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the inlet': name of the band). Wikuedunk. — 

 Ibid. Wi'kwadunk.— Wm. Jones, inf'n, 1905. 

 Wikwed.— Baraga, Eng.-Otch. Diet., 154, 1878 

 (Chippewa form). Wikwedong.— Ibid. 



Wequashing. See Wigivassing. 



Werawahon. A village of the Powhatan 

 confederacy, situated in 1608 on the N. 

 bank of Chickahominy r., in New Kent 

 CO., Va. — Smith (1629), Va., i, map, repr. 

 1819. 



Werowacomoco ('chief's town'). A 

 town of the Powhatan confederacy, sit- 

 uated in 1608 on the n. bank of York r., 

 in Gloucester CO., Va., about opposite the 

 mouth of Queen cr. Although it was the 

 favorite residence of Powhatan, the popu- 

 lation did not exceed 200 persons. On 

 accoimt of the encroachments of the 

 whites he subsequently withdrew to 

 Orapaks. 



ISeronocomoco. — Simons in Smith (1629), Va., I, 

 162, repr. 1819 (misprint). Werawocomoco. — Smith 

 (1629), i^bid., 117. Werowcomoco.— Ibid., 142. 

 Werowocomicos. — Jefferson, Notes, 138, table, 1801. 

 Werowocomoco. — Smith (1629), op. cit., 74. 



Werowance. A chief, or head-man, 

 among the former Indians of Maryland 

 and Virginia. Gerard (Am. Anthr., ix, 

 112, 1907) derives the word from Renape 

 wirowdntesu, * he is rich,' or ' he exists in 

 affluence,' the chief radical being wiro, 

 ' to be rich . ' 0th er forms of the word are 

 weroance, wirowance, wiroans, wyroans, 

 wyoraunce, etc. 



Wesaenikasliika ( ' snake people ' ) . A 

 Quapaw gens. 



Serpent gens.— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 229, 

 1897. Wes'a e'nikaci'sia. — Ibid. 



Wesawmaun ( We-suw-ma^ -un, ' yellow 

 eel' ) . A gens of the Mahican. — Morgan, 

 Anc. Soc, 174, 1877. 



"Weshacum {wechecwn is given by Roger 

 Williams as the Narraganset name of the 

 sea, to which Trumbull adds: "as the 

 great 'producer' of their staple food, 

 fish"). A Nashua village, apparently the 

 principal one, at Washacum ponds, near 

 Sterling, Worcester co., Mass., in the 17th 

 century. 



Washacum. -Willard, Address, 59, 1853. Wesa- 

 kam. — Gookin (1677) in Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, 

 II, 487, 1836. Weshacum.— Doc. ca. 1675 quoted by 

 Drake, Bk. Inds., bk. iii, 83, 1848. Weshakim.- 

 Gookin (1674) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., I, 

 162, 1806. Weshakum.— Gookin (1677) in Trans. 

 Am. Antiq. Soc, II, 512, 1836. 



Weskarini. An Algonquian tribe that 

 lived on the n. side of Ottawa r. below 

 Allumette id., Quebec, with the people of 

 which they appear to be closely associated 

 in the Jesuit Relations. 



little Nation of the Algomquins. — Jefferys, Fr. 

 Doms., pt. 1, map, 17ol. Ouaouechkairini. — Jes. 

 Rel. for 1640, 34, 18.58. Ouaouechkairiniouek.— Jes. 

 Rel. for 16.58, 22, 1858. Ouaouiechkairini.— Cham- 

 plain (1613), CEuvres, in, 299, note, 1870. 8a8iech- 

 kariniSek.- Jes. Rel. for 1646, 34, 1858. SeSeskari- 

 niens.— Jes. Rel. for 1643, 61, 1858. Ouescharini.— 

 Champlain (1613), CEuvres, iii, 299, 1870. Petite 

 Nation.— Jes. Rel. for 1633, 34, 18.58. Petite nation 

 des Algonquins.— Jes. Rel. for 1640, 34, 18.58. Petits 

 Algonquins.— La Tour map, 1784. Guieunontat- 

 eronons.— Sagard, Hist, du Can., in, 738, 1866 

 (Huron name), Wawechkairini.— Jes. Bel., in, 



index, 1858. Wa-weskairini. — Ibid. Wewechkai- 

 rini. — Ibid. 



