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WAWAJRSINK WAZHAZHE 



Ib. a. i;. 



"common wavey, of wavy", and the 

 "white wavey ", while the blue-winged 

 goose (C. cccrulescens) is known as the 

 " blue-wavey", and the smallest goose 

 (C. Tossi) as the " horned wavey". The 

 flying to the south of the wavey in large 

 flocks is regarded by the Indians as a sure 

 sign of approaching winter, (w. r. g. ) 



Wawarsink (possibly from wawdrdsml- 

 Jceu, 'many hollow stones,' referring to 

 stones hollowed out by the action of the 

 creek. — Gerard). A former Munsee (?) 

 band on the w. bank of the lower Hud- 

 son r., N. Y., having their principal set- 

 tlement of the same name about the 

 junction of Wawarsing with Rondout cr., 

 in Ulster co. (j. m.) 



Wawarasinke. — Doc. of 168.5 quoted by Ruttenber, 

 Ind. Geog. Names, 166, 1906. Wawarsing.— Rut- 

 tenber, Tribes HudsonR., 392, 1872. Wawarsinks.— 

 Ibid., 95. 



Wawayontat. A village of Praying In- 

 dians in 1674, situated on Weweantitt r., 

 near AVareham, Plymouth co., Mass. 

 Wawayontat. — Bourne (1674) in Mass. Hist. Soc. 

 Coll., 1st s., I, 19.S, 1.S06. Wawayoutat.— Boume 

 (1674) , quoted by Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. n, 118, 1848. 



Wawepex. A Matinecoc village for- 

 merly near the present Cold Spring, near 

 Oyster Bav, on the n. shore of Long id., 

 N.Y.— Thompson, Long Id., i, 501, 1843. 



Wawikyem ( WiVwik-em ) . A clan of the 

 Wikeno, a Kwakiutl tribe. — Boas in Rep. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. 1895, 328, 1897. 



Wawnahton. See Waneta. 



Wawyachtonoc ('eddy people', or possi- 

 bly ' people of the curving channel.' Cf. 

 Wea). A tribe or band of the Mahican 

 confederacy formerly occupying a terri- 

 tory in Dutchess and Columbia cos., N. 

 Y., extending to the Housatonic r. in 

 Litchfield co.. Conn. Their principal 

 village was Weantinock. Shecomeco, 

 Wechquadnach, Pomperaug, Bantam, 

 Weataug, and Scaticook were villages of 

 this tribe or m alliance with it. Most of 

 these Indians were gathered by the Mo- 

 ravians into the missions at Shecomeco 

 and Scaticook, Conn., and, except some 

 who remained at Scaticook, removed to 

 Pennsylvania and shared the fortunes of 

 the Moravian Indians. (.i. m. ) 



Wawijachtenocks.— Doc. of 1689 quoted by Rut- 

 tenber, Tribes Hudson R., 85, 1872. Wawyachtei- 

 oks. — Doc. of 1689, ibid., 85. Wawyachtonocks. — 

 Ibid. Wayaughtanock.— Caldwell (1702), ibid. 

 Wyeck. — Wassenaar (1632) quoted by Ruttenber, 

 ibid., 71. 



Waxhaw. A small tribe that lived in 

 the 1 7th centurj^ in what is now Lancaster 

 CO., S. C, and Union and Mecklenburg 

 cos. , N. C. They were connected with the 

 neighboring Sugeree, and both were ap- 

 parently related to the Catawba, and 

 therefore were Siouan. The custom of 

 flattening the head, practised by the 

 Waxhaw, was also mentioned as a custom 

 of the Catawba. Lederer (1672) says 

 they were subject to and might be con- 



sidered a part of the Catawba. Lawson 

 visited the Waxhaw in 1701 and was hos- 

 pitably received. He mentions two of 

 their villages situated about 10 m. apart. 

 He describes the people as very tall, and 

 notes particularly their custom of artifi- 

 cially flattening the head during infancy. 

