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Race, 127, 1891. Guasave.— Ibid., map ( Vacoregue, 

 or). Guazave. — Orozco y Berra, Geog., 68, 1864. 

 Vacoregue. — Ibid. 



VaeachacMc {vae, ' pasture' ; c/ito, 'place 

 of). A small rancheria of the Tarahu- 

 mare near Norogachic, Chihuahua, Mex- 

 ico. — Lumholtz, inf'n, 1904. 



Vagerpe. A village, presumably Costa- 

 noan, formerly connected with Dolores 

 mission, San Francisco, Cal. — Taylor in 

 Cal. Farmer, Oct. 18, 1861. 



Vagitchitchate. A Kaiyukhotana vil- 

 lage near the mouth of Innoko r., w. 

 Alaska. — Zagoskin in Nouv. Ann. Voy., 

 5th ser., xxi, map, 1850. 

 Kushichagat. — Tikhmenief quoted by Baker.Geog. 

 Diet. Alaska, 365. 1901. Vashichagat. — Zagoskin 

 quoted by PetrofE in 10th Census, Alaska, 37, 1884. 



Vahadha ( ' tobacco ' ) . Given bv Bourke 

 (Jour. Am. Folk-lore, ii, 181, 1889) as a 

 clan of the Mohave (q. v.). 



Vahia. The name of the site of San 

 Miguel mission, Cal., established in Sali- 

 nan territory. 



Vahia^— Engelhardt, Franc, in Cal., 404, 1897. 

 Vatica. — Ibid. 



Vahichi ('swamp'). A small ranche- 

 ria of the Tarahumare near Norogachic, 

 Chihuahua, Mexico. — Lumholtz, inf'n, 

 1894. 



Vajademin. A rancheria, probably 

 Cochimi, under Purisima (Cadegomo) 

 mission, Lower California, in the 18th cen- 

 tury.— Doc. Hist. Mex., 4th s., v, 188, 

 1857. 



Vakasnacliiki ( 'plenty of reeds,' or 

 'place where reeds shoot up ' ). A Tara- 

 humare rancheria in Chihuahua, Mex- 

 ico. — Lumholtz, inf'n, 1894. 



Valebo ( ' large mesa ' ) . A small ran- 

 cheria of the Tarahumare near Noroga- 

 chic, Chihuahua, Mexico. — Lumholtz, 

 inf'n, 1894. 



Valle(Span.: 'valley'). A former vil- 

 lage ©f the central Papago, probably in 

 Pima CO., Ariz., with 97 families in 1865. — 

 Davidson in Ind. Aff. Rep., 135, 1865. 



Vallecillo (Span.: 'little valley'). An 

 Opata pueblo visited by Coronado in 

 1540; situated in the valley of the Rio 

 Sonora, n. w. Mexico, in the vicinity of 

 Arizpe. Probably identical with a village 

 later known by another name. 

 El Vallecillo.— Castafleda, Relaci6n (1596), in 

 Ternaux-Compans, Voy., ix, 158, 1838. Little Val- 

 ley.— VVinship in 14th Rep. B. A. E., 515, 189C. 



Valle de las Viejas (Span.: 'valley of the 

 old ones ' ). A former Diegueno village in 

 San Diego co., Cal. — Hayes (1850) quoted 

 by Bancroft, Nat. Races, i, 458, 1882. 



"Valleytown (native name Gu' ndhitun' yt, 

 ' long place ' ) . A former Cherokee settle- 

 ment where now is the town of the same 

 name, on Valley r. , in Cherokee co., 

 N. C. The various settlements on Val- 

 ley r. and the adjacent part of Hiwassee 

 were known collectively as the "Valley 

 towns." (.1. M. ) 



Vanca. A tribe, evidently Coahuiltecan, 

 met by Massanet (Diary, in Mem. de 



Nueva Espafia, xxvii, 94, MS.) in 1691 

 w. of Rio Hondo, Texas, together with 

 the Patchal, Papailaca, and others. 



Vareato. Mentioned, in connection 

 with Puaray, apparently as a pueblo of 

 the Tigua of New Mexico in 1598. — Onate 

 (1598) in Doc. Ined., xvi, 115, 1871. 



Varohio. A di vision of the Tarahumare 

 in w. Chihuahua and s. e. Sonora, Mexico, 

 mainly on the Rio Chinipas, but extend- 

 ing N. to the town of Loreto and w. to 

 the Rio Mayo. It includes the Chinipa, 

 Guailopo, Maguiaqui, Hizo, Husoron, 

 Cuteco, and Tecargoni. The Varohio 

 proper occupied Loreto and Santa Ana 

 pueblos. 



Chinipa.— Orozco y Berra, Geog., 58, 1864 (used 

 synonymously with Varohio, but strictly only a 

 division thereof. ) Huarogio. — Lumholtz in Scrib- 

 ner's Mag., xvi, 31, 32. July, 1894; Lumholtz in 

 Proe. Int. Cong, of Anthr., 103, 1894. Varogio.— 

 Orozco y Berra, Geog., 58, 1864. Varohio.— Ibid. 

 Voragio. — Ibid. 



Vases. See Pottery, Receptacles. 



Vasisa. One of the 7 Apalachee towns 

 named in a letter from the chiefs of the 

 tribe to the King of Spain in 1688; situ- 

 ated probably on Wacissa r., Jefferson 

 CO., Fla., and evidently destroyed by 

 the English and their Indian allies un- 

 der Gov. Moore in 1704. In 1822 Creek 

 (i. 6. Seminole) immigrants from Chatta- 

 hoochee r. occupied a town called Wacissa- 

 talofa, ' Wacissa town,' about the head 

 of St Marks r. in the same neighbor- 

 hood, (j. M.) 

 Vasisa. — Doc. of 1688 quoted by Gat.schet, Creek 

 Migr. Leg.,i, 76, 1884 (Apalachee town). Wa-cissa- 

 talofa.— Bell in Morse, Rep. to Sec. War, 306, 1822 

 (Creek town). 



Vasoreachic (iiaso^y, anherb; chic, 'place 

 of). A Tarahumare rancheria near 

 Norogachic, Chihuahua, Mexico. — Lum- 

 holtz, inf'n, 1894. 



Vawerachi ( Va-we^-rn-chi, ' place of 

 much water' ). A small rancheria of the 

 Tarahumare near Norogachic, Chihua- 

 hua, Mexico." — Lumholtz, inf'n, 1894. 



Vaynorpa. A village of the Opata on 

 the E. bank of Rio San Miguel, about lat. 

 30°, Sonora, Mexico. — Bandelier in Arch. 

 Inst. Papers, iii, 71, 1890; iv, 487, 1892. 



Vayuavabi. A ruined village of the 

 Opata E. of Nacori, about lat. 29° 30^, e. 

 Sonora, Mexico. 



Va-yua-va-bi.— Bandelier in Arch. Inst. Papers, 

 ni, 62, 1890. Vay-ua-va-vi.— Ibid., iv, 508, 1892. 



Vazacahel ('mesquite water').' A ran- 

 cheria, probably Cochimi, connected with 

 Purisima (Cadegomo) mission. Lower 

 California, in the 18th centurv. 

 Vaxacahel.— Doc. Hist. Mex., 4th s., v, 190, 1857. 

 Vazacahel.— Ibid . 



Vechaochi ( Ve-cha' -o-chi, ' place of the 

 prickly herb,' possibly referring to a 

 cactus). A small rancheria of the Tara- 

 humare near Norogachic, Chihuahua, 

 Mexico. — Lumholtz, inf'n, 1894. 



Vectaca. A village, presumably Costa- 

 noan, formerly counected with Dolores 



