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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 same name, at the E. end of Masset
village, Queen Charlotte ids. , Brit. Col. It was occupied by the Aoyaku-lnagai,
a branch, of the Yaku-lanas, and, according to the old men, consisted in later
times of about 6 houses, which would have contained nearly a hundred persons.
Later it came to be included within the limits of Masset. Swanton, Cont,
Haida, 99, 1905.
Eeksen (Ē′exsẹn).
A Salish tribe about Oyster bay, E. coast of Vancouver id., speaking the Comox
dialect. Boas, MS., B. A. E., 1887.
Eesteytoch. Given as a tribe on Cascade inlet, Brit.
Col. ; probably a village group of the Bellacoola.
Egan. An Algonquian settlement in Maniwaki township,
Ottawa co., Quebec, containing 225 Indians in 1884.
Ehatisaht. A Nootka tribe on Esperanza inlet, w. coast
of Vancouver id., Brit. Col. ; pop. 101 in 1902, 95 in 1904. Their principal
village is Oke. From their waters came the larger part of the supply of
dentalium shells extensively used on the Pacific coast as media of exchange.
Ekiondatsaan. A Huron village in Ontario about 1640.
Ekoolthaht ('bushes-on-hill people'). A Nootka tribe
formerly inhabiting the shores of Barclay sd., w. coast of Vancouver id. ; pop.
48 in 1879. They have now joined the Seshart.
Ekuhkahshatin. A Shuswap village on a small branch of
Deadman cr., a N. affluent of Thompson r., Brit. Col. Pop., with Skichistan (q.
v.), 118 in 1904.
Ekuks. A Squawmish village community on the right bank
of Squawmisht r., w. Brit, Col.
Elhlateese. The principal village of the Uchucklesit
(q. v.) at the head of Uchucklesit harbor, Alberni canal, Vancouver id.; pop. 45
in 1902. Can. Ind. Aff., 263, 1902.
Elothet. Given by Kelley (Oregon, 68, 1830) as a
Nootka town on Vancouver id. under chief Wickaninish; possibly in tended for
Ucluelet.
Enias. A local name for a body of Upper Lillooet on
Seton lake, in 1902 reduced to a single individual. Can. Ind. Aff., pt, n,
72, 1902.
Epinette. A Chippewa band which formerly lived on the
N. shore of L. Superior, E. of Michipicoton r., Ontario. Dobbs, Hudson Bay, 32,
1744.
Esbataottine (? 'bighorn people'). A Nahane tribe
living in the mountains between Liard and Peace rs., Brit. Col. They are said to
be of a very low grade of culture and to practise cannibalism, probably under
stress of hunger.
Escoumains (probably from ashkĭmin,
or askĭmĭn,
'early berry'. W. J). A Montagnais band living on a reserve of 97 acres on the
s. w. side of . Escoumains r., on the N. shore of the St Lawrence, in Saguenay
co., Quebec. They numbered 53 in 1884, 43 in 1904.
Eskegawaage. One of the 7 districts of the territory of
the Micah as recognized by themselves. It includes E. Nova Scotia from Canso to
Halifax. Rand, First Micmac Reading Book, 81, 1875.
Eskusone. A Micmac village formerly in Cape Breton.
Rand, First Micmac Heading Book, 87, 1875.
Esquimalt. The local name for a body of Songish at the
s. E. end of Vancouver id., under the Cowichan agency; pop. 15 in 1901, 20 in
1904. Can. Ind. Aff., pt. 2, 66, 1902; pt. 2, 69, 1904.
Etechesottine (horn mountain people). A division of the
Etchareottine occupying the country between Great Slave and La Martre lakes,
Mackenzie Ter., Can. Franklin erroneously considered them Thlingchadinneh.
Etleuk. A Squawmish village community on the right bank
of Squawmisht r., w. British Columbia.
Etsekin. A winter village of the Kwakiutl proper on
Havannah channel, w. coast of British Columbia.
Ettchaottine ('people who act contrarily). A Nahane
tribe of which one division lives on Francis lake, British Columbia, another in
the neighborhood of old Ft Halkett (Hardisty in Smithson. Rep. 1866, 311,
1872). Their name came from their warlike habits. Ross (MS., B. A. E.)
gave their pop. in 1858 as 435.
Ewawoos. A Cowichan tribe whose town was Skeltem, 2 in.
above Hope, Fraser r., Brit. Col.; pop. 27 in 1904.
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