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Wasabe ( ' Ijlack bear ' ) . A Kansa jjens, 

 the 5th on the right side of the tribal 

 circle. 



Sin'-ja-ye-ga. — Morgan, Aiic. Soc, 15(), 1877. Wa- 

 sabe.— Doraey in l.Mh Rep. B. A. E., 231, 18'.i7. 

 Wasob-be nika-shing-ga. — Stubbs, Kaw MS. vocab., 

 B. A. E., •-'.=), 1877. 



Wasabehitazhi ('touch not the skin of 

 a black bear ' ) . A aubgens of the Omaha. 

 Wasabe-hif aji.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 228, 

 1897. 



Wasaenikasbika ('those who became 

 human beings by means of the black 

 bear' ). A Quapaw gens. 

 Black- bear gens.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 22U, 

 1897. Wasa' e'nikaci':{a.— Ibirl. 



Wasamegin. See Massasott. 



Wasapetun ('having four locks of 

 hair ' ). The 12th Osage gens, the 5th on 

 the right side of the tribal circle, being 

 composed of two of the original Hangka 

 fireplaces, Sindtsakdhe and Wasapetun. 

 Black bear. — Dorsey in Am. Nat., 11-1, ISSl. 

 Wasa'de tu".— Dorsey In 15th Rep. B. A. E., 234, 

 1897. 



Wasapokent. A village situated in 1608 

 on the w. bank of Patuxent r. , in St Marys 

 CO., Md. 



Wasapekent.— Bozman, Md., 1, 141, 1837. Wasapo- 

 kent,— Smith (1(VJ9), Va., I, map, repr. 1819. 



Wasasa's Village. A former Cherokee 

 settlement, named from a chief, situated 

 on Browns cr., a southern affluent of the 

 Tennessee r. in n. Alabama. — Royce in 

 5th Rep. B. A. E., map, 1887. 



Wascacug. A village on the e. bank of 

 Patuxent r. in Calvert co., Md., in 1(508. — 

 Smith (1629), Va., i, map, repr. 1819. 



Wasco (from the Wasco word loacrj.'o, 

 ' cup or small bowl of horn, ' the reference 

 being to a cup-shaped rock a short dis- 

 tance from the main village of the tribe; 

 from the tribal name Galas(jfo, 'Those 

 that belong to Wasco,' or 'Those that 

 have the cup,' are derived many of the 

 forms of the name that follow in the 

 synonymy. The derivation of the name 

 from the ShahaptianyrasLO?, 'grass,' lacks 

 probability). A Chinookan tribe for- 

 merly living on the s. side of Columbia 

 r., in the neighborhood of The Dalles, in 

 Wasco CO., Oreg. This tribe, with the 

 Wishram (also known as Tlakluit and 

 Echeloot), on the n. side of the river, 

 were the easternmost branches of the 

 Chinookan family. These two tribes 

 were practically identical in language an<l 

 culture, though they have been removed 

 to different reservations. On the n.,e., 

 and s. they bordered on Shahaptian 

 tribes, on the w. on closely related Chi- 

 nookan tribes (White Salmon and Hood 

 River Indians, Mooney's Chiluktkwa and 

 Kwikwulit). Morse, in 1822, estimated 

 the number of the Wasco at 900. They 

 joined in the treaty of 1855, and removed 

 to the Warm Springs res., Oreg., where 

 about 200 now reside. The Wasco occu- 

 pied a number of villages, some of these 

 being used only for wintering during the 



salmon runs. The names of these vil- 

 lages and fishing stations from e. to w. 

 are: Hlgahacha, Igiskhis, Wasko (a few 

 miles above the present town of The 

 Dalles), Wogupan, Natlalalaik, Gawo- 

 buniat, Hliekala-imadik, Wikatk, Wat- 

 sokus, Winkwot (at The Dalles), Hlilwa- 

 ihldik, Hliapkenun, Kabala, Gayahisi- 

 tik, Itkumahlemkt, Hlgaktahlk, Tgahu, 

 Hliluktik, Gahlentlich, Gechgechak, 

 Skhlalis. 



The Wasco were a sedentary people, 

 depending for their subsistence mainly 

 upon fish (several varieties of salmon, suck- 

 ers, sturgeon, eels), to a less extent upon 

 edible roots, berries, and, least important 



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of all, game. Salmon were caught in the 

 spring and fall, partly with dip-nets, 

 partly by spearing; smaller fish were ob- 

 tained with hook and line or by means 

 of basket traps. Definitely located fish- 

 ing stations were a well-recognized form 

 of personal property; the capture of the 

 first salmon of the season was accom- 

 panied with a ceremony intended to give 

 that particular fishing station a good sea- 

 son's catch. Pounded salmon fiesh was 

 often stored away for winter use; it also 

 formed an important article of trade with 

 neighboring tribes, the chief rendezvous 

 for barter being the falls a few miles 

 above The Dalles. Also berries were 



