Native American

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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- 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- 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- 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- 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- 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. 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- 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- 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- 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- 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

D- Unknown Locations 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. Destcaraguetaga. Named by La Salle (Margry, Dec., n, 149, 1877) with the Mahican, Manhattan, Minisink, and others as a New England tribe in 1681. Unidentified. Distancia. One of the villages of the Opata. Hrdlicka in Am. Anthrop., vi, 72, 1904. Dubois. Mentioned only by McKenney and Hall (Ind. Tribes, in, 79, 1854) in a list of tribes. Possibly intended for Gens des Bois (Hankutchin, Tschantoga, etc. ); otherwise unidentified.

D- Virginia 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. Dogi. Mentioned by Lederer (Discov., 2, 1672) as a people who inhabited the piedmont region of Virginia before the appearance of the historic tribes in that section. They were extinct at the time of his journey in 1670. Apparently distinct from the Doeg (Nanticoke).

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- Pennsylvania 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. Dekanoagah (between the rapids. Hewitt) . A village, inhabited by Seneca, Nanticoke, Conoy, and remnants of other tribes, placed by Gov. Evans (Day, Penn., 391, 1843) in 1707 on Susquehanna r., about 9 m. from Pequehan, the Shawnee village on the E. side of  the Susquehanna, just below Conestoga cr., in Lancaster co., Pa.

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- 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- 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- 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- 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.