BULL. 30] 



TOPAME TOQUO 



785 



Topame. A former Luiseiio village in 

 upper San Luis Rey valley, San Diego 

 CO., Cal. — Grijalva (1795) cited bv Ban- 

 croft, Hist. Cal., I, 563, 1886. 



Topanika [To-pan^-i-kva). An Unalig- 

 miut Eskimo village on the e. coast of 

 Norton sd., Alaska; pop. 10 in 1880. 

 Tapkhamikhuagmut. — Zasi iskin, Descr. Riiss. Poss. 

 Am., I, 72, 1847. Taupauica.^Whvmpcr, Alaska, 

 1.58, 1869. Topanica.— W. U. Tel" Exped., map, 

 1867. Topanika.— Call, Alaska, 20, 1870. Tup- 

 hamikva. — Petroff In 10th Censu.s, Ala.ska, map, 

 18.'^4. Tup-hamikwa.— Petroff, Rep. on Alaska, 59, 

 1880. Tup-hanikwa.— Nelson in 18th Rep., B. A. E., 

 map, 1899. 



Topayto. A former village connected 

 with San Francisco Solano mission, Cal. — 

 Bancroft. Hist. Cal., ir, 506. 1886. 



Topeent. A Massachuset village in 1614 

 on the N. coast of Plymouth co., Mass. 

 Topeent.— Smith (1616) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 3d s., VI, 108, 1837. Topent.— Smith (1629), Va., ii, 

 183, repr. 1819. 



Topenebee (according to J. P. Dunn the 

 name indicates 'a quiet sitting bear', 

 the 'bear' part being proba])ly under- 

 stood from the "totem" reference). A 

 noted Potawatomi, chief of his tribe in s. 

 Michigan for 40 years. He first appears 

 in history as a signer, in behalf of the 

 "Pattawatimas of the river St Joseph," 

 of the celebrated treaty of Aug. 3, 1795, 

 negotiated by Anthony Wayne with nu- 

 merous tribes at Greenville, Ohio; from 

 that time until 1833 he signed eleven 

 other treaties between the United States 

 and the Potawatomi, and in another 

 (Sept. 30, 1809) his mark was made by 

 his brother, Shissahecon. By the treaty 

 of Oct. 27, 1831', under the provisions of 

 which the Potawatomi ceded their ter- 

 ritory in Michigan s. of Grand r., To- 

 penebee was granted a section of land 

 by patent. W hen Tecumseh visited the 

 Potawatomi in 1810 for the purpose of 

 enlisting their aid in the uprising against 

 the whites, Topenebee became an ad- 

 herent of the new doctrine and led his 

 warriors to join the union. The Pota- 

 watomi readily fell pre}^ to the encroach- 

 ment of the whites, and suffered the usual 

 effect of the introduction of liquor; to 

 this Topenebee was no exception. On 

 one occasion Lewis Cass, serving as treaty 

 commissioner, on advising him to keep 

 sober and care for his people, was char- 

 acteristically answered, "Father, we do 

 not care for the land, nor the money, nor 

 the goods: whatwe want is whiskey; give 

 us whiskey!" He was present at the Ft 

 Dearborn massacre, Chicago, Aug. 15, 

 1812, and aided in saving the lives of the 

 Kinzies, ]Mrs Heald, Mrs Helm, and Ser- 

 geant Griffith. Subordinate to Topene- 

 bee were the subchiefs Pokagon, Weesaw, 

 and Shavehead. The wife of Pokagon 

 was a niece of Topenebee, and Weesaw 

 married Topenebee' s daughter. On the 

 removal of the tribe to the ^V. in 1838, 

 under the provisions of the treaty of 1833, 



3456— Bull. 30, pt 2—07 50 



Topenebee, Pokagon, and others remained 

 behind and took up lands in Silver Creek 

 twp., where Topenebee died in Aug. 1840. 

 Topenebee's Village. A Potawatomi vil- 

 lage, taking its name from the chief, which 

 formerly existed on St Joseph r., opposite 

 Niles, Berrien co. , Mich. The reservation 

 was sold in 1833. 



