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Indian Tribes 1880- A-B-C
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Abekas, probably Muskogees,
under the French at Tombeckbee in 1750.
Abenakies, over Maine till 1754, then went to
Canada; 200 in 1689, 150 in 1780.
Absoroka, (Minetare) S. branch Yellowstone; lat. 46°,
lon. 105°; 45 000 in 1834.
Accokesaw, W side Colorado, about 200 m. S.W.
of Nacogdoches, in 1805.
Acomak, one of the six tribes in Virginia when
settled by the English in 1607.
Adaize, 4 m. from Nachitoches, on Lake Macdon - 40
men in 1805.
Adirondaks, (Algonkin) along the N. shore St.
Lawrence; 100 in 1786.
Affagoula, small clan in 1783, on Mississippi r., 8
m. above Point Coupé.
Agawom, (Wampanoags,) at Sandwich, Mass.; others at
Ipswich, in 1620, &c.
Ahwahaway, (Minetare,) S. W. Missouri 1820, 3 m.
above Mandans; 200 in 1806.
Ajoues, S. of the Missouri, and N. of the Padoucas;
1,100 in 1760.
Alannar, (Fall,) head branches S. fork Saskashawan;
2,500 in 1804.
Algonkin, over Canada; from low down the St.
Lawrence to Lake of the Woods.
Aliatan, three tribes in 1805 among the Rocky
Mountains, on heads Platte.
Aliche, near Nacogdoches in 1805, then nearly
extinct; spoke Caddo.
Allakaweah, (Paunch,) both sides Yellowstone, heads
Big Horn r. ; 2,300 in 1805.
Allibama, (Creeks) formerly on that river, but removed
to Red River in 1764.
Amalistes, (Algonkins,) once on St. Lawrence; 500 in 1760.
Anasaguntakook, (Abenaki,) on sources Androscoggin, in Maine, till
1750.
Andastes, once on S. shore Lake Erie, S.W. Senecas,
who destroyed them in 1672.
Apaches, (Lapane,) between Rio den Norse and
sources of Nuaces r. 3,500 in 1817.
Apalachicola, once on that r. in W. Florida;
removed to Red River in 1764.
Appalousa, aboriginal in the country, of their
name; but 40 men in 1805.
Aquanuschioni, the name by which the Iroquois knew themselves.
Arapahas, S. side main Canada River; 4,000 in 1836,
on Kanzas River.
Armouchiquois, or Marachite, (Abenaki,) on
River St. John, New Brunswick.
Arrenamuse, on St. Antonio River, near its mouth,
in Texas; 120 in 1818.
Assinnaboin, (Sioux,) between Assinn, and Missourir; 1,000 on
Ottawa r. in 1838.
Atenas, in a village with the Faculli in 1836 west
of the Rocky Mountains.
Athapascow, about the shores of the great lake of
their name.
Atnas, (Ojibewas,) next S. of the Athapascow, about
lat. 57° N., in 1790.
Attacapan, in a district of their name in
Louisiana; but 50 men in 1805.
Attapulgas, (Seminoles,) on Little r., a branch of
Oloklikana, 1820, and 220 souls.
Attikamigues, in N. of Canada, destroyed by
pestilence in 1670.
Aucosisco, (Abenaki,) between the Saco and
Androscoggin River in 1630, &c.
Aughquaga, on E. branch Susquehannah River; 150 in
1768; since extinct.
Ayauais, 40 leagues up the Des Moines, S. E. side;
800 in 1805.
Ayutans, 8,000 in 1820, S. W. the Missouri, near
the Rocky Mountains.
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Bayogoula, W. bank
Mississippi, opposite the Colipasa; important in 1699.
Bedies, on Trinity River, La., about 60 m. S. of Nacogdoches; 100
in 1805.
Big-Devils, (Yonktons,) 2,500 in 1836; about the heads of Red
River.
Biloxi, at Biloxi, Gulf Mex., 1699; a few on Red r., 1804, where
they, had removed.
Blackfeet, Sources Missouri; 30,000 in 1834; nearly destroyed by
small-pox, 1838.
Blanche, (Bearded, or White,) upper S. branches of the Missouri to
1820.
Blue-Mud, W., and in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains in 1820.
Brotherton, near Oneida Lake; composed of various tribes; 350 in
1836.
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Caddo, on Red River in 1717,
powerful; on Sodo Bay in 1800; in 1804, 100 men.
Cadodache, (Nacogdochet,) on Angelina r., 100 m. above the Nechez;
60 in 1820.
Caiwas, or Kaiwa, on main Canada River, and
S. of it in 1830.
Calasthocles, N. Columbia, on the Pacific, next N. the Chillates;
200 in 1820.
Callimix, coast of the Pacific, 40 m. N. Columbia
River; 1,200 in 1820.
Camanches, (Shoshone,) warlike and numerous; in interior of Texas.
Canarsee, on Long Island, N. Y., in 1610 from the W. end to
Jamaica.
Cances, (Kansas,) 1805, from Bay of St. Bernard, over Grand r,
toward Vera Cruz.
Canibas, (Abenaki,) numerous in 1607, and after; on
both sides Kennebeck River.
Carankoua, on peninsula of Bay of St. Bernard,
Louisiana; 1,500 in 1805.
Caree, on the coast between the Nuáces
and Riodel Norte; 2,600 in 1817.
Carriers, (Nateotetains,) a name given the natives of N. Caledonia
by traders.
Castahana, between sources Padouca fork and
Yellowstone; 5,000 in 1805.
Cataka, between N. and S. forks of Chien River;
about 3,000 in 1804.
Catawba, till late, on their river in S. Carolina; 1,500 in 1743,
and 450 in 1764.
Cathlacumups, on main shore Columbia River, S. W.
Wappatoo i.; 450 in 1820.