 The dance ceremonies and councils were 

 held in a council house, much larger than 

 the ordinary dwellings. Instead of being 

 covered with bark, like the domiciles, it 

 was neatly thatched with sedge and rush- 

 es; the entrance was low, and around the 

 walls on the inside were Ijenches made 

 of cane. Near the Waxhaw were the Ca- 

 tawba, or more likely a Ijand of that tribe. 

 They were probably so reduced by the 

 Yamasee war of 1715 as to have been 

 obliged to incorporate with the Catawba 

 See Moonev, Siouan Tribes of the East, 

 1894. 



Flatheads. — Mooney, Siouan Tribes of the E., 68, 

 1894 (general name, applied also to the Catawba). 

 Waohaw. — Vaugondv map, 1775. Wacksaws. — 

 Craven (1712) in N. C". Col. Rec, i, 898, 1886. Was- 

 sawa. — Catawba MS. in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, 

 in, 294, 1863. Wastana.— War map (1711-15) in 

 Winsor, Hist. Am., v. 346, 1887 (possibly identi- 

 cal). Waxaus. — Map N. Am. and W. Indies, 1720. 

 Waxaws.— Doc. of 1719 in Rivers, S. Car., 93, 1874. 

 Waxhaws.— Logan, Hist. S. Car., i, 182, 18.59. Wax- 

 saws.— Law.son (1714), Hist. Car, 60, 1860. Wi- 

 sack. — Ibid., 72. Wisacky. — Lederer, Diseov., 17, 

 1672. 



Wayagwa ( ]Ya''-ya-gwa). A former vil- 

 lage of the Tlakluit (q. v.) on Columbia 

 r., Wash. (e. s. ) 



Wayon. A chief or tribe in alliance 

 with the chief of Audusta (Edisto), S. C, 

 and in friendly relation with the French 

 in 1562. The village was a short distance 

 inland from the French fort near Port 

 Royal. 



Mayon. — De Bry map (1591) in Le Moyne, Narr., 

 Appleton trans., 1875 (misprint?). Wayon. — Lau- 

 donni^re (1.564) quoted by French, Hist. Coll. La., 

 n. s., 201, 1869. 



Wazhazha ('Osage'). A band of the 

 Brule Teton Sioux. 



Oz-ash.— Lewis and Clark Diseov., 34, 1806. 

 Wahzhazas.— Ind. Aff. Rep., 67, 1877. Wajaja.— 

 Dorsey (after Cleveland) in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 219, 

 1897. Wazaia. — Ibid. Wazazhas — Warren, Daco- 

 ta Country, 16, 1855. 



Wazhazha. A band of the Oglala Sioux. 

 Wahza-zhe.— Ind. Aft". Rep., 296, 1854. Waja- 

 ja.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 220, 1897. 

 Wazaza. — Ibid. Waz-az-e. — BrackettinSmithson. 

 Rep. 1876, 467, 1877. Wazazies.— Ind. Aff. Rep., 

 2.50, 187.5. Wazzazies.— Ind. Aff. Rep.. 301, 18.54. 



Wazhazhe. The second Ponca half- 

 tribe, as given by Dorsey, which included 

 four gentes. 

 Wajaje.— J. O. Dorsey, MS., B.A.E.,1880. 



Wazhazhe. A Ponca gens. 

 Ice, — Morgan, Anc. Soc, 15n, 1877. Wah'ga. — 

 Ibid. Wa-ja-ja. — Long, Exped. Rocky Mts., i, 328, 

 1823. Wa-zha'-zha. — Morgan, op. cit., 155 (trans, 

 'snake'). 



Wazhazhe (named from the chief who 

 was originally an Oglala Wazhazha). A 

 band of the Sihasapa Sioux. 



Kill Eagle's band.— Dor.sev in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 

 219, 1897. Wajaje.— Ibid. Wazaze.— Ibid. Waz- 

 zazies. — Bordeau in H. R. Doc. 63, 33d Cong., 2d 

 sess.,3,1855. 