To-pe-ne-bee.— Chicago treaty (1833) in U. S. Ind. 

 Treat., 176, 1873. Topenibe.— Mississinewa treaty 

 (1826), ibid., 673. To-pen-ne-bee. —Tippecanoe 

 treaty (1832), ibid., 702. Topinibe.— St Marys treaty 

 (1819), ibid., 670. Top-ni-be.— Chicago treaty 

 (18.32), ibid., 1.53. 



Topinish (from (yi]»t1sh-lcma, 'people 

 of the trail coming from the foot of the 

 hill ' ) . A small Shahaptian tribe, speak- 

 ing the Klikitat language, on Topinish r., 

 Yakima res. , Wash. 



Qapnish-'lema. — Mooney in 1-lth Rep. B. A. E., 739, 

 1896 (proper name). Topinish. — Ibid. Topnish. — 

 Ind. Aff. Rep., 352, 188.5. 



Topiqui. A Yamasee ( ? ) village and 

 Spanish mission station in the province 

 of Guale about 1595. In the revolt of 1597 

 it was attacked and the priest in charge, 

 Father Rodriguez, was murdered. In con- 

 sequence the mission was abandoned for 

 several years. See Tolemato. (j. m. ) 

 Topiqui.— Barcia, Ensayo, 171, 1723. Topoqui. — 

 Shea, Cath. Miss., 68, 1855. 



Topkok. A Kaviagmiut Eskimo village 

 w. of Golofnin bay, Alaska; pop. 15 in 1880. 

 Tap-hok.— 11th Census, Alaska, 162, 1893. Tup-ka- 

 ak.— Petrotf in 10th Census, Alaska, 11, 1884. 



Toponanaulka. A former Seminole town 

 3 m. w. of New Mikasuky, probably in 

 Lafavette co. , Fla. Obiakee was the chief 

 in 1823 (H. R. Ex. Doc. 74 (1823), 19th 

 Cong., Istsess., 27, 1826). 



Topotopow. A Chumashan village for- 

 merly on Hernando Ticos' rancho, near 

 San Buenaventura mission, Cal. — Taylor 

 in Cal. Farmer, May 4, 1860. 



Tops. A small tribe in Texas, formerly 

 connected with San Francisco Xavier de 

 Horcasitas mission (Documents in the 

 College of Santa Cruz de Queretaro, K., 

 leg. 6, nos. 12 and 18). See Tups. 



Tops. See Games, Toys. 



Toquart. A Nootka tribe on the n. shore 

 of Barclay sd., s. w. coast of Vancouver 

 id. Their septs, according to Boas, are 

 Tokoaath, Maakoath, Wastsanek, Totaka- 

 mayaath,Tsakt.«akoath,]Mukchiath,Tush- 

 kisath, Kohatsoath, Chenachaath, Met- 

 stoasath, and Chomaath. Their village is 

 Mahcoah. Pop. 24 in 1910. 

 Tok'oa'ath.— Boas in 6th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 

 31,1890. Tokwaht.— SwaninSmithson.Cont.,xvi., 

 3, 1870. Too-qu-aht.— Can. Ind. Aff. 18.83. 188, 1884. 

 Toquaht.-Sproat, Savage Life,308,1808. Toquart.— 

 Mayne, Brit. Col., 251, 1862. Toquatux.— Grant in 

 Jour. Roy. Geog. Soc, 293, 18.57. To-quh-aht.— Can. 

 Ind. Aff. 1880, 31.5, 18S1. Touquaht.— Can. Ind. 

 Aff., pt. 2, 88, 1910. Toyn-aht.— Brit. Col. map, 1872. 



Toquimas ('])lack backs'). A Mono 

 band formerly living in lower Reese r. 

 valley, n. central Nevada. — Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, June 26, 1863. 



Toque [DLikwcVi, 'place of the DakwiV, 

 referring to a great mythic iish). A 



