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WAILAKSEL WAKASHAJST FAMILY 



[b. a. e. 



their dead, but burned those who fell in 

 battle. They took the whole heads of 

 their enemies as trophies, with which 

 they were accustomed to dance. Like 

 the Yuki the women have their noses and 

 cheeks as well as their chins tattooed. 

 Coyote holds the principal place in their 

 mythology, where he is represented as 

 acting under the direction of his father. 

 . He secured for men daylight and the 

 heavenly bodies, and fire which he suc- 

 ceeded in stealing from their guardians. 

 He established the fishing places, and or- 

 dained social and other customs. An 

 adolescent ceremony was held for the 

 girls, and most of the boys were trained 

 with the candidates for medicine-men, 

 who were restricted as to their food, drink, 

 and sleep for many days. This training 

 took place in the fall under the direction 

 of two or more old shamans. Public ex- 

 hibitions, consisting in part of dancing, 

 were given by the candidates. Large 

 conical dance houses were erected occa- 

 sionally, and dedicated with ceremonies 

 of dancing and singing; such were im- 

 portant occasions of mingled social and 

 religious character. (p. e. g. ) 



Kak'-wits.— Powers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., iii, 124, 

 1877 ('northern people': Yuki name). Kas'-tel- 

 Po-mo.— Ibid., 147. Hackees.— Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, Sept. 5, 1862. TJye-Lackes. — Stevenson 

 in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1856, 251, 1857. Wailakki.— 

 Powers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., ni, 114, 1877. 

 Wi Lackees. -^Powers in Overland Mo., ix, 499, 

 1872. Wilaoki. — Keane in Stanford, Compend., 465, 

 1878. Wi Tackees. — Powers in Overland Mo., ix, 

 306,1872. WiTackee-Yukas.— Ibid. Wrylackers.— 

 Maltby in Ind. AfF. Rep., 91, 1866. Wye-Lackees.— 

 Geiger in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1859, 438, 1860. Wyla- 

 chies.— Maltbv in Ind. Aff. Rep., 112, 1865. Wy- 

 lackies.— Hanson in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1863, 93, 1864. 

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

 Ylackas.— Taylor, ibid., June 22, 1860. 



Wailaksel ( ' in the north ' ). A Patwin 

 tribe that formerly lived on Middle 

 Cache cr., Colusa co., Cal. . 



Weelacksels. — Powers in Overland Mo., xiii, 543, 

 1874. Wi-lak-sel.— Powers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., 

 in, 219, 1877. 



Waisha (Wa^-isha). A former Modoc 

 camping place on Lost r., 3 or 4 m. n. w. 

 of Tule lake, and near the hills that culmi- 

 nate in Laki peak, s. w. Oreg. — Gatschet 

 in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., ii, pt. i, xxxii, 1890. 



Waisnakuck. A Potawatomi village, 

 named from a chief, in N. e. Illinois in 

 1832.— Tippecanoe treaty (1832) in U. S. 

 Ind. Treat., 698, 1873. 



Waitlas. A village of the Goasila at 

 the mouth of Same r., Smith inlet, Brit. 

 Col. 



Oi-cle-la.— Kane, Wand, in N. A., app., 1859 

 Wycless.— Boas in Bull. Am. Geog. Soe., 226, 1887. 



Waitus. A Siuslaw village on Siuslaw 

 r., Oreg. 



Wai'-;us. — Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, ill, 230, 

 1890. 



"Waiushr. The Duck clan of San Felipe 

 pueblo, N. Mex. 



Waiushr-hano.— Hodge in Am. Anthr., ix, 350, 

 J896 (Mno=' people'). 



Wakan (cf. Wakonda).. An Iowa gens 

 or band, now extinct. 



Wa-ka"'.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 239, 1897. 

 Wa-keeh'.— Morgan, Anc. Soc, 156, 1877. 



Wakan. An Oglala Sioux band. 

 Wakag.— Doraev (after Cleveland) in 15th Rep. 