Wessagnsset. A former Massachuset 

 village near the present Weymouth, Nor- 

 folk CO., Mass. 



Wechagaskas.— Hoyt, Antiq. Res., 89, 1824. Wee- 

 chagaskas. — Gookin (1674) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 

 1st s., I, 148, 1806. Weesagascusett.— Bradford 

 (ca. 1650), ibid., 4th s., iii, 211, 1856. Wesagusca- 

 sit.- Pratt (1662), ibid., iv, 479, 1858. Wesagus- 

 cus.— Dudley (1631) in N. H. Hist. Soc. Coll., iv, 

 227, 1834. Wesegusquaset.— Mather (ca. 1680) in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s., iv, 491, 1858. Wessa- 

 guscus.— Dudley (1630), ibid., 1st s., viii, 37, 1802. 

 Wessagusquasset. — Hubbard (1680), ibid., 2d s., v, 

 32, 1815. Wessagussett.— Ibid., 1st s., l, 125, 1806. 

 Westaugustus.— Hubbard (1680), ibid., 2d s,, v, 192, 

 1815. Wichagashas. — Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, vi, 

 1.50, 1857. Wiohaguscusset.— Mourt (1622) in Mass. 

 Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., viii, 248, 1802. Wisagus- 

 set.— Jo.sselyn (1675), ibid., 3d s., in, 325, 1833. 

 Wissaguset.— Josselyn (1675), ibid., 318. 



West Abeika (Aiabeka, 'unhealthful 

 place' ) . A former Choctaw village located 

 by Romans at the head of Chickasawhay 

 r., Miss., probably in the present Neshoba 

 CO. It was called West Abeika to distin- 

 guish it from another town (see East 

 Abeika) cf the name at the junction of 

 Sukenatcha and Straight crs. — Halbert in 

 Pub. Miss. Hist. Soc, vi, 425, 427, 1902. 

 See Ahllika. 



Abeka.— Romans, Florida, 323, 1775. West 

 Abe'ika. — West Florida map, ca. 1775. 



West Congeeto. A former Choctaw 

 town on the headwaters of Chickasawhay 

 r., presumably in Kemper co., Miss. 

 West Congeta.— Romans, Fla., 315, 1775. West 

 Congeto.— We.st Fla. map, ca. 1775. 



Westenhuck (corruption of Hou/atenuc, 

 Eng. Housatonic, ' at the other side of the 

 mountain. ' — Trumbull ) . A former Mahi- 

 can village near Great Barrington, Berk- 

 shire CO., Mass. It was the capital of the 

 Mahican confederacy after the removal of 

 the council fire from Schodac. The in- 

 habitants removed to Stockbridge in 1736, 

 soon after the establishment of the mis- 

 sion at that place. A few removed to 

 Pennsylvania, where they joined the Dela- 

 wares and kindred tribes. Most of the 

 Stockbridges came originally from Wes- 

 tenhuck. (j. M.) 

 Waahktoohook.— Hoyt, Antiq. Res., 209, 1824. 

 Wahktoohook.— Ibid., 225. Westenhook.— Deed of 

 1679 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., xiii, 545, 1881. West- 

 enhuck.— Ruttenber, Tribes Hud.son R., 62, 1872 

 (name used by Moravian missionaries). W-nahk- 

 ta-kook. — Ibid, (name used by English mission- 

 aries). Wnahktukook.— Barber, Hist. Coll. Mass., 

 95, 1841. Wnoghquetookoke.— Edwards (1788) in 

 Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 2d s., X, 95, 1823. 



West Greenlanders. A geographic group 

 of Eskimo without recognized subdivi- 

 sions. They have long been Christianized 

 by German Moravian and Danish mis- 

 sionaries, and live principally about the 

 mission stations. A considerable admix- 

 ture of white blood is found among them. 

 They are expert in hunting the seal Avith 

 the large harpoon and bladder, and man- 

 age their kaiaks with marvelous skill. 

 They numbered 9,752 in 1880. Their 

 villages, including the Danish trading 

 posts and the mission stations, are as fol- 



