Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico Collections – Page 45 of 65

E- Oregon Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Enitunne (‘people’ at the base of a plateau’). A village of the Tututni near the mouth of a southern affluent of Rogue r., Oreg. Enitunne. A part of the Mishikwutmetunne in a village on upper Coquille r., Oreg. Etaatthatunne (people at the cove). A village of the Tututni of Oregon. Eushtat (E’-ushtat). The principal settlement of the Klamath on lower William son r., near lower Klamath lake, Klamath co., Oreg. Gatschet in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., ii, pt. 2, 32, … Read more

E- North Carolina Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Echota (corruption of Itsǎ´tĭ, meaning unknown). The name of several Cherokee towns. (1) the most important often distinguished as Great Echota was on the s. side of Little Tennessee r., a short distance below Citico cr., in Monroe co., Tenn. It was the ancient capital and sacred “peace town” of the nation. At that place there is a large mound. (2) Little Echota was on Sautee (Itsâ′tĭ) cr., a head-stream of the Chattahoochee, w. of Clarkesville, Ga. (3) New Echota, … Read more

E- New York Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Esopus (sip ‘river’-us ‘small’). A division of the Munsee that lived along the w. bank of Hudson r. in Greene and Ulster cos., N. Y., above the Minisink, who formed the main division. Esopus is the old name of Kingston, which was their principal rendezvous. Under this name were included the Catskill, Mamekoting, Waoranec, Warranawonkong, and Wawarsink, sometimes called the five tribes of the Esopus country. They continued to reside about Kingston until some joined the Moravian Munsee and Mahican … Read more

E- New Mexico Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. El Morro (Span.: ´the castle`). A pre historic ruined pueblo, consisting of the remains of two blocks of dwellings, situated on the summit of a rock mesa called El Morro, or Inscription Rock, about 35m. E. of Zuni, Valencia co., N. Mex. The pueblo is reputed to be of Zuñi origin, but there is only legendary testimony of this. The peñol is called El Morro on account of its fancied resemblance to a castle from a distance, and Inscription Rock … Read more

E- New Jersey Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Edgpiiliik. A Delaware village in w. New Jersey in 1792. Eriwonec. A former Delaware village on the E. bank of Delaware r., about Old Man s cr., in Salem or Gloucester co., N. J. The village was next above the Asomoche and 5 m. below the Rancocas. In 1648 the population numbered about 200, but had just been at war with the Conestoga.

E- Mississippi Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. East Abeika. (Aiabeka, ‘unhealthful place’). A former Choctaw town at the mouth of Straight cr., an affluent of the Sukenatcha, in Kemper co., Miss. Called East Abeika to distinguish it from another town of the same name. Halbert in Miss. Hist. Soc. Publ., vi, 425, 1902. See Abihka. Ebita Poocola Chitto (I betap okla chitto, ‘fountain-head big people’). A former Choctaw town, noted by Romans, believed to have been situated on the head of Straight cr., in Kemper co., Miss., … Read more

E- Mexican Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Ecatacari. A rancheria of either the Eudeve or the Nevome of Sonora, Mexico, in the early part of the 18th century. It was probably situated near Matape. Writer of 1702(?) in Doc. Hist. Mex., 4th s., v, 126, 1857. Echojoa. A Mayo settlement on the Rio Mayo, above Santa Cruz, s. w. Sonora, Mexico; pop. 444 in 1900. Entubur. A former rancheria, probably of the Papago, visited by Kino and Mange in 1694; situated between Tubutama and Busanic, lat. 31, … Read more

E- Louisiana Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

E- Indiana Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Eel River Indians. A part of the Miami, formerly living in Indiana. Their village was at Thorntown, Boone co., where they had a reservation, which was sold in 1828, the band removing to the Miami res. between the Wabash and Eel rs., in Miami co. They afterward shared the general fortunes of the tribe.

E- Georgia Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

E- Florida Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Ebiamana. An unidentified village in N. Florida about 1565. De Bry, Brev. Nar.ii, map, 1591. Eclauou. A village of the Utina (Timucua) confederacy in central Florida in the 16th century. Laudonnière (1564) in French, Hist. Coll. La., n. s., 243, 1869. Edelano. An unidentified village on an island in St Johns r., Fla., in the 16th century. Laudonnière (1564) in French, Hist. Coll. La., n. s., 287, 1869. Elochuteka. A former village, probably Seminole, between Hillsboro and Big Withlacoochee rs., … Read more

