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TOLdAWATHLA — TOMAHAWK 



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Georgia. In 1597, in anger at the re- 

 proofs of Father Corpa, the missionary, 

 the son and heir of the chief of Guale 

 organized a revolt against tlie mis- 

 sions, resulting in the murder of Father 

 Corpa and 3 other missionaries, the de- 

 struction of nuu'h |)ro|)erty at the differ- 

 ent mission villages, and the abandon- 

 ment of all the missions of that region for 

 several years. See lupiqui. (.i. m.) 



Tolemaro.'— Barc'ia, Eiisay(\ 170, 1723. Tolemato.— 

 Ibid. Tolomato.— Fairbanks, Fla., 111.1901. 



Toloawathla. A former Seminole town 

 on the w. side of Chattahoochee r., Fia., 

 10 m. above the forks. Kheconhataunco 

 was its chief in 1S2:!. (U. R. Ex. Doc. 

 74 (1S2:]), I'lth Cong., li^tsess., 27, 1826.) 



Tolocabit ('place of the big head'). A 

 former village, occupied by either the 

 Cahuilla( Kawia) or the Serranos, on the 

 site of Redlands, s. Cal. 



San Timeteo.— Hiirton (18.53) in H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, 

 31th Cong., 3(1 si'ss., 117, l.H,")7. San Timoteo.— Ca- 

 b.illcria, Hist.Snn Bernardino Val., 39, 190'2. Tolo- 

 cabit. — Ibid. 



Tolowa. An Atha]>ascan tribe of ex- 

 tremex. w. California. When firstknown 

 thev occuiiied the const from the month of 



TOLOWA MAN AND WIFE 



Klamath r. nearly to tlu^ Oregon line, 

 including Smith r. valley and the f()llos,w- 

 ingvillages: Echulit, Khoonkhwuttunne, 

 and Khosatunne of the Khaainotene 

 branch; Chesthltishtunne, Tatlatunne, 



Ataakut, Meetkeni, Stuntusunwhott, Tar- 

 ghinaatun, Thltsusmetunne, and Turghe- 

 stltsatmi. They were gathered on a res- 

 ervation in 1862, which was estabUshed 

 on lea.sed land, but it was abandoned in 

 1868, since which time the Tolowa have 

 shifted for themselves. They are much 

 demoralized and greatly reduced in num- 

 bers. Their language is unintelligil)le to 

 the Hupa. In culture they resemble the 

 Hupa and the Yurok, thechief difference 

 being in their folk lore and religion. They 

 have l)een greatly influenced by the sea. 

 Aqiista. — Dor.soy, Naltunnetunne MS. voeab., B. 

 A. E., 18S1 ('southern language': Naltunnetunne 

 name). A'-qu-sta.— Dorse v, Ohetco MS. voeab., 

 B A. E., 1884.' Au'-kwu-cta.— Dorsey, Alsea MS. 

 voeab., B. A. E.. 1SS4. Lagoons.— Heintzleman in 

 Ind. Aff. Rep. 1857, 392, ls,-,8. Lopas.— Ibid. Tah- 

 le-wah.— Sehooleraft, Ind. Tribes, iii, 422, 1853. 

 Talawa.— Heintzleman in Ind. Art". Rep., 391, 18,58. 

 Talu-wa.— Crook, MS., B. A. E. Tolana.— Hein- 

 tzleman in Ind. .\ff.Rep., 286, 1858. Tolawa.— Ban- 

 croft, Nat. Races, i, 445, 1874. To-le-wah.— Gibbs 

 in .Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, iii, 139, 1853. Tolowa.— 

 Taylor in Cal. Farmer, June 8, ISilO (Yurok name 

 of Echulit, applied by whites to the whole tribe). 



Toltichi. A divergent northern dialect 

 of the Yokuts, formerly sj^oken farthest 

 up San Joaquin r., Cal. The last person 

 actually using this dialect (a woman) is 

 said to have died about 30 years prior 

 to 1907. See Kroeber in Univ". Cal. Pub. , 

 Am. Arch, and Eth., ii, 311, 354, 1907. 



Toltsasding. A former Hnpa village on 

 Trinity r. , Cal. , at the mouth <jf Supply cr. 

 Tr)Ltsasdiii,— Goddard, Life and Culture of the 

 Hupa, 12, 1903. 



Toltu,— The Sun clan of Taos pueblo, 

 N. Mex. 



Toltu tai'na.— M. C. Stevenson, notes, B. A. E., 

 !910 (^(/';((l=' people'). 



Tolungowon. An Oneida settlement near 

 Green Bay, Wis., in 1836. 



Tolungowon.— Crawford (1836) in H. R. Doc. 178, 

 2iUh Cong. 1st .sess., 17, 1.S40. 



Tolwatin. A division of the Tenanku- 

 tchin on Tanana r., Alaska. — .\llen. Rep. 

 on Alaska, 137, 1887. 



Tomachichi See TiimocJiiclii. 



Tomahawk. The name applied to a 

 weajxin or a grou]) of weapons in com- 

 mon use among the Algonquian tribes 

 of E. United States. The early writers 

 on Virginia cite the word from the dia- 

 lects of that region as t(»i) mah Ick, lomahack, 

 tamnhake, tamaJiaac {Sir&chey , 1612), etc. ; 

 other earlv forms are toiiivv/li(urk and 

 lomhog (Cliurch, Philip's War, 24, 1716). 

 The Delaware dialect has tomaliikan; 

 the Mahican, tiuimahecan; the IMassachu- 

 .^et, toniliet/an; the Abnaki, (amaJiiyan. 

 The word has come into English proba- 

 bly from the Virginian .dialect. That 

 this word is common to widely scattered 

 Algonquian peoples is indicated by tlie 

 fact that oatoiniiioJtt'gt/ini is the Cree word 

 for hammer. A common conception of 

 the tomahawk is that it was the nearest 

 aboriginal rejiresentative of the European 

 hatchet, although the term was early 



