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Sewee. Gatschet's derivation in this case, from sawe"', "island," seems more 



probable than the terms adduced by Speck, ye° sewi'here, "playing people," 



and si'wi, "a flower or blossom." (Catawba language.) 

 Shakori. See Sugeree. 



Shawnee. Meaning in Algonquian dialects "southerners." 

 Steg-araki. A branch of the Mannahoac ; the term may, as suggested by Speck, 



contain the Tutelo word for "island," histek or stek. 

 Sugeree. Speck derives this name from Catawba ye"si'grihere, "people stingy," or 



"spoiled," or "of the river whose-water-cannot-be-drunk." He opens the 



question of a relationship between the name of this tribe and that of the 



Shakori which I heartily endorse. 

 Tacatacuru. Significance unknown, though the first element may be the Timucua 



word for "fire." 

 Tangipahoa. Meaning in Choctaw "corn gatherers," or "corncob people." 

 Tohome. The French commander Iberville gave the meaning of this as "Little 



Chief," but this is evidently an error. It is more likely to be connected 



with the Choctaw word meaning "white," or "shining." 

 Tukabahchee. The first part of the name appears to contain the Creek word 



tutka, "fire." 

 Tunica. Meaning in their own language "the people," or "those who are the 



people." 

 Tuscarora. According to Hewitt, from their native term signifying "hemp 



gatherers," because they made great use of Apocynum cannahinum. 

 Tuskegee. It is probable that this contains the Choctaw and Alabama word 



for "warrior," taska. 

 Tutelo. Meaning unknown, but applied by the Iroquois, who seem to have taken 



it from the speech of some southern tribe. 

 ITtina. Meaning in Timucua "powerful," and containing possibly the word for 



"earth," uti. 

 Wakokai. Meaning in Muskogee "blue heron breeding place." 

 Washa. Perhaps from Choctaw and Chickasaw words meaning "where they 



hunted," or "hunting place." 

 Wateree. Gatschet suggests connection with the Catawba word wateran, "to 



float on the water," which Speck accepts but says that its full form seems to be 



ye° iswa°' watera'here, "people (of the) river of banks washed away." 

 Wiwohka. Meaning in Creek "roaring water." 

 Yuchi. Speck derives this from a native word signifying "far away," but it is 



more likely a form of the Hitchiti term Ochesee, which was also applied 



to the Creeks and means "people of another language." 

 Yufera. This may be a form of Eufaula, or Yufala, in the Timucua dialect. 



PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS 



No extensive review of modern studies is contemplated under this 

 heading, but merely a record of the estimates of earlier visitors in 

 the Southeast who received their impressions when the aborigines of 

 the section were in a relatively primitive condition. Hrdlicka has 

 reported two physical types, one long-headed, found represented in 

 later times on and near the Atlantic seaboard, but extending anciently 

 as far as Louisiana ; and a broad-headed type most conspicuous along 

 the Mississippi, where it reached far enough north to include the 

 Winnebago and comprised several other Siouan and several Caddoan 