E- Canadian Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Ecorce. A band of Nipissing living at Oka, Canada, in 1736. Their totem was the birch. Chauvignerie calls them L’Ecoree, evidently intended for L’Ecorce. Ecureuil (French: squirrel). Spoken of as a tribe formerly living between Tadoussac and Hudson bay, Quebec province, Canada; destroyed by the Iroquois in 1661. Probably a Montagnais band living about the headwaters of Three rs., possibly about the lake named Ouapichiouanon in the Jesuit Relations. Edjao (³I′djao). A Haida town situated around a hill of the … Read more

E- California Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Echantac. A village, presumably Costanoan, formerly connected with San Juan Bautista mission, Cal. Engelhardt, Franciscans in Cal., 398, 1897. Ecbilat. A former village of the Rumsen division of the Costanoan family situated 12 in. s. E. of San Carlos mission, Cal. Echiulit. A Tolowa village at a lagoon on the coast about 5 m. N. of Crescent, Cal. (P. E. G). Eguianna-cahel (water-hole of the mountain). A rancheria, probably Cochimi, connected with Purisima (Cadegomo) mission, Lower California, in the 18th … Read more

E- Arizona Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Elogio. A Papago settlement, probably in Pima co., s. Ariz. , with 66 inhabitants in 1858. Bailey in Ind. Aff. Rep., 208, 1858. Epley’s Ruin. A large prehistoric pueblo ruin on the outskirts of Solomonsville, on the Gila, s. E. Ariz. So called from the owner of the ranch on which it is situated. Fewkes in 22d Rep. B. A. E.. 171, 1904. Esqugbaag. Formerly a rancheria, probably of the Sobaipuri, and a visita of the mission of Suamca about … Read more

E- Alaska Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Eider (trans, of Igognak, ‘eider duck’). An Aleut village on Captain bay, Unalaska, Alaska, at a point of the same name. Pop. 39 in 1830, according to Veniaminoff. Eiwhuelit. A division of the Yuit Eskimo on St Lawrence id., Bering sea. Bogoras says “they are plainly a colony from the nearest [Siberian] shore, probably from Indian point.” The villages are Chibukak, Chitnak, Kialegak, Kukuliak, Puguviliak, and Punuk. Ekaloaping. A Padlimiut Eskimo settlement in Padli fjord, Baffin land. Ekaluakdjuin. A summer … Read more

E- Alabama Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements

Native American villages and towns in Alabama that start with the letter E, along with a brief description. A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico. Emussa (imúsa, ‘affluent’, ‘tributary’). Mentioned as a Lower Creek town formerly on lower Chattahooche r., Henry co., Ala., 2 m. above Wikaiva, near the junction of Omussee cr., with 20 inhabit ants in 1820. It seems to be equally probable that the settlement, which is not mentioned by early writers, composed of Yamasi, from whom it derived its name. Eufaula. A former … Read more

Dwamish Tribe

A small body of Salish near Seattle, Washington, which city was named from a chief of these and the Suquamish tribes. Their proper seat, according to Gibbs, was at the outlet of Lake Washington. In 1856 they were removed to the east shore of Bainbridge Island, but owing to the absence of a fishing ground were shortly afterwards taken to Holderness point, on the west side of Elliot Bay, which was already a favorite place for fishing. The name, being well known, has been improperly applied collectively to a number of distinct bands in this neighborhood. Their population about 1856 … Read more

Duwamish Tribe

A small body of Salish near Seattle, Washington, which city was named from a chief of these and the Suquamish Indians. Their proper seat, according to Gibbs, was at the outlet of Lake Washington. In 1856 they were removed to the east shore of Bainbridge Island, but owing to the absence of a fishing ground were shortly afterwards taken to Holderness point, on the west side of Elliot Bay, which was already a favorite place for fishing. The name, being well known, has been improperly applied collectively to a number of distinct bands in this neighborhood. Their population about 1856 … Read more

Dutch Influence on Indians in America

The influence of the Dutch on the Indians North of Mexico was confined to the period (1609-64) from Hudson’s visit to the surrender of New Amsterdam and its dependencies to the English. The region in which this influence was exerted lies between the Susquehanna and Connecticut rs., and between the Atlantic and L. Ontario. Ft Orange, now the city of Albany, was a noted trading post of the Dutch, and there they came in contact with the Iroquoian tribes of the N., in addition to the Algonquian tribes of the S. The harsh conduct of Hudson toward the Indians met … Read more

Dry Painting

Dry painting – An art existing among the Indians, especially those of the S. W., the products of which have been named sand altars, sand pictures or paintings, and sand mosaics by various authors. It is doubtless of aboriginal origin and of great antiquity, but it has come to the knowledge of white people only within the last 25 years. The art has been found among various Pueblo tribes of New Mexico and Arizona, among the wilder Navaho and Apache of the same region, and, in crude form, among the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Siksika. According to Navaho information, dry-painting was … Read more