DICTIONARY OP INDIANS. 



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Choctaw. — Continued. 



A. — Kushap-okla, "divided people." 



1. Kush-iksa-, "reed gens." 



2. Law-okla. 



3. Lulak-iksa. 



4. Linokkisha. 



B. — Wataki htilata, "beloved peo- 

 ple." 



1. Chufan-iksa-, "beloved people." 



2. Iskulani-, "small (people)." 



3. Chito-, "large (people)." 



4. Shakch-ukla, "cray-fish people." 

 Besides these, mention is also 



made of a gens named "Urihesahc" 

 (Wright, in Ind. Aff., Rep. for 1843, 

 348), which has not been identified; 

 and of a local band — Oypat ukla — 

 "eastern people" (q. v.). 



The Mobilian, Tohome (or Tomez) , 

 Touache, Mugulasha, Acolapissa (or 

 Colapissa) , Houma (or Ouma) , and 

 Conshac (q. v.) , are classified by Gat- 

 schet (Creek Mig. Leg., i, 110-115, 

 1884) as offshoots from the Choctaw. 



Following are the names of the 

 Choctaw villages; AUamutcha Old 

 Town, AUoou Loanshaw, Ayanabi, 

 Bayou chicot, Bishapa, Bishkoon, 

 Bogue Chito, Bogue Toocola Chitto, 

 Booctolooee, Boucfouca, Boutte Sta- 

 tion, Cabea Hoola, Capinans, Chauki, 

 Chicasawhay, Chinokabi, Chiskelik- 

 batcha, Chomontokali, Chooca Hoola, 

 Coatraw, Conachitow, Conchachitou, 

 Congeeto, Cushtachas, Cutha Aimc- 

 thaw, Cuthi Uckehaca, East Abeika, 

 East Congeeto, East Yazoo Skatani, 

 Ebita Poocolo Chitto, Ebita Poocolo 

 Skatani, Etuck Chukke, Fuketchee- 

 poonta, Fuluktabunnee, Haanka Ulla, 

 Heitotowa, Hoola-tassa, Hyukkeni, 

 Ikachiocata, Imongolasha Skatani, 

 Kaffetalaya, Killis Tamaha, Little 

 Colpissas, Lookfa, Lus'hapa, Mahe- 

 wala, Nashoweya, Oka Altakkala, 

 OkaChippo, OkaCoopoly, Oka Hoola, 

 Oka Lopassa, Oka Ltisa, Oka Poolo, 

 Okatallia, Oktibbeha, Olitassa, 

 Oony, Oskelagna, Osuktalaya, Otak- 

 shanabe, Panthe, Pineshuk, Pooscoos 

 te kale, Pooshapnkanuk, Sapeessa, 

 Schekahaw, Shanhaw, Skunnepaw, 

 Sukinatchi, Talla, Talpahoka, Teake- 

 haily Ekutapa, Tombigbee, Tonica- 

 haw, West Abeika, West Imongol- 

 asha, West Yazoo, Wiatakali, Yagna 

 Shoogawa, Yanatoe, Yowanne. 



The Choctaws apply the name 

 Ukla falaya to a settleinent of several 

 towns, and Ukla hannali to a group 

 of towns. (a.s.g. c.t.) 



Cat Indians. — Jefferys, French Dom., 135 (map), 



1761. 

 Chacatos. — Barcia, Ensayo, 313, 1723. 

 Chacktaws. — Jefferson (1781), Notes, 144, 1825. 

 Chactah.— Rafinesque, Am. Nations, i, 241, 1S36. 



Chactanys. — Ann. Propagation de la Poi, 11, 380, 

 1841. 



Chactas. — Parraud, Hist. Kentucke, in, 17S5. 



Chactaws. — Jefferys, French Dom., i, 153, 1761. 



Cha'hta. — Gatschet in American Antiquarian, 

 IV, 76, 1881-S2. 



