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WIKAIHLAKO WILD RICE 



[B. A. E. 



Idaho. They were said to number 1,000 

 in 1865. 



Boise Shoshonees. — Cooley in Tnd. Aff. Rep., 30, 

 1865. Wehinnas.— Wool (1855) in H. R. Ex. Doc. 

 76, 34th Cong., 3d se.ss., 150, 1857. Western 

 Shoshoni.— Gallatin quoted by Latham in Proc. 

 Philol. Soc. Lond. , Vl, 73, 1854. Western Snakes.— 

 Hale in U. S. Expl. Exped., vi, 218, 1846. Wi- 

 hinagut. — Powers, Inds. W. Nevada, MS., B. A. 

 E., 1876 (Paiute [Mono?] name). Wihinasht.— 

 Hale, op. cit. Wihinast.— Latham in Proc. Phi- 

 lol. Soc. Lond., VI, 73, 1854. Winnas band.— Kirk- 

 patrick in Ind. Aff. Rep., 268, 1862. Winnas-ti.— 

 Russell (1855) in Sen. Ex. Doc. 26, 34th Cong., 1st 

 sess., 13, 1856. Win-nes-tes.— Townsend (1865) in 

 H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, 34th Cong., 3d sess., 150, 1857. 



WikaiMako {WV-Jcai-'lul-o, 'large 

 spring'). A former Lower Creek town 

 on the w. side of Chattahoochee r. in 

 Henry co., Ala., 4 m. above Chiskatalofa. 

 It contained 250 inhabitants in 1820. 

 IJ-i-kayi-'lako.— A. S. Gatschet, infon, 1883 (full 

 Creek name). Wekisa. — Drake, Bk. Inds., xii, 

 1848. Wekivas.— Morse, Rep. to Sec. War, 864, 

 1822. We-kiwa.— Treaty of 1827 in U. S. Ind. Treat., 

 420, 1837. Wi-kai-'lako.— Gatschet, Creek Migr. 

 Leg., I, 149, 1884. 



Wikchamni. A Yokuts (Mariposan) 

 tribe on Kaweah r., near Limekiln or 

 Lemon cove, below the Wiksachi and 

 above the Kawia and Yokol. The pres- 

 ent population consists of two or three 

 scattered families and individuals. 

 Nie-chum-nes.— Barbour in Sen. Ex. Doc. 4, 32d 

 Cong., spec, sess., 254, 1853. Wachamnis.— Purcell 

 in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1869, 193, 1870. Waitshum'ni.— 

 Hoffman in Proc. Am. Philos. Soc, xxiii, 372, 



1886. We-chummies. — Lewis in Ind. Aff. Rep. 1857, 

 185,399, 1.S58. Wic-chum-nee.— RoyceinlSthRep.B. 

 A. E. ,782, 1899. Wich-a-chim-ne.— Wessells(1853)in 

 H. R. Ex. Doc. 76, 34th Cong. , 3d sess., 32, 1857. Wi- 

 chumnies. — Lewis in Ind. Alt. Rep., 381, 1872. Wi- 

 kachumnis.— Taylor in Cal. Farmer, June 8, 1860. 

 Wik-chum-ni. — Powers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., in, 

 370, 1877. Wik-tchum'-ne. — Merriam in Science, 

 XIX, 915, June 15, 1904. Wiktshom'ni.— Hoffman 

 in Proc. Am. Philos. Soc, xxiii, 301, 1886. Wis- 

 cum-nes. — Johnston in Sen. Ex. Doc. 61, 32d Cong., 

 1st sess., 22, 1852. Wiikchamni. — Kroeber in Am. 

 Anthr., viii, 662, 1906 (correct name). 



■Wikeno( WiFe^nd, 'theportagemakers'). 

 A Kwakiutl tribe speaking the Heiltsuk 

 dialect and living on Rivers inlet, Brit. 

 Col. Their clans, according to Boas, are: 

 Koikaktenok, Gyigyilkam, Waokuitem, 

 Wawikem, Guetela, and Nalekuitk. 

 Their towns are: Tlaik, Niltala, VVikeno, 

 Nuhitsomk, Somhotnechau, and Tsiom- 

 hau. Pop. 131 in 1901, 99 in 1909. 

 Awi'k-enox.— Boasin Nat. Mus. Rep. 1895,328,1897. 

 Awi'ky'enoq.— Boas in 6th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 

 52, 1890. Oweckano.— Sproat in Can. Ind. Aff., 145, 

 1879. 0-wee-kay-no.— Can. Ind. Aff., 304, 1893. 

 Oweekayo. — Ibid. ,361, 1897. Wee-kee-moch. — Kane, 

 Wand, in N. A., app., 1859. Weekenoch. — Scouler 

 (1840) in Jour. Ethnol. Soc. Lond., I, 233, 1848. 

 Wikanee.— Brit. Col. map, 1872. Wikeinoh.— Tol- 

 mie and Dawson, Vocabs. Brit. Col., 117b, 1884. 

 Wik'eno. — Boas in Petermanns Mitteil., pt. 5, 130, 



1887. Wykenas.— Scott in Ind. Aff. Rep. , 316, 1868. 

 Wikeno. A town of the Wikeno tribe 



(q. V. ) of British Columbia. ( f- b. ) 



Wikoktenok ( WVk^oxtenu.v, ' eagle' ). A 

 clan of the Bellabella, a Kwakiutl tribe. — 

 Boas in Rep. Nat. Mus. 1895, 328, 1897. 



Wikorzh (derived from wUm, 'fat,' and 

 koro, 'cavity,' because it is said the eyes 

 in the cadaver of a certain bear had dis- 



appeared and some dried fat still adhered 



to the orbits; or from xvikuru, 'netted 



gourd'). A Hopi clan. 



Fat Cavity clan.— Voth, Traditions of the Hopi, 



22, 40, 1905. Wikorzh.— Ibid., 37. Wikurzh.— 



Ibid. 



Wiktosachki ('white-earth place'). A 

 Tarahumare rancheria about 28 ni. e. of 

 Chinatu, w. Chihuahua, Mexico. — Lum- 

 holtz, inf n, 1894. 



Wikyuwamkamusenaikata ('painted 

 lodge'). A Cree band, taking the name 

 of its chief, living in 1856 about Fort de 

 Prairie, Northwest Ter., Canada. — Hay- 

 den, Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. Val., 237, 

 1862. 



WIKENO MAN. (am. Mus. Nat. Hist.) 



Wilakal. A village of the Agua Cali- 

 ente Shoshoneans, in the San Jacinto 

 mts., s. Cal. Under the Spanish name 

 of this place (San Ysidro) 2 villages are 

 mentioned in 1865 (Lovett in Ind. Aff. 

 Rep., 125), with populations of 159 and 

 90, respectively. In 1880 only one is 

 recorded, with between 50 and 75 inhab- 

 itants (Jackson and Kinnev, Rep. Miss. 

 Ind., 22, 1883). It is now included in 

 Los Coyotes res. See PacJurwal. 

 Ho-la-kal.— Barrows, Ethno-Bot. Coahuilla Ind., 

 34,1900. San Isidrc— Ibid. SanYsedro.— Ind. Aff. 

 Rep., 175,1902. San Ysidro.— Jackson and Kinney, 

 Rep. Miss. Ind., 22, 1883. Wilakal.— A. L. Kroeber, 

 inf'n, 1906. 



Wild rice. The acjuatic plant {Zizania 

 aquatka) generally known as "wild 

 rice" has been for many generations one 

 of the most important food producers of 

 the Indian country about the Great Lakes 

 and adjacent waters. The comparatively 

 dense population in the wild-rice area 



