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VERMILION V UNT AK UTCHIN 



Ib. a. e. 



Vermilion. A division of the Kicka- 

 poo that formerly lived on Wabash r., 

 Ind., about the mouth of Vermilion r. 

 Kickapoos of the Vermilion.— Treaty of 1820 in U. S. 

 Ind. Treat., 454, 1873. Vermilions.— Trader (1778) 

 quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, iir, 561, 1853. 

 Vermillion Kickapoos.— Harrison (1811) in Am. St. 

 Papers, Ind. Aff., i, 780, 1832. Vermillions.— Dodge 

 (1779) quoted by Jefferson, Notes, 145, 1825. 



Vescuachi. A pueblo of the Opata on 

 Rio Sonora, Sonora, Mexico, in 1678-88 

 (Zapata, 1678, quoted by Bancroft, No. 

 Mex. States, i, 246, 1884). See Chinapa. 



Veselofski (Russian: 'cheerful'). A 

 former Aleut village at C. Cheerful, Una- 

 laska, Aleutian ids., Alaska; pop. 15 in 

 1831. 



Vaysaylovskoi.— Elliott, Cond. Aff. Alaska, 225, 

 1875. Veselofski.— Sarichef (1792) quoted by 

 Baker, Geog. Diet. Alaska, 122, 1902. Veselovs- 

 koe.— Veniaminof, Zapiski, ii, 202, 1840. Ves- 

 selovsky.— Petroff in 10th Census, Alaska, 34, 1884. 

 Wesselowskoje. — Holmberg, Ethnog. Skizz., map, 

 1855. 



Vesnak, A former Nishinam division 

 near the mouth of American r., on the 

 s. side, in Sacramento co., Cal. 

 Veshanacks. — Taylor in Cal. Farmer, June 8, 1860. 

 Vesnacks.— Bancroft, Nat. Races, i, 450, 1874. 



Vesperic Indians. A term proposed by 

 Schoolcraft (Ind. Tribes, ii, 28, 1852; v, 

 104, 1855; vi, 35, 1857) to designate the 

 entire group of tribes geographically 

 limited to the exact area of the United 

 States. 



Vessels. See Pottery, Receptacles. 



Viayan. A Coahuiltecan band men- 

 tioned in 1754, with the Piguiques, as 

 a subtribe of the Pamaques, q. v. (In- 

 forme, in Mem. de Nueva Espana, xxvii, 

 307, MS. ). They are listed by Morfi as a 

 Texas tribe (Mem. Hist. Tex., bk. ii, ca. 

 1782). 



Vicharachi ('where there are needles,' 

 referring to cactus spines). A small 

 rancheria of the Tarahumare near Noro- 

 gachic, Chihuahua, Mexico. — Lumholtz, 

 inf'n, 1894. 



Viddaqnimamar. A tribe or band, per- 

 haps Coahuiltecan, which lived during 

 the first decade of the 18th century at 

 San Francisco Solano mission, s. of the 

 Rio Grande and below the site of Eagle 

 Pass, Texas. They were closely associated 

 with the Terocodame and Tunamar 

 (Ticmamar) bands (Baptismal records of 

 the mission, MS. ). 

 Biddaquimamar.— Baptismal rec, 1707, op. cit. 



Viger. A Malecite settlement in Viger 

 township, Temiscouata CO., Quebec, con- 

 taining 106 inhabitants in 1910. 



Vihiyo {Vmiyo, 'chiefs,' sing, viy'). 

 The name used to designate the tribal 

 council of 44 chiefs of the Cheyenne 

 {q. v.); sometimes regarded, but im- 

 properly, as constituting a regular war- 

 rior society of the tribe. (j. m. ) 



Vikhit ( ' knowing people ' : Kaniagmiut 

 name). An Ahtena division next below 

 the Koltshan on Copper r., Alaska. 



Vi-qit.— Hoffman, MS., B. A. E., 1882. 



Village, Village site. See Mounds, 

 Pueblos, Shell-heaps. 



Village dn Puant. A former village, 

 probably of the Winnebago, on Wild Cat 

 cr., about a mile above its junction with 

 the Wabash, above Lafayette, in Tippe- 

 canoe CO., Ind. It was abandoned before 

 1819. The site was included in the 

 "Langlois reserve." See St Mary's 

 Treaty (1819) in U. S. Ind. Treat., 493, 

 1873. 



Vinasale. A trading post on Kusko- 

 kwim r., Alaska; pop. 140 in 1890. 

 Venizali. — Hallock in Nat. Geog. Mag., ix, 91, 

 1898. Vinisahle.— 11th Census, Alaska, 164, 1893. 



Vinatacot. The site and probably the 

 local tribe at Santo Rosario mission, lat. 

 30° 3', Lower California. 

 Vinatacot.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, Jan. 24, 1862. 

 Vintacottas. — Taylor In Browne, Res. Pac. Slope, 

 app., 53, 54, 1869 (wrongly identified with the 

 Uchities). 



Vini. Mentioned as a New Mexico 

 mission inl742.— Mendoza etal. (1742-3) 

 quoted by Bancroft, Ariz, and N. Mex., 

 244, 1889. 



Visions. See Dreams, Oyaron. 



Vossnessenski. An Aleut village and 

 trading post on the island of that name 

 in the Shumagin group, Alaska. Pop. 

 22 in 1880; 43 in 1890. 



Vosnessensky.- Petroff in 10th Census, Alaska, 23, 

 1884. Voznesensky.— 11th Census, Alaska, 86, 1893. 



Vuikhtulik. A Nushagagmiut Eskimo 

 village on the n. shore of L. Alaknakik, 

 Alaska; pop. 51 in 1880. 

 Vuikhtuligmute.— Petroff, Rep. on Alaska, 50, 1880 

 {miut= 'people'). 



Vumahein. Mentioned as a pueblo of 

 the province of Atriquy (q. v.), in the 

 region of the lower Rio Grande, New 

 Mexico, in 1598.— Onate (1598) in Doc. 

 InM., XVI, 115, 1871. 



Vnntakutchin ( Vun-tta-kwi-chin, ' people 

 of Willow creek,' referring to Charlie's 

 cr., where willows abound. — Schmitter). 

 A Kutchin tribe, now greatly modified 

 by contact with whites, occupying the 

 country n. of Porcupine r., Alaska, as far 

 as the Eskimo territory on the Arctic 

 coast. They trade at Ft Yukon and at 

 Ft Egbert in common with the western 

 Kutchin. They formerly traded at Ft 

 Selkirk, Pelly Banks, and Francis lake, 

 but abandoned their trips on the destruc- 

 tion of the trading-posts at these points. 



The Vnntakutchin subsist entirely by 

 hunting and fishing, agriculture being 

 unknown to them, although their terri- 

 tory is fertile. During the winter they 

 move about wherever game is plentiful; 

 in the spring they go to the river, where 

 they make canoes and nets in prepara- 

 tion for salmon fishing, and during the 

 summer dry and cache large quantities 

 of fish; in the fall the entire family goes 

 hunting, and when a good supply of 

 game is accumulated it is cached on the 

 spot; later, in October, they return to 



