females. In 1902 there were 253— 

 53 adult men, 73 adult women, and 127 

 children and young people, attached to 

 Onion Lake agency — living in better built 

 houses than the Cree, and engaged in 

 hunting, fishing, and raising cattle, the 

 women doing the farm work, and all en- 

 joying a good reputation for piety, mo- 

 rality, and temperance. Another band 

 of 70 — composed of 13 men, 20 women, 

 and 37 children— lived entirely by hunt- 

 ing, trapping, and fishing in the district 

 surrounding Heart lake (Can. Ind. Rep., 

 169, 1902). The Thilanottine ^ave a 

 legend of the Metal Woman, differing 

 from that of the Taltsanottine. A giant 

 in the time when there were giants en- 

 countered another on the shore of the 

 Arctic ocean and a fierce combat resulted, 

 in which he would have succumbed had 

 not a man whom he had befriended cut 

 the tendon of his adversary's leg, causing 

 him to fall so as to form a bridge across 

 Bering strait, over which the reindeer en- 

 tered America, and later a strange woman 

 came, bringing iron and copper. She re- 

 peated her visits until her beneficiaries 

 offered her violence once, whereupon she 

 went underground with her treasure to 

 come back no more. 



Chippewayans proprement dits.— Petitot, Diet. D6nd- 

 Dindjie, XX, ISVG. Shil-an-tjttine.— Petitot, MS. 

 vocab., B. A. E., 1865 ( ' those on the other side of 

 the barriers'). Thi-lan-ottine. — Petitot, Diet. 



D6n6-Dindji6, xx, 1876. Thi-lan-Ottine.— Petitot, 

 Autour du lac des Esclaves, 363, 1891. 



Thildzhehi. A Navaho clan. 

 )Sildjehi. — Matthews in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, ill, 

 104, 1890. />ild3ehi.— Matthews, Navaho Legends, 

 30, 1897. 



Thithirii. A village, presumably Cos- 

 tanoan, formerly connected with San 

 Juan Bautista mission, Cal. — Engelhardt, 

 Franc, in Cal., 398, 1897. 



Thkhaneza ('among the scattered 

 [hills] ' ). A Navaho clan 

 pqa'neza'. — Matthews in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, 

 III, 103, 1890. Pqa'neza'ni.— Ibid. TVm'neza'.-j- 

 Matthews, Navaho Legends, 30, 1897. T/ia'neza- 

 'ni. — Ibid. 



Thkhapaha ('among the waters'). A 

 Navaho clan. 



^/qa'paha. — Matthews in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 

 103, 1890. ^qa'paha^ine.— Ibid. T/ia'paha.— Mat- 

 thews, Navaho Lefit'iids, 30, 1897. rAa'pahadi'ue'.— 

 Ibid. Topa-an.— Bnurke, Moquisof Ariz.,279, 1884. 



Thkhatshini ('among the red [waters 

 or banks] ' ) . A Navaho clan, 

 ^qa'tcini. — Matthews in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 

 103, 1890. r/ia'tsini.— Matthews, Navaho Leg- 

 ends, 30, 1897. 



Thlachaus. A former Siuslaw village 

 on or near Siuslaw r., Oreg. 

 pla'-tcaus. — Dorsev in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, ill, 

 230, 1890. 



Thlakalama. A Chinookan tribe for- 

 merly residing at the mouth of Kalama 

 r., Cowlitz CO., Wash. They spoke the 

 Cathlamet dialect. In 1806 they num- 

 bered 200, but are now extinct, (l. p. ) 

 Cathlahaws.— Lewis and Clark Exped., II, 226, 1814. 

 Klakalama. — Framboise (1805) quoted by Gaird- 

 ner in Jour. Rov. Geog. Soc, xi, 255, 1841. 

 Thlakalamah.— Franehere Narr., 110, 1854. Tkala- 

 ma.— Gibbs, MS. no. 248, B. A. E. (Chinook 

 name.) Tklala'ma.— Boas, inf'n, 1905 (proper 

 name). Wacalamus. — Ross, Adventures, 87, 1849. 



Thlalkhaiuntik. A former Yaquina vil- 

 lage on the N. side of Yaquina r., Oreg. 

 (Jlal'-kqai-un'-tik.— Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, 

 III, 229, 1890. 



TMcliargliiliitun ('village far from the 

 forks' ). A former Chetco village on the 

 upper part of a southern branch of 

 Chetco r., Oreg. 



pltc'a-rxi'-li-i'-tun. — Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk- 

 lore, HI, 236, 1890. 



Thlekakhaik. A former Yaquina village 

 on the N. side of Yaquina r., Oreg., almost 

 opposite the site of the present Elk City. 

 (?lka'-qaik.— Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 

 229, 1890. 



Thlekuaus. A former Siuslaw village on 

 Siuslaw r. , Oreg. 



piku'-aus.— Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 230, 

 1890. 



Thlekuhweyuk. An Alsea village on the 

 s. side of Alsea r., Oreg. 

 piku'-hwe-yiik'. — Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, 

 III, 230, 1890. 



Thlekushauk. An Alsea village on the 

 s. side of Alsea r., Oreg. 

 Qlka'-ca'-iik.— Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 

 230,'1890. 



Thlekwiyauik, A Yaquina village on 

 the s. side of Yaquina r., Oreg. 

 Qlkwi-yau'-ik.— Dorsev in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 

 229, 1890. 



Thlelkhus. A Yaquina village on the 

 s. side of Yaquina r. , Oreg. 