 B. A. E., 220, 1897. Wakan.— Ibid. 



Wakan. A Hunkpapa Sioux band. 

 Devil's medicine man band. — Culbertson in Smith- 

 son. Rep. 1850, 141, 1851. Waka".— Dorsey in 15th 

 Rep. B. A. E., 221, 1897. Wakag.— Ibid. 



Wakan. An Oto gens or band. 

 Wa'-ka.— Morgan, Anc. Soc., 1.56, 1877. Wa-ka°'.— 

 Dor.sey in 1,5th Rep. B. A. E., 240, 1897. 



Wakanasisi ( Wd^k.'anasi^si). A locality 

 on the N. side of Columbia r., Wash., 

 nearly opposite the mouth of the Wil- 

 lamette; also the name of the Chinook- 

 an tribe, strictly called Galakanasisi 

 (Ga^Llaklanasisi, 'those of the wood- 

 pecker'), formerly living at that point 

 and in its vicinity. Before moving to 

 this place they lived at Lakstak, on the 

 s. side of the Columbia, a little below 

 Nakoaik, and were then called Gatqstax 

 (Boas). About 1840 their chief was 

 Kiesno, whose name is sometimes given 

 to their main village. After the epidemic 

 of 1829 the Wakanasisi were greatly re- 

 duced in numbers and included the rem- 

 nants of several neighboring tribes. In 

 1849 they numbered fewer than 100, and 

 are now extinct. (l. f. ) 



Awakanashish. — Gatschet, Kalapuya MS., B. A. 

 E., 31, 1877 (Kalapuya name). Ga'Llaklana- 

 sisi.— Boas, inf'n, 1905 ('those of the wood- 

 pecker'). Gatqstax. — Boas, inf'n, 1905. Guathla-' 

 kanashisbi. — Gatschet, Kalapuya MS., B. A. E., 

 1877. Eiesno's village. — Tolmie in Trans. Oreg. 

 Pion. Ass'n, 32, 1884. Lamxeixat.— Ibid. (Kala- 

 puya name). Waccanessisi. — Gatschet in Mag. 

 Am. Hist., I, 167, 1877. Wakanasceces. — Lane in 

 Senate Ex. Doc. 52, 31st Cong., 1st sess., 174, 18-50. 

 Wa-kan-a-sbee-shee.— Lvman in Oreg. Hist. Soe. 

 Quar., I, 323, 1900. Wakanashisbi.— Gatschet, MS., 

 B. A.E.,1877 (Clackama name). Wakanasisse. — 

 Gibbs, MS. no. 248, B. A. E. Wakanasissi.— Tol- 

 mie in Trans. Oreg. Pion. A.ss'n, 32, 1884. 



Wakanda. See Wakonda. 



Wakanikikarachada ('they call them- 

 selves after a snake'). A Winnebago 

 gens. 



Wa-ka"' i-ki'-ka-ra'-tca-da. — Dorsey in 15th Rep. 

 B. A. E., 240, 1897. Wa-kon'-na.— Morgan, Anc. 

 Soc, 157,1877. 



Wakantaenikashika ( ' those who became 

 human beings by the aid of a thunder- 

 being'). A Quapaw gens. 

 Thunder-being gens. — Dor.seY in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 

 229, 1897. Wakan'^a e'nikaci'jia.— Ibid. 



Wakasassa ( ' where there are many 

 cattle ' ) . A former Seminole townlocated 

 by Bell on the e. side of the mouth of 

 Suwannee r., Levy co., Fla., but more 

 probably on the stream of the same name. 

 The people came originally from Coosa r. , 

 Ala., under the "prophets" McQueen 

 and Francis. A small stream and bay s. 

 of Suwannee r. retain the name. 

 Waw-ka-sau-su. — Bell in Morse, Rep. to Sec. War, 

 306, 1822. 



Wakashan Family. A linguistic family 

 occupying the w. coast of British Colum- 