Chaktaws.— N. Y. Stat, at Large, Treaty of 

 1808, VII, 98, 1846. 



Chaltas. — Coxe, Carolana, map, 1741. (Mis- 

 print.) 



Chaqueta. — Iberville (1700) in Margry, Ddcou- 

 vertes, iv, 463, 1880. 



Chaquitas. — Ibid., 419. 



Chataw. — Rogers, North America, 204, 1765 



Chat-Kas. — Du Pratz, Hist. La., 11, 216, 1758. 



Chatkaws. — Jefferys, French Dom., i, 165, 1701. 



Chattaes. — Coxe, Carolana, map, 1741. 



Chattas. — Ibid., 25. 



Chattoes. — Ibid., 22. 



Chawetas. — Perrin du Lac, Voy., 368, 1805. 



Chactaws. — Morse, N. Am., 218, 1776. 



Chicktaws. — Rogers, North America, 203, 1765. 



Chictaws. — Ibid., 238. 



Chocataus. — Disturnell, map Mc;ico, 1846. 



Chocktaws. — Ellicott, Journal, 35, 1797. 



Chocta. — Latham (1844) in Jour. Eth. Soc. 

 London, i, i6o, 1848. 



Choctaw. ^French writer (ca. 1727) in Shea, 

 Cath. Missions, 429, 1855. 



Choctos. — Domenech. Deserts, 11, 193, i860. 



Choktah. — Barton, New Views, 1, 1798. 



Choktaus. — Am. Pioneers, i, 408, 1842. 



Choktaw. — Boudinot, Star in West, 184, 1816. 



Chouactas. — Martin, Hist. o£ La., 1, 249, 1827. 



Chukaws. — Boudinot, Star in West, 126, 1S16. 



Flat Heads. — Jefferys, French Dom., 135 (map), 

 1761. 



Flats. — Bartram, Travels, 515, 1791. 



Nabuggindebaig. — Tanner, Narrative, 316, 1830. 

 ("Flat heads"; the name given Ijy the Ot- 

 tawas to a tribe " said to have lived below the 

 Illinois river." Probably the same.) 



Shacktaus. — Penhallow (1726) in N. H. Hist. 

 Coll., I St ser., 79, 1824. 



Shocktaus. — Ndes (1760) in Mass. Hist. Coll., 

 4th ser., 332, 1861. 



Tchacias. — Charlevoix, Voy. to N. A., 11, 210, 

 I7(>(). 



Tchatakes. — Margry, Decouvertes, 11, 197, 1877. 



Tchiactas. — Bienville (1708) in Doc. Col. Hist. 

 N. Y.. IX, 925, 1855. 



Tetes Plates. — Picciuet's letter (1752) in Park- 

 man, Montcalm and Wolfe, 11, 417, 1S84. 



Tschaktaer. — ^AUy (17 12), Historic der Reisen, 

 XVI, 1758. 



Tshaxta. — Mtiller, Grundriss der Sprachwissen- 

 schatt, II, pt. I, 232, 1876. 



Tubbies. — See under that name. 



Hominy. — From the Algonquian dia- 

 lects of New England; applied 

 to a dish prepared from hulled 

 flint corn pounded or cracked, and 

 boiled with beans of various kinds, 

 with meat or fish added. Some of 

 the forms of the name given by 

 early writers is tackhummin, "to 

 grind corn (or grain)," and pokhom- 

 niin, "to beat or thresh out." 



(j.N.B.H.) 



Illinois. — A confederacy of Algonquian 

 tribes, the name of which, writ- 

 ten sviccessiveh^ by the early au- 

 thorities Erinouaj, or Eriniwek (or 

 -ouek) , Liniwek (or -ouek) , Aliniwek 

 and Iliniwek, or Illinois, is derived 

 from ilini or illini, "man" (r and / 

 interchanged and -ek, -ouek, or -wek 

 the plural termination, changed by 

 the French to -ois). Hennepin 



