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Wazhingkaenikashika ('those who be- 

 came human beings by means of a bird ') . 

 A Quapaw gens. 



Small-bird gens.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 229, 

 1897. Wajin':(a enikaci'^ia. — Ibid. 



Wazhush {wazhash, 'muskrat'). A 

 gens of the Chippewa. In the beginning 

 of the 19th century they were considered 

 adivisionof the Kenozhegens, and resided 

 on the N. shore of L. Superior at Grand 

 Portage and Thunder bay. 

 Hawoyzask.— Long, Voy. and Trav., 62, 1791. Mus- 

 quash. — Ibid. Omackasiwag.— Wm. Jones, inf'n, 

 1907. Omaschka.se "Wenenewak. — Long, Exped. 

 St. Peter's R., ll, 153, 1824. Omush-kas.— Warren 

 (1852) in Minn. Hist. Soe. Coll., V, 84, 1885. 

 0-mush-kas-ug. — Ibid. Rat nation. — Long, Voy. 

 and Trav., 117, 1791. 



Wazikute ( 'shooters amongpine trees'). 

 A division of the Upper Yanktonai Sioux. 

 It was an ancient and important division, 

 from which in early times the Assiniboin 

 seceded. 



Gens des Pin. — Hayden, Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. 

 Val., 371, 1802. Ouapeontetons.— La Harpe (1700) 

 in Sliea, Early Voy., Ill, 1861 (trans, 'village of 

 those who shoot in a great pine'). Ouapetonte- 

 tons.— Le Sueur (1700) quoted by Neill, Hist. 

 Minn., 170, 1858 (trans. ' village of those who shoot 

 at the large pine'). Ouasiconteton.— Le Sueur 

 (1700) in Margry. Dl^c, vi, 87, 1886 (trans, 'village 

 of those who shoot at the large pine'). Pine- 

 Band. — Hayden, op. cit. Pole people. — Culbertson 

 In Smithson. Rep. IS.'iO, 141, 1851. Shooters in the 

 Pines.— H. R. Ex. Doc. 96, 42d Cong., 3d sess., 5, 

 1873. Siouxs who Shoot in the Pine Tops. — Treaty 

 of 1816 in U. S. Ind. Treat., 870, 1873. Tca°-ona.— 

 Dorsey in 15th Hep. B. A. E., 218, 1897. Those that 

 Shoot in the pines. — Culbertson in Smithson. Rep. 

 1850, 141, 1851. iicicit'a°.— Dorsey in Cont. N. A. 

 Ethnol., VI, 412, 1890 (trans, 'plenty of lodge 

 poles'). Wa-ge'-ku-te.— Hayden, Ethnog. and 

 Philol. Mo. Val., 371, 1862. Wah-zu-cootas.— 

 Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, ii, 169, 1852. 



"Wea (probably a contraction of the 

 local name Wauiaqtevang, 'place of the 

 round, or curved, channel' (Schoolcraft) ; 

 possibly contracted from Wayahtonuki, 

 'eddy people,' from irayaqtonwi, 'eddy,' 

 both renderings coming from the same 

 root. Wawaqtenang was the common 

 Algonquian name for Detroit. Cf. Waw- 

 yachtonoc). A subtribe of the Miami. 

 They are first mentioned in the Jesuit Re- 

 lation for 1673 as living in e. Wisconsin. 

 In the later distribution of the tribes of 

 the confederacy they occupied the most 

 westerly position. AUouezin 1680 found 

 a Wea town on St Joseph r., Ind. Mar- 

 quette visited a Wea village at Chicago 

 which Courtemanche found still there in 

 1701. A part of them were for a time with 

 the bands of various tribes gathered about 

 La Salle's fort near Peoria, 111. La Salle 

 says their band had 35 cabins. In 1719 

 their chief village, Ouiatenon, was on the 

 Wabash, below the mouth of Wea cr., 

 where, according to Charlevoix, they 

 were living nearly half a century before. 

