Tnai. — Dali ill Cont. N. A. Ethnol., I, 35, 1877. 
Tnaina. — Wrangell in Baer and Helmersen, Bei- 
trage, i, 103, 1839 (derived from tnai, ‘man’). 
Tnaina Ttynai. — Bancroft, Nat. Races, I, 116, 1874. 
True Thnaina. — Holmberg quoted by Dali, Alaska, 
430, 1870. 
Knakatnuk, A Knaiakhotana village 
and trading post of 35 natives in 1880 on 
the w. side of Knik bay, at the head of 
Cook inlet, Alaska. 
Knakatnuk. — Petroff in 10th Census, Alaska, 29, 
1884. Knik Station. — Post route map, 1903. 
Knatsomita ( Knats-o-mi' -ta , ‘all crazy 
dogs’). A society of" the Ikunuhkahtsi, 
or All Comrades, inthe'Piegan tribe; it 
is composed of men about 40 years of 
age. — Grinnell, Blackfoot, Lodge Tales, 
221, 1892. 
K’nick K’neck. See Kinnikinnick. 
Knik (Eskimo: ‘fire,’ a name given by 
the Eskimo - of Kodiak because, having 
no seaworthy boa'Bkof their own, they 
signaled for other triYes across the bay to 
send aid.) . A Knaiakliotana settlement .of 
several villages on ilnikr., at the head 
of Cook inlet, Alaska. The chief village 
h ad 46 -people in 188 # (Petroff, 10th Cen- 
sus,' ^Tis^jka, 29, 1 88 J) ; in 1900 the pop- 
illation aw^JHO in 31 houses. This branch 
of the tribemmibefs altogether between 
200 and 300, wm^lJtain their subsistence 
by hunting and trapping and by barter- 
ing with the Ahteua, who bring fur skins 
over the divide be/ween Knik am} Copper 
rs. every winter and stay weeks or months 
with the Knij^f who through this trade 
obtain the clothing, utensils, and even 
luxuries of the whites. Their houses are 
built above ground of logs tightly calked 
with moss and covered with bark '(11th 
Census, Alaska, 70, 1893). They use the 
birch-bark canoe on the inland rivers, 
but purchase skin bidarkas of the Kenai 
or Nikishka people to fish and travel 
Kinik. — Alaska, map, 1884. 
Kinnick.-|4\<#Dff, iKid., 39. K’niq/-a-mut. — Hoff- 
man, KacMik MS., KJ A. E., 1882. 
Knives. Cutting tools are indispensable 
to primitive men, and the greatest in- 
genuity was exercised by the northern 
tribes in their manufacture. Every ma- 
WOMAN’S SLATE KNIFE (ULU); ESKIMO ( 1-4). (MURDOCH) 
terial capable of taking and retaining an 
edge was utilized — wood, reed, bone, ant- 
ler, shell, stone, and metal. Teeth are 
nature’s cutting tools, and the teeth of 
animals (shark, beaver, etc.) were much 
employed by primitive men, as also were 
sharp bits of stone and splinters of wood 
and bone, the natural edges of which 
were artificially sharpened, and natural 
forms were modified to make them more 
effectual. The uses of the knife are in- 
numerable; it served in Avar and was in- 
Obsidian ceremonial 
Blade, 21 in. long; 
California, (holmes) 
Obsidian Knife with handle of 
Otter skin, 7 1-4 in. long; 
CALIFORNIA. (|VIASOn) 
dispensable in every branch of the arts 
of life, in acquiring raw materials, in pre- 
paring them for use, and in shaping 
Avhatever was made. Knives served also 
Jasper Blade, b 3-4 in. 
LONG; CALIFORNIA. 
(wilson) 
Flint Blade with Bev- 
eled Edge (1-2); Okla- 
homa. (holmes) 
Flint Knife with Beveled 
Edge (1-2); Tennessee 
in symbolism and ceremony, and one of 
the most cherished symbols of rank and 
authority Avas the great stone knife 
chipped Avith consummate skill from ob- 