Cathlakahikit, at the rapids of the Columbia, 160
m. up 900 in 1820.
Cathlakamaps, 80 m. up Columbia River ; about 700
in 1820.
Cathlamat, on the Pacific, 30 m. S. mouth of Columbia River; 600 in
1820.
Cathlanamenamen, on an island in mouth of Wallaumut
River; 400 in 1820.
Cathlanaquiah, (Wappatoo,) S.
W. side Wappatoo Island; 400 in
1820.
Cathlapootie, on Columbia Ricer, opposite the
Cathlakamaps; 1,100 in 1820.
Cathlappoya, 500 in 1820, on the Wallaumut River, 60 m. from its
mouth.
Cathlasko, 900 in 1820, on Columbia River, opposite
the Chippanchikchiks,
Cathlathlalas, 900 in 1820, on Columbia River,
opposite the Cathlakahikits.
Cathlath, 500 in 1820, oil the Wallaumut River, 60 m. from its
mouth
Cattanahaw, between the Saskashawan and Missouri Rivers, in 1805.
Caughnawaga, places where Christians lived were so
called.
Chactoo, on Red River; in 1805, but 100; indigenous always lived
there.
Chaouanons, the French so called the Shawanese;
Chowans ?)
Cheegee, (Cherokees,) 50 to 80 m. S. of them; called also Mid.
Settlement, 1780.
Chehawas, small tribe oil Flint River, destroyed by
Georgia militia in 1817.
Chepeyan, claim from lat. 60° to 65°, Lon. 100°
to 110° W.; 7,500 in 1512.
Cherokee, in Georgia, S. Carolina, &c., till 1836; then forced
beyond the Mississippi.
Cheskitalowa, (Seminoles,) 580 in 1820, W. side
Chattahoochee.
Chien, (Dog) near the sources Chien River; 300 in
1800 ; 200 in 1820.
Chiheeleesh, 40 m. N. of Columbia Ricer; 1,400 in
1820
Chickasaw, between heads of Mobile River in 1780;
once 10,000; now in Arkansas.
Chippanchikchiks, 60 in 1820, N, side Columbia
River, 220 m. from it, mouth.
Chikahomini, on Matapony River, Va., in 1661; but 3
or 4 in 1790; now extinct.
Chikamaugas, on Tennessee Ricer, 90 m. below the
Cherokees, in 1790.
Chillates, 150 in 1820, oil the Pacific, N.
Columbia River, beyond the Quieetsos.
Chillukittequau, On the Columbia, next below the
Narrows; 1,400 in 1820.
Chiltz, N. of Columbia River, on the Pacific, next
N. of the Killaxthoeles.
Chimnahpum, on Lewis River, N. W. side of the
Columbia; 1800 in 1820.
Chinnook, on N. side Columbia Ricer; in 1820, about
400 in 28 lodges.
Chippewas, about Lake Superior, and other vast
regions of the N., very numerous.
Chitimicha, On W, bank Miss. Ricer in 1722; once
powerful, then slaves.
Choktaw, S. of the Creeks ; 15,000 in 1812;
in 1848 in Arkansas.
Chopunnish, on Kooskooskee River 4,300 in 1806, in
73 lodges.
Chowanok, (Shawanese?) in N. Carolina, oil Bennet's
Creek, in 1708; 3,000 in 1630.
Chowans, E. of the Tuscaroras in N. Carolina; 60
join the Tuscaroras in 1720.
Christenaux, only another spelling of Knistenaux,
which see.
Clahclellah, 700 in 1820, on the Columbia River,
below the rapids.
Clakstar, W. R., on a river flowing into the
Columbia at Wappatoo Island.
Clamoctomich, on the Pacific, next N, of the Chiltz
; 260 in 1820.
Clanimatas, On the S.W. side of Wappatoo Island;
200 in 1520, W. R.
Clannarminimuns, S. W. side of Wappatoo Island; 280
in 1820, W. R.
Clatsop, about 2 m. N. of the mouth of Columbia
River; 1,300 in 1820.
Clarkames, on a river of their name flowing into
the Wallaumut; 1800 in 1820.
Cneis, on a river flowing into Sabine Lake, 1690;
the Coenis
of Hennepin, probably.
Cohakies, nearly destroyed in Potiak's time; in
1800, a few near Lake Winnebago
Colapissas, on E. bank Mississippi in 1720,
opposite head of Lake Pontchartrain.
Conchattas, came to Appaloosas in 1794, from E the
Mississ.; in 1801, oil Sabine.
Congarees, a small tribe on Congaree River S.
Carolina, in 1701; long since gone.
Conoys, perhaps Kanhawas being once on that river;
(Canais, and variations.)
Cookkoo-oose,1,500 in 1806, coast of Pacific, S. of
Columbia r., and S.of Killawats
Coopspellar, on a river falling into the Columbia,
N. of Clark's; 1,110 in 1806.
Coosadas, (Creeks,) once resided near the River
Tallapoosie.
Copper, so called from their copper ornaments, on
Cappermine River, in the north.
Corees, (Tuscaroras ) on Neils River N Carolina, in
1700, and subsequently.
Coronkawa, On St. Jacintho River, between Trinity
and Brazos; 350 in 1820
Cowlitsick, on Columbia, Ricer, 62 m. from its
mouth in 3 villages; 2,400 in 1820.
Creeks (Muscogees ) Savannah r. to St. Augustine,
thence to Flint r., 1730.
Crees, (Lynx, or Cat,) another name of the
Knistenaux, or a part of them.
Crows, (Absorokas,) S, branches of the Yellowstone
Ricer 45,000 in 1834.
Cutsahnim, on both sides Columbia River, above the
Sokulks; 1,200 in 1820.
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Handbook
of American Indians, 1906
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