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WABANAQUOT WABOKIESHIEK 



885 



of Tahattawan, or Attawan, sachem of 

 Musketaqnid. In Apr. 1675, about two 

 months before King Philip's war, Waban 

 visited one of the magistrates for the pur- 

 pose of mforniing him of the impending 

 outbreak ot the Indians, and in the fol- 

 lowing month he repeated the warning, 

 stating that Philip's men "wereonly wait- 

 ing for the trees to get leaved out that 

 they might prosecute their designs with 

 more effect." He appears to have been 

 sent to Deer island with other prisoners 

 in Oct. 1675, many of whom had been 

 falsely accused, and was one of the ill 

 who were returned in May of the follow- 

 ing year. Waban' s name is conspicuous 

 on the p]liot memorial, erected about 

 1879 at the head of the valley between 

 the hills Nonantum and Waban, at 

 Newton. 



Wabanaquot ( ' White Cloud ' ) . A Chip- 

 pewa chief, son of Wabojeeg, born at Gull 

 Lake, Minn., 11 m. from the present 

 Brainerd, about 1830. He was not of an 

 old hereditary line, his father having 

 been appointed chief by the United States 

 agent solely on account of his amiability. 

 On his father's death he succeeded to the 

 office, and was generally considered prin- 

 cipal chief of the Mississippi bands of 

 Chippewa. In 1868 he removed with his 

 band and many others to Wliite Earth 

 res., where he lived until his death in 

 1898. He was considered a fine speaker 

 by his tribesmen, but was not a man of 

 sterling principle, having come under the 

 influence of a malicious half-breed trader 

 who kept him supplied with whisky, 

 and in return induced Wabanaquot to 

 further his nefarious designs, to the det- 

 riment of his people (see Wendji)iH(dub). 

 In particular the trader led Wabanaquot 

 to bitterly fight three excellent agents 

 who were doing much good for the In- 

 dians. This hostility covered about 10 

 years. White Cloud became a ('hristian 

 about 1871; but his drinking and other 

 vices prevented him from doing honor to 

 his professed belief. A monument was 

 erected over his grave by the state, the 

 only Indian in Minnesota thus honored, 

 but this is regarded as having been due to 

 political machinations ratlier than to 

 Wabanaquot's worth. (.i. a. g.) 



Wabaquasset. A tribe or band, subject 

 to the Mohegan, formerly living w. of 

 Quinebaug r., in Windham co., Conn. 



Man-hum-squeeg.— Trumbull (1818) in Mass. Hist. 

 Soc. Coll., 1st s., IX, 80, 1804 ('Whetstone country,' 

 the territory of, the Wabaiiuusset ) . Wabaquasset.— 

 Doc. of 1700 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IV, 615. 1854. 

 Wabaquassuck. — Caulkins, Norwich, 137, 1S66. 

 Wabaquisit. — Gookin (1677") in Trans. Am. Antiq. 

 Soc., IT, 4(S, 1S3H. Wabbequasset.— Tnnnbull in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., Isl s., ix, 80, 1804. Wabe- 

 quassets. — Doc. of 1700 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IV, 

 61.5. 18ri4. Wabequisset. — Caulkins, Norwich. 117, 

 1866. Wabquissit.— Gookin (1G74) in Mass. Hist. 

 Soc. Coll., 1st s., I, 190, IfiOr,. Wapaquassett.— 

 Owaneco's rep. (1700) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., iv, 

 614,18,54. Whetstone country. — Trumbull in Ma.ss. 

 Hist. Soc.ColL, 1st s., ix, 80-81, 1804 (the territory). 



Wabaquasset. The village ot the 

 Wabaquasset, situated about 6 m. from 

 Quinebaug r., a short distance s. of the 

 present Woodstock, Conn. 



Wabasemowenenewak ('white dog 

 tribe ' ) . An unidentified Chippewa band 

 living near a white rock, perhaps in 

 Minnesota. 



Wab^semo Wenenewak.— Long, Exped. St Peter's 

 R., II, 153, 1824. Wabasimowininiwag. — Wm. Jones, 

 inf'u, 1905. 



Wabash. In 1682 La Salle mentioned 

 the Ouabachi as one of the tribes defeated 

 by the Iroquois a few years previously. 

 It is impossible to determine whether it 

 was really the name of a tribe or only a 

 collective term for the Indians living on 

 Walmsh r. in Indiana and Illinois. In 

 the 18th century the Wea, Piankashaw, 

 Eel River Miami, and perhaps also the 

 Kickapoo, were commonly known as the 

 Wabash confederates. The name, accord- 

 ing to J. P. Dunn, is an abbreviation of 

 the Miami name for the stream, Wd-ba- 

 sJtV-kl, or Wa-pa-sliV-l^l, meaning 'bright 

 white,' or 'gleaming white,' and referring 

 to the limestone l)ed of tlie stream in its 

 upper course. 



Ouabachi.— La Salle (1082) in Margrv, Dec, ii, 237, 

 1S77. Ouabash Nations.— Doc. of 1748 in N. Y. Doc. 

 Col. Hist., X, 1.56, 18.58. Wabash Indians —Knox 

 (17S9) in Am. State Papers, Ind. All'., l, 13, 1832. 

 Wabash confederacy. — McKce (1774) in Rupp, W. 

 Pa., app., 203, 1846. Wabash confederates.— Detroit 

 council (1786) in Am. State I'.-ipcrs, Ind. Aff., 1,8, 

 1832. Waubash Indians. — Johnson (1772) in N. Y, 

 Doc. Col. Hist., VIII, 314, 1857. 



Wabash. To cheat. Scheie de Vera 

 (Americanisms, 18, 1872) says that the 

 phrase "he has been wahaKlu'd," was 

 known to the people of Indiana and the 

 W. generally. Derived from the name of 

 the Wabash r. in Indiana. 



Wabasha. See Wapaslia. 



Wabashiu {Wabd'shin, 'marten'). A 

 subphratry or gens of the Menominee 

 (Hoffman in 14th Rep. B. A. E., pt. 1, 

 42,1896). Cl.Wahezhaze. 



Wabey. A band of Sisseton and Wah- 

 peton Sioux at Sisseton agencv, S. Dak. — 

 Ind. Aff. Rep. 1873, 226, 1874". 



Wabezhaze ( 'marten'). A gens of the 

 Chippewa. Cf. Wabaslnu. 



Wabezhaze'. — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 166, 1877. 

 Wibishesh.— Gatschet, Ojibwa MS., B. A. E. 

 Waub-ish-ash-e.— Warren in Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 V, 44, 1885. 



Wabigganus. A village connected in 

 1614 with the Abnaki, probably situated 

 near the mouth of Penobscot r., INIe. 



Wabigganus. — Smith (1631) in Mass. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., 3d s., Ill, 22, 1833. Warbigganus.— Smith 

 (1616), ibid., vi, 94, 18a7. 



Wablenicha ('orphans'). A modern 

 Oglala Sioux band, or a society of de- 

 scendants of chiefs who had visited Wash- 

 ington. 



Wablenica. — Dor.sev (after Cleveland) in 1.5th Rep. 

 B. A. E., 220, 1897. Wablenitca.— Ibid. Wam-bi- 

 li'-ne-ca. — Havdcn, Ethnog. and I'hilol. Mo. Val., 



o7(i, 1862. 



Wabokieshiek ('The Light,' or 'White 

 Cloud '). A medicine-man, also known 