 This is possibly identical with "Les 

 Gros" village (q. v. ) of a document of 

 1718. Besides this they had two or three 

 villages near by. Ouiatenon was one of 

 the principal headquarters of the French 



traders. In 1757 the Wea and Pianka- 

 shaw endeavored to come into friendly 

 relations with the whites, and an agree- 

 ment to this end was entered into with 

 Col. George Crogan, but was rejected by 

 the assembly of Virginia. Subsequently 

 various agreements of peace with other 

 tribes and the whites were entered into, 

 chiefly through the efforts of Col. Crogan 

 and Sir Wm. Johnson, to be as often fol- 

 lowed by outbreaks. In 1791 their 

 neighboring villages were destroyed by 

 the U. S. troops under Gen. Scott. They 

 participated in the treaty of Greenville, 

 Ohio, Aug. 3, 1795, their deputies signing 

 for them and the Piankashaw. In 1820 

 they sold their last lands in Indiana, near 

 the mouth of Raccoon cr. in Parke co., 

 and removed with the Piankashaw to 

 Illinois and Missouri. In 1832 the united 

 tribes in turn sold their claims in those 

 states and removed to Kansas, where 

 some had already settled. The few Wea 

 still remaining in Indiana afterward 

 joined them there. In 1854 the Wea and 

 Piankashaw, having rapidly dwindled 

 away, joined the remnants of the cognate 

 Illinois, then known as the Peoria and 

 Kaskaskia. The united body, all that 

 remained of 7 tribes, then numbered but 

 259, a large proportion of whom were of 

 mixed blood. In 1868 they removed to 

 a tract on Neosho r. , in the n. e. corner 

 of the present Oklahoma, where they 

 now are. In 1885 the united tribes num- 

 bered 149 souls. In 1909 the number of 

 the confederated Peoria was 204, only 

 about 75 of whom had as much as one- 

 half Indian blood. (j. m. ) 

 Abinones. — Barcia, Ensayo, 236, 1723. Aoiatenon. — 

 LaSalle (1682) in Margry, Dec, II, 216, 1877. Aonia- 

 tinonis. — La Hontan (1703), New Voy., map, 1736. 

 Aouiatinons. — Gale, Upper Mi.ss., 176, 1867. Aouit- 

 tanons. — La Hontan (1703), New Voy., map. 1735. 

 Newcalenous. — McKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, 

 III, 114, 1854. Ochiatenens.— Allouez (1680) in 

 Margry, Dec, ii, 99, 1877. Oiatenon.— -La Salle 

 (1680), ibid., 201. Oiatinon.— Hennepin, New 

 Discov.,111, 1698. Ojachtanichroenee. — Livingston 

 (1720) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., v, 567, 1855 (Iro- 

 quois name). Ojatinons. — La Hontan, New Voy., 

 1,231,1703. Oniactmaws.— Dalton (1783) in Mass. 

 Hist. Soc Coll., 1st s,, X, 123, 1809. Onias.— Stone, 

 Life of Brant, ii, 278, 1864 (misprint). Onia- 

 tonons.- Imlay, West. Ter., 291, 1797 (misprint). 

 Oniattanon. — Wilkinson (1791) quoted by Rupp, 

 West. Penn., app., 237, 1846 (misprint). Onillas.— 

 Gale, Upper Miss., 75, 1867 (misprint). Oouiata- 

 nons.- Beauharnois (1732) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., 

 IX, 1035, 1855. 08iatP,8atenon.— MS. Jes. Rel. (1673- 

 79) quoted by Shea in Wis. Cist. Soc. Coll., Iii, 135, 

 1857. OtiaraSatenon. — Jes. Rel. (1676) quoted, ibid. 

 Oua.— McKenneyand Hall, Ind.Tribes, ill, 80, l.'<54. 

 Ouachtanons. — Smith, Bouquet Exped., 64, 1766. 

 Ouachtenons.— Trader quoted by Smith, ibid.. 70. 

 Ouachtunon.— Rupp, West. Penn., 149, 1846. 8a8aia- 

 tion.— Doc. of 1695 in N. Y. Doc Col. Hist., ix, 619, 

 1855. Oiiaoiiiartanons. — Bacqueville de la Pothe- 

 rie, Hist., ii, 261, 1753. Ouaouiatanoukak.— Char- 

 levoix (1744) quoted by Tailhan, Perrot Mem., 

 222, note, 1864. Ouaouiatenonoukak. — Jes. Rel. 

 (1672) quoted byShea in Wis. Hist. .'-oc. Coll., in, 

 135, 1857. Ouaouyartanons. — Bacqueville de la 

 Potherie, Hist., II, 348, 1753. Ouatanons.— Doc. of 

 1756inN.Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 482, 1858. Ouatenon.— 

 Royce in 1st Rep. B. A. E. , map, 1881 ( village j . Oua- 



