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WESTO WETUMPKA 



[b. a. e. 



lows: Adjuitsuppa, Agdluitsok, Aglutok, 

 Amerdlok, Angpalartok, Arpik, Arsuk, 

 Atanekerdluk, Blaesedael, Christians- 

 haab, Claushaven, Drynaeskirk, Egedes- 

 minde, Epieok, Fiskernaes, Frederiksdal, 

 Frederikshaab, Godthaab, Holstenborg, 

 Igdlorpait, Inigsuarsak, Ipik, Itivliarsuk, 

 Ivigtut, Ivikat, Jacobshavn, Julianehaab, 

 Kaersok, Kagsersuak, Kanajormiut, Kan- 

 gek, Kangiartsoak, Kapisilik, Kariak, 

 Karsok, Karusuk, Kasigianguit, Keker- 

 tarsuarak, Kinalik, Kingiktok, Kornok, 

 Lichtenfels, Maklykaut, Merkiteok, Nan- 

 ortalik, Narsak, Narsarsuk, Nugsoak, 

 Numarsuak, Nunatarsuak, NyHerrnhut, 

 Okossisak, Pamiadluk, Proven, Riten- 

 benk, Sagdlet, Saitok, Sardlok, Sarkak, 

 Sermilik, Sukkertoppen, Svartehnk, Tor- 

 nait, Tuapait, Tunuliarbik, Umanak, 

 Upernivik, Utlaksuk, Uvingasok, Yotlik, 

 Zukkertop. 



Westo. A name applied by the coast 

 Indians of southern South Carolina to a 

 tribe dwelling along Savannah r. in the 

 latter part of the 17th century. They 

 were dreaded enemies of the coast people, 

 who declared that they were man-eaters. 

 In 1674 Henry Woodward visited their 

 town, or a town of theirs, situated on a 

 point on the w. bank of Savannah r. , two- 

 thirds surrounded by the river and pro- 

 tected by palisades. Their predatory 

 habits made them particularly trouble- 

 some in 1669-71, and in 167-4 it was neces- 

 sary to send against them a company of 

 volunteer troops. In 1681 part of the 

 Shawnee drove them from the region 

 about Augusta, Ga., and little is heard of 

 them afterward. It appears, however, 

 that some of the Westo, at least, retired 

 among the Lower Creeks, first to Okmul- 

 gee r. and thence to Chattahochee r., 

 from which circumstance and other evi- 

 dence it ia almost certain that they were 

 identical with the well-known Yuchi (q. 

 v. ) . This tribe is the ' ' Oustack ' ' of Led- 

 erer (1672), and perhaps the Yustaga 

 (q. V. ) of the Florida explorers in the 16th 

 century. (j. e. s.) 



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

 Appleton trans., 1875. Oustack, — Lederer, Dis- 

 cov., 17, 1672. Oustacs.— Gatschet, Creek Migr. 

 Leg., I, 48, 1884. Westoes.— Archdale (1707) in 

 Ramsay, Hist. So. Car., i, 34, 1809. 



Wetamoo. A female chieftain of a part 

 of the Warnpanoag, in the latter part of 

 the 17th century, generally known during 

 Philip's war as the Squaw Sachem of 

 Pocasset. She was the wife of Alexander 

 (Wamsutta), Phihp's elder brother, and 

 sister of Wootonekauske, Philip's wife, 

 and until Alexander's death (1662) went 

 under the name of Namumpam. She sur- 

 vived her husband, and after his death 

 was called Wetamoo ( Weetamoe, Weeta- 

 moo, Wetamoe, Wetamore). She es- 

 poused Philip's cause in his war with the 

 English, and aided him with warriors 



and provisions. After the death of her 

 first husband she married Quinnapin 

 (known also as Petananuet and Peter 

 Nunuit), a son of Ninigret, chief of the 

 Niantic tribe. While fleeing from the 

 English she was drowned, Aug. 6, 1676, 

 in attempting to cross Tehticut r. Her 

 head was cut off and set upon a pole in 

 sight of Indian prisoners who were her 

 adherents. According to Mrs. Rowland- 

 son (Narr., 73, 1828), who was a prisoner 

 of Quinnapin, Wetamoo spent much time 

 in her pei'sonal adornment. At a dance 

 *' she had a kersey coat covered with 

 girdles of wampum from the loins up- 

 ward. Her arms from her elbows to her 

 hands were covered with bracelets. 

 There were handfuls of necklaces about 

 her neck, and several sorts of jewels in 

 her ears. She had fine, red, stockings, 

 and white shoes, her hair powdered, and 

 her face painted red." (a. f. c. c. t. ) 



Wetchon (' panther ') . A Yuchi clan. 

 WetcSA°'.— Speck, Yuchi Inds., 71, 1909 {tc=ch). 

 Wetcho" taha.— Gatschet, Uchee MS., B. A.E., 

 1885 ( = ' panther gens ' ) . 



Wetlko. A Yurok village on the s. side 

 of the mouth of the Klamath r., n. w. 

 Cal. 



Weht'l-qua.— Gibbs (1861) in Schoolcraft, Ind. 

 Tribes, in, 138, 1863. 



Wetsagua ( ' opossum ' ) . A Yuchi clan. 

 WetsagowAn'.— Speck, Yuchi Inds., 71, 1909. Wet- 

 sagua taha.— Gatschet, Uchee MS., B. A. E., 1885 

 ( = ' opossum gens ' ) . 



Wetsiaus. A Siuslaw village on Sius- 

 law r., Oreg. 



We'-tsi-aus'. — Dorsey in Jour. Am. Folk-lore, in, 

 230, 1890. 



Wetsitsiko. The Yurok name of a 

 Karok village on Klamath r., n. w. Cal., 

 between the mouth of Salmon r. and Or- 

 leans Bar. 



Wetumpka (Creek: u^-i, or u-Vwa, 

 'water\- tumkls, 'it is rumbling'). Two 

 former Upper Creek towns, 4 m. apart, 

 on the E. bank of Coosa r., Elmore co., 

 Ala., the falls of the river lying between 

 them. Swan in 1791 called them Big and 

 Little Wetumpkee. The modern town 

 Wetumpka stands on the site of Big We- 

 tumpka, about 2 m. below the falls; and 

 another town, W^est Wetumpka, has 

 sprung up on the w. side of the river, 

 which flows throughadeep canyon at that 

 place. The ' ' Stincard ' ' language spoken 

 by these two towns, which are generally 

 referred to as one settlement, was the 

 Alibamu dialect. (a. s. g. ) 



Oweatumka. — Woodward, Reminisc, 48, 1859. 

 Wee-tam-ka.— Adair, Am. Inds., 257, 1776. Wee- 

 tumkus.— Romans, Florida, I, 90, 1776. Wee- 

 tumpkee. — Adair, op. cit.,330. Wetumpkees(bigand 

 little).— Swan (1791) in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, 

 V, 262. 1855. Whittumke.— Bartram, Travels, 461, 

 1798. Witumki.— Alcedo, Die. Geog., v, 343, 1789. 



Wetumpka. A former Lower Creek 

 town, a branch or colony of Kawita Tal- 

 ahasi (see Kawita), situated 12m. from 

 it, extending for 3 m. along Wetumpka 

 cr. in N. E. Russell co., Ala. 



