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balls of yarn tied to the warp or a simple 

 bobbin for a shuttle. See Art, Basketry, 

 Clothing, Dijes and Pigments, Ornament. 



The intricate processes with crude ap- 

 paratus are discussed and illustrated by 

 Matthews in 3d Rep. B. A. E., 1884. 

 Consult also Mason in Nat. Mus. Rep. 

 1901, and the bibliography therein; Bush- 

 nell in Am. Anthr., xi, no. 3, 1909; Dixon 

 in Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., xvii, pt. 3, 

 190.5; Niblack in Rep. Nat. Mus. 1888, 



NAVAHO LOOM. ( MATTHEWS ) 



1890; Nordenskiold, Cliff Dwellers of 

 Mesa Verde, 1893; Speck in Am. Anthr., 

 IX, 293, 1907; Guiile to Anthr. Coll. Prov. 

 Mus. Victoria, 1909; Emmons and Boas, 

 Chilkat Blanket, Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., Ill, pt. A, 1907; Stites, Economics 

 of Iroquois, 1905. (o. t. m.) 



Wechikhit. A Yokuts (Mariposan) 

 tribe formerly living on lower Kings r., 

 Cal., in the plains, and one of the group 

 of tribes which ceded their lands to the 

 United States by treaty of Apr. 29, 1851. 

 They were then placed on Fresno res., 

 where they were still represented in 1861. 

 Two or three individuals survive. 

 Wa-cha-et— Royce in 18th Rep., B. A. E., 782, 

 1899. Wa-cha-hets. — McKee et al. in Senate Ex. 

 Doc. 4, Slid Cong., spec, ses.s., 75, 1853. Wa-che-ha- 

 ti.—Wessells (18.^3) in H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, ZiX\\ 

 Cong., 3d sess., 31, 1857. Wa-che-nets.— Ind. Aff. 

 Rep., 223, 1851. "Wa-che-ries.— Senate Ex. Doc. 4, 

 32d Cong., spec, sess., 93, 1853. Waches. — Henley 

 in Ind. Aff. Rep., 611, 1S54. Watch-ahets.— John- 

 ston in Sen. Ex. Doc. 61, 32d Cong., 1st sess., 22, 

 1852. Wat-ches.— Lewis in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1857, 399, 

 18.58. Wechikhit.— KroeberinUniv.Cal. Pub., Am. 

 Arch. and Eth., II. 360, 1907. Wi'-chi-kik.— Powers 

 in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., in, 370, 1877. 



Wechotookme ( We-cho-took-me) . One 

 of the 7 Seminole towns in Florida in 

 1799; exact locality unknown. — Hawkins 

 (1799), Sketch, 25, 1848. 



Wechquadnach (properly Wequae^adn- 

 auke, 'place at the end of, or extending 

 to, the mountain'; the earlier name was 

 Pachquadnach, ' bare mountain land.'— 

 Trumbull). A Mahican village, prob- 

 ably belonging to the Wawyachtonoc 

 tribe, formerly near Indian pond, n. w. of 

 Sharon, Litchfield co., Conn., adjoining 



3456— Bull. 30, pt 2- 



the New York state line. The Moravians 

 had a mission there aljout 1744. (j. m.) 

 Pachquadnach. — Ruttenber, Tribes Hudson R., 

 197,1872. Wachquadnach.— Ibid. Wechquadnach.— 

 Ibid., 86. Wequadn'ach. — Trumbull, Ind. Names 

 Conn., 83, 18HI. Wukhquautenauk.— Ruttenber, 

 Tribes Hudson R., 86, 1872. 



Wechquetank {wechgiwtank or idquHank, 

 the Lenape name of a shrub which 

 grew near that vicinity. — Heckewelder). 

 A Delaware village about 8 m. be- 

 yond the Blue Ridge, n. w. from Beth- 

 lehem, probably near the present Mauch 

 Chunk in Carbon co.. Pa. It was settled 

 in 1760 by a colony of Moravian Indians 

 from the mission of Nain. They were 

 driven off by the whites and their village 

 burned in 1763. (.i. m. ) 



Naquetank.— Flint, Ind. Wars, 41, 1833. Wechque- 

 tank.— Loskiel, Hist. Miss. Unit. Breth., pt. 2,193' 

 f7»4. Wequetank.— Loskiel (1794) in Day, Penn., 

 518, 1843. 



Wechurt {]Wtcii.{r)t, 'opposite'). A 

 Pima village at North Blackwater, s. 

 Ariz.— Russell in 26th Rep. B. A. E., 2.3, 

 1908. 



Wecquaesgeek (from viktvaskik, 'end of 

 tt:e marsh, or swamp.' — Gerard). An 

 important tribe of the Wappinger con- 

 federacy that formerly occupied s. Fair- 

 field CO., Conn., and Westchester co., 

 N. Y., from about Norwalk, Conn., to 

 Hudson r. They were a strong tribe 

 until they had troul)le with the Dutch. 

 In 1643 the Dutch massacred more than 

 100 in a single night, and in the war 

 which ensued two of their three fortified 

 villages were destroyed. In a massa- 

 cre near Greenwich, Conn., a party led 

 by Underbill killed between 500 and 

 700 men, women, and children of the 

 Wecquaesgeek and AVappinger, only 8 

 men escaping. Peace was finally con- 

 cluded in 1644. In 1663 their single re- 

 maining "castle" contained about 400 

 souls. The tribe still had a chief as late 

 as 1689. Their castles are said to have 

 been very strong, constructed of plank 5 

 in. thick, 9 ft high, and braced around 

 with thick plank, pierced with portholes. 

 One of their villages was Alipconk, an- 

 other bore the name of the tribe. See 

 Rerhtauck. (j. m. ) 



Highland Indians.— Lovelace ( 1669) in N. Y. Doc. 

 Col. Hist.. XIII. 440, IWi (applied also to the 

 WappiiiLTcr). Wechquaeskeck. — Doc. of 1644, ibid., 

 1, 150, is.'ii;. Weckquaesgeeks. — Breeden Raedt (ca. 

 1635) qiicitcd I'v Ruttenber, Tribes Hudson R.,108, 

 1872. Weckquesicks.— Hist. Mag., 1st s,.. Ill, 121, 

 18.59. Weeks.— Van der Donck (10.=i6) quoted by 

 Ruttenber, op. cit., 82. Wequa-esgecks.— School- 

 craft, Ind. Tribes, vi, 147, 1857. Weskeskek.— 

 Witt (16.S9) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., in, 659, 1853. 

 "Wesquecqueck.- Doc. of 1644. ibid., I, 211, 18.56. 

 Wetquescheck.— Doc. of 1643, ibid., 186. Wicguaes- 

 geck.— Doc. ca. 1643, ibid., 197. Wickerscreek.- 

 Doc. of 1671, ibid., Xin,460, 1881. Wickersecreeke.— 

 Doc. of 1676, ibid., 496. "Wickersheck.— Lovelace 

 (1669), ibid., 440. Wickeskeck.— Lovelace {ca. 

 1069) quoted by Ruttenber, Tribes Hudson R., 83, 

 1872. Wickwaskeck.- Doc. of 16.50 in N. Y. Doc. 

 Col. Hist., I, 410, ia56. Wicquaesgeckers.— Doc. of 

 1643, ibid., 199. Wicquaskaka. — Living.ston patent 

 quoted in Ruttenber, Tribes Hudson R., 372, 1872. 



