While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
D- 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.
Dadens (Da′dens). A
Haida town on the s. coast of North id., fronting Parry passage, Queen Charlotte
ids., British Columbia. It was the chief town of the Yakulanas previous to their
migration to Prince of Wales id. ; afterward the site was used as a camp, but,
it is said, was not reoccupied as a town. It figures prominently in accounts of
early voyagers, from which it would appear either that it was still occupied in
their time or that it had only recently been abandoned. (J. R. S.)
Dadjingits (Dadji′ñgits,
'common-hat village'). A Haida town on the N. shore of Bearskin bay, Skidegate
inlet, Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. It was occupied for a brief time by part
of the Gitins of Skidegate, afterward known as Nasagas-haidagai, during a
temporary difference with the other branch of the group. Swanton, Cont.
Haida, 279, 1905.
Dahua (Da′xua). A
Haida town N. of Lawn hill, at the mouth of Skidegate inlet, Queen Charlotte
id., Brit. Col. It belonged to the Djahui-skwahladagai, and was noted in legend
as the place where arose the troubles which resulted in separating the later W.
coast Indians from those of Skidegate inlet. It was also the scene of a great
battle between the inlet people and those of the w. coast, in which the latter
were defeated. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 279, 1905.
Daiyu (Daiyū′,
giving-food-to-others town'). A Haida town on Shingle bay, E. of Welcome point,
Moresby id., w. Brit. Col. It was owned by a small band, the Daiyuahl-lanas or
Kasta-kegawai, which received one of its names from that of the town. Swanton,
Cont. Haida, 279, 1905.
Desnedekenade (people of the great river) . A tribe of
the Chipewyan group of the Athapascan family living along the banks of Great
Slave r., Athabasca, Canada. There were 122 enumerated at Ft Resolution and 256
at Smith Landing in 1904.
Djigogiga (Djiogī′ga).
A legendary Haida town of the Kasta-kegawai on Cop per bay, Moresby id., Queen
Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 279, 1905.
Djigua (Dn′gua).
A legendary Haida town on the N. shore of Cumshewa inlet, Queen Charlotte ids.,
Brit. Col., whence the ancestress of the Djiguaahl-lanas, Kai-ahl-lanas,
Kona-kegawai, and Stawas-hai-dagai is said to have come. Swanton, Cont,
Haida, 94, 1905.
Djihuagits (Djixuágîts,
Masset dialect Chawagis, 'always low water'). A Haida town on a creek
just s. of Naikun, E. coast of Graham id., N. w. Brit. Col. Anciently it
belonged to the Naikun-kegawai, but afterward to the Chawagis-atustae. Swanton,
Cont. Haida, 280,1905.
Dog Creek. A Shuswap village or band on upper Fraser r.
below the mouth of Chilcotin r. , Brit. Col. Pop. 14 in 1904. Can. Ind. Aff.
1904, pt. 2, 72, 1904.
Dotuskustl (Dō′t!Ask!AsL,
those who left the west coast ). A subdivision of the Sagua-lanas, a division of
the Eagle clan of the Haida. The name seems to imply that they formerly lived on
the w. coast of Queen" Charlotte ids., Brit. Col., but in historical times they
were in the town of Kung, in Naden harbor, with the other Sagua-lanas. Swanton,
Cont. Haida, 275, 1905.
Douglas. The local name for a body of Lower Lillooet
between Lillooet and Harrison lakes, Brit. Col.; pop. 76 in 1904. Can. Ind.
Aff. 1904, pt, n, 74, 1905.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
