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TSCHICHGI TSESKADIN 



[b. a. e. 



Tschichgi (refers to a color). A Knai- 

 akhotana clan on Cook inlet, Alaska. — 

 Richardson, Arct. Exped., 407, 1851. 



Tschigin. Given by Humboldt (New 

 Spain, II, 344, 1822) as a Yuit Eskimo vil- 

 lage between St Lawrence bay and East 

 cape, Siberia. It is in reality a Chukchi 

 settlement. 



Tscliolban. A tribe mentioned by 

 Langsdorff (Voy., ir, 163, 1814) as residing 

 inland from the coast of California and as 

 being at enmity with the coast tribes. Cf . 

 Cholovone. 



Tse. The Spruce (?) clan of the Tewa 

 pueblo of San Ildefonso, N. Mex. 

 Tse-tdoa.— Hodge in Am. Anthr., ix, 352, 1896 

 (<doa = ' people'). 



Tie {Tse). The Eagle clans of the Tewa 

 pueblos of Santa Clara, Tesuque, San 

 Ildefonso, and Nambe, N. Mex. That of 

 Tesuque is extinct. See Seping. 

 Tse-tdoa.— Hodge in Am. Anthr., ix, 350, 1896 

 (<d6a=' people'). Tzedoa. — Bandelier, Delierht 

 Makers, 181, 1890. Tze-ojua. — Bandelier in Arch. 

 Inst. Papers, iii, 312, 1890. 



Tsechah ( 'down against the rocks' ). A 

 Hwotsotenne village on Bulkley r., Brit. 

 Col. 



Tsetcah. — Morice in Trans. Roy. Soc.Can., x,109, 

 1893. 



Tsedtuka ('buffalo bull'). The 6th 

 Tsishu gens of the Osage. 

 Tse ^ujia.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 234, 1897. 



Tsedtukaindtse ( Tsem'^ainpe', 'buffalo- 

 bull face'). The 2d gens on the left, or 

 Tsishu, side of the Osage tribal circle. — 

 Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 233, 1897. 



Tsehchic (Tseh-chic). The Chehalis 

 name of an ancient village on the s. side of 

 Gray's harbor, Wash. — Gibbs, MS. no. 

 248, B. A. E. 



Tsehlakaiia ('white standing rock'). 

 Mentioned in the genesis myth of the 

 Navaho as a place occupied for 13 years by 

 the progenitors of the Tsezhinkini (Dark 

 Cliff House) clan of that tribe. 

 Tse'lakaiia. — Matthews in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, 

 111,90,1890. 



Tsehump. A band of Sanetch on the 

 s. E. end of Vancouver id., Brit. Col.; 

 pop. 21 in 1910. 



Tsehum.— Can. Ind. Aff., pt. 2, 69, 1904. Tsekum.— 

 Ibid., 190, 1883. Tse-kun.— Ibid., 1892, 313, 1893. 

 Tsi-klum.— Ibid., 308, 1879. 



Tsekankan. A former Maidu village a 

 few miles s. e. of Nevada City, Nevada co., 

 Cal. — Dixon in Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, 

 XVII, map, 1905. 



Tsekehneaz ( ' little people on the 

 rocks'). A tribe of the Sekani whose 

 range lies between McLeod lake and the 

 summit of the Rocky mts., Brit. Col. 

 Tse'-'keh-na.— Morice, letter, B. A. E., 1890. Tse- 

 keh-ne-az. — Morice in Trans. Can. Inst., 1893, 28, 

 1895. 



Tseklten ( Ts^xlte^n) . A division of the 

 Squawmish on Howe sd., w. coast of Brit. 

 Col. (f.b.) 



Tselkazkwo ('axe-edge river'). A 

 Hwotsotenne village on Bulkley r., Brit. 

 Col. 



Tsei-'kaz-Kwoh.— Morice, Notes on W. D6n6s. 27, 

 1895. 



