Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico

Hodge, Frederick Webb, Compiler. The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Bureau of American Ethnology, Government Printing Office. 1906.

D- 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. Dakubetede. A group of Athapascan villages formerly on Applegate cr., Oreg. The inhabitants spoke a dialect practically identical with that employed by the Taltushtuntede who lived on Gallice cr. not far from them. They were intermarried with the Shasta, who, with the Takilman, were their neighbors. With other insurgent bands they were removed to the Siletz res. in 1856. Dalles Indians. The Chinookan tribes formerly living at The Dalles, Oreg., and on the opposite side of Columbia r. While tribes … Read more

D- 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. Dasamonquepeuc. An Algonquian village on the coast of Dare co., N. C., opposite Roanpke id., in 1587. Dulastunyi (Dulastûñ′yĭ, potsherd place ). A former Cherokee settlement on Nottely r., Cherokee co., N. C., near the Georgia line. A half-breed (Cherokee ball captain who formerly lived there, John Butler, or Tsanugásita (Sour John) , having been defeated in a ball game, said, in contempt of his men, that they were of no more use than broken pots. Mooney in 19th Rep. … Read more

D- 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. Dayoitgao (there where it issues) . A former Seneca village situated at Squakie hill, on Genesee r., near Mt Morris, N. Y. It received the name Squawkiehah from the fact that 700 Fox (Muskwaki) captives were settled there by the Iroquois in 1681-83. The site was sold by the Seneca in 1825 and relinquished by them in 1827. (J. N. B. H.) Deyodeshot (there is a spring, from the neighboring Avon Springs. Hewitt). A modern Seneca settlement that formerly stood … Read more

D- 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. Dhiu. Mentioned by Oñate (Doc. Ined., xvi, 114, 1871) as a pueblo of New Mexico in 1598. Doubtless situated in the Salinas, in the vicinity of Abo, E. of the Rio Grande, and in all probability a village of the Piros or the Tigua. Dyapige. A prehistoric Tano pueblo s. E. of Lamy, “some distance in the mountains,” N. central New Mexico.

D- 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. Durango. A former Tepehuane settlement, now the capital of the Mexican state of the same name. Orozco y Berra, Geog., 318, 1864.

D- Louisiana 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. Doustioni. A tribe, formerly living on Red r. of Louisiana, that from its proximity to the Natchitoches and the Yatasi was probably kindred thereto and belonged to the Caddo confederacy. The people are mentioned by Joutel, in 1687, as allies of the Kadohadacho. Pénicaut, in 1712, met them with a party of Natchitoches, and remarks that for the 5 years previous they had been constantly wandering, and living by the chase (Margry, Dec., v, 488). Their warriors at that time … Read more

D- Kansas 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. Djestyedje (long lake). A former village of the Kansa on Kansas r., near Lawrence, Kans. Dorsey, Kansa MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1882.

D- Georgia 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. Donally’s Town. A ( Creek?) settlement mentioned in 1793 as situated on Flint r., Ga. Melton in Am. State Papers, Ind. Aff., ii, 372, 1832.

D- 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. Dest. A former village, probably Timuquanan, in Florida, lat. 28 30 7 , near a small lake. Bartram, Voy., i, map, 1799. Duharhe. A country on the coast of Florida, seen by Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon in 1520, whose people were light in color and had abundant hair. The chief who ruled over this and other provinces was said to have been nourished on a certain food that caused him to grow to a gigantic size. Barcia, Ensayo, 4, 1723.

D- 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. Dahnohabe (stone mountain) . A Pomo village said to have been on the w. side of Clear lake, Lake co., Cal., with 70 inhabitants in 1851. Danokha (Danoχo). A former Pomo village on the N. shore of Clear lake, Cal. Dapishul (Dá-pi-shūl, ‘high sun’). A former Pomo village in Redwood valley, Mendocino co., Cal. Powers in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., iii, 155, 1877. Daupom Wintun (sloping-ground Wintun). A Wintun tribe formerly living in Cotton wood valley, Shasta co., Cal. Djishtangading. … Read more

D- 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. Dueztumac. A former Maricopa rancheria about 45 leagues (120 m.) above the mouth of the Rio Gila in s. w. Arizona; visited by Father Sedelmair in 1744. Bancroft, Ariz, and N. Mex., 366, 1889.

Cutalchich Tribe

Cutalchich Indians. A tribe or subtribe that visited the Avavare, in whose country Cabeza de Vaca stayed during the latter part of his sojourn in Texas in 1528-34

Cuñeil Tribe

Cuñeil Indians. A tribe, evidently Yuman, described as inhabiting the territory between San Diego, southern California and the mouth of the Rio Colorado…

Crow Tribe

Crow Lodge of Twenty-five Buffalo Skins, 1832–33

Crow Indians (trans., through French gens des corbeaux, of their own name, Absároke, crow, sparrow hawk, or bird people). A Siouan tribe forming part of the Hidatsa group, their separation from the Hidatsa having taken place, as Matthews (1894) believed, within the last 200 years. Hayden, following their tradition, placed it about 1776. According to this story it was the result of a factional dispute between two chiefs who were desperate men and nearly equal in the number of their followers. They were then residing on Missouri river, and one of the two bands which afterward became the Crows withdrew … Read more

Crow Indian Bands, Gens and Clans

Many tribes have sub-tribes, bands, gens, clans and phratry.  Often very little information is known or they no longer exist.  We have included them here to provide more information about the Crow Tribe. Lewis said the Crow were divided into four bands, called by themselves: Ahaharopirnop Ehartsar Noota Pareescar Culbertson divides the tribe into: Crow People Minesetperi, or Sapsuckers. These two divisions he subdivides into 12 bands, giving as the names only the English equivalents. Morgan gives the following bands: Achepabecha Ahachik Ashinadea Ashbochiah Ashkanena Booadasha Esachkabuk Esekepkabuk Hokarutcha Ohotdusha Oosabotsee Petchaleruhpaka Shiptetza The following is an alphabetical listing of … Read more

Croatan Tribe

Croatan Tribe – The legal designation in North Carolina for a people evidently of mixed Indian and white blood, found in various eastern sections of the state, but chiefly in Robeson County, and numbering approximately 5,000. For many years they were classed with the free Negroes, but steadily refused to accept such classification or to attend the Negro schools or churches, claiming to be the descendants of the early native tribes and of white settlers who had intermarried with them. In the 1880’s their claim was officially recognized and they were given separate legal existence under the title of “Croatan … Read more