Tselone ('people of the end of the 

 rocks'). A Sekani division trading at 

 Bear lake outpost on Finlay r., lat. 57°, 

 Brit. Col. They inhabit a plain that in- 

 tersects the Rocky mts., believed by the 

 tribes in the s. to be at the end of the 

 range. 



TseQoh-ne.— Morice, letter, B. A. E., 1890. Tse- 

 lone.— Morice in Proc. Can. Inst. 1889, 112, 1890 

 {'people of the end of the rocks'). 



Tsenacommacoli. A group of bands or 

 villages of the Powhatan confederacy, 

 comprising all those on James r., Va. — 

 Strachey (1612), Va., 29, 1849. 



Tsenahapihlni ('overhanging rocks'). 

 A Navaho clan. 



Tse'nahapiVni. — .Matthews, Navaho Legends, 30, 

 1897. Tse'nahapilni. — Matthews in Jour. Am. 

 Folk-lore, iii, 104, 1890. 



Tsenkam {Ts'E^jicj'am). A subdivision 

 of the Tsentsenkaio, a gens of the Walas 

 Kwakiutl.— Boas in Rep. Nat. Mus. 1895, 

 832, 1897. 



Tsentsenkaio {Ts' E^nts' Enx'qaio, 'the 

 Ts'E^nx'qaios'). A gens of the Walas 

 Kwakiutl, subdivided into the Tsenkam 

 and the Haimaaksto. 



Ts'E'ntsEnHk'aio.— Boas in 6th Rep. N. W. Tribes 

 Can., 54, 1890. Ts'E'nts'Enx-qaio. — Boas in Rep. 

 Nat. Mus. 1895, 332, 1897. Tsenxq'aio.— Boas in 

 Petermanns Mitteil., pt. 5, 131,1887. 



Tseokuimik ( Ts'e^okuimtX). A clan of 

 the Somehulitk, a Kwakiutl tribe. 

 Ts'e'okuimiX.— Boas in Rep. Nat. Mus. 1895, 328, 

 1897. Ts'e'uitx.— Ibid. 



Tseoomkas. The principal village of 

 the Klaskino, on Klaskino inlet, n. w. 

 coast of Vancouver id., Brit. Col. 

 Tse-oom'-kas. — Dawson in Trans. Roy. Soc. Can. 

 1887, sec. II, 65, 1888. 



Tseottine ( ' people of the bark canoes ' ). 

 A clan or division of the Thlingchadinne 

 living along the s. shore of Great Bear 

 lake, Mackenzie Ter., Canada. The dog 

 is their totem. 



Ttse-ottine.— Petitot, Diet. D6nS-Dindii4, xx, 1876. 

 Ttse-pottine. — Petitot, Autour du Lac des Esclaves, 

 363, 1891. 



Tsera. The name of a village as given to 

 Joutel in 1687 by an Ebahamo Indian and 

 descriVjed as being n. or n. w. of Maligne 

 (Colorado) r., Texas. The region desig- 

 nated was at that time occupied by Ton- 

 kawan tribes. The village can not be 

 definitely classified. SeeGatschet, Karan- 

 kawa Inds., 46, 1891. (a. c. f.) 



Thesera Bocretes.— Barcia, Ensavo, 271, 1723. 

 Tsera.— Joutel (1687) in French, Hist. Coll. La., I, 

 138, 1846. Tserabocherete.— Joutel (1687)in Margry, 

 D6c., Ill, 289, 1878 (— Taera and Bocherete). Tese- 

 rabocretes. — Joutel (1687) in French, Hist. Coll. 

 La., 1, 152, 1846. 



Tseshaath {Ts'ecd^ath, 'Seshart prop- 

 er'). A sept of the Seshart, a Nootka 

 tribe.— Boas in 6th Rep. N. W. Tribes 

 Can., 32, 1890. 



Tseskadin ('fallen cottonwood'). An 

 Apache clan or band at San Carlos agency 

 and Ft Apache, Ariz., in 1881 (Bourke in 

 Jour. Am. Folk-lore, iii. 111, 1890); cor- 

 responding to the Navaho Tsinsakathni. 



