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!
G- 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.
Gachigundae (Gatc!igu′nda-i,
'village always moving to and fro') A Haida town on the N. E. shore of Alliford
bay, Moresby id., Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col., occupied by a socially low
branch of the Djahui-skwahladagai. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 279, 1905.
Gado (Gadō').
A Haida town said to have stood on the s. side of De la Beche inlet, Moresby id,
Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. Another town of the same name is said to have
stood on the E. side of Lyell id., near the town of Haida. Swanton, Cont.
Haida, 278, 1905.
Gaedi (Gā'-idî,
the name of a fish). A Haida town on the x. E. shore of a small inlet just n. E.
of Huston inlet, Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. It belonged to the
Tadji-lanas, a hand of Ninstints. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 277, 1905.
Gaesigusket (Ga-isiga's-q!eit, 'strait town where
no waves come ashore'). A Haida town on Murchison id, at a point opposite Hot
Springs id., Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. So named because it fronted on
smooth water. It belonged to the Hagilanas of the Ninstints. Swanton, Cont.
Haida, 277, 1905.
Gahlinskun (Gāłî′
nskum, 'high up on a point'). A Haida town N. of C. Ball, on the E.
coast of Graham id., Brit. Col., occupied by the Nikun-kegawai. Work assigned to
it 120 people in 9 houses in 1886-41. A-se-guang, the name given by him, is said
to have been applied to some high land back of the town. Swanton, Cont.
Haida, 280, 1905.
Gaiagunkun (GaiEgA'n kun}. A Haida town said to
have stood near Hot Spring id., Brit. Col. Swanton, Cont. Haida 278, 1905.
Galiano Island. A band of the Penelakut (q. v.) who
speak a Cowichan dialect, residing in s. E. Vancouver id; pop. 32 in 1904.
Can. Ind. Aff. 1904, pt, n, 69, 1905.
Ganadoga. A former Iroquois village on the Canadian
shore of L. Ontario, near the site of Toronto.
Gandaseteiagon. A Cayuga village existing about 1670
near Port Hope, Ontario, on the shore of L. Ontario.
Ganeraske. An Iroquois village that stood about 1670 at
the mouth of Trent r., Ontario, near the N. E. end of L. Ontario.
Ganneious. A former Iroquois village on the n. shore of
L. Ontario, on the present site of Napanee, Ontario.
Gaodjaos (Gaodja'os, 'drum village'). A Haida
town on the s. shore of Lina id., Bearskin bay, Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col.
, occupied by the Hlgaiu-lanas family. It is often referred to in the native
stories. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 279, 1905.
Gao-haidagai ('inlet people'). The name by which the Haida
of Masset inlet and of the N. coast of Queen Charlotte ids. generally were known
to those farther S. (J. R. S.)
Gasins (Gasî'ns
perhaps gambling stick). A Haida town on the N. w. shore of Lina id, Bearskin
bay, Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col.; occupied by the family Hlgaiu-lanas.
Swanton, Cont. Haida, 279, 1905.
Gaspesien (Gaspé
is from gachepe, or kéchpi,
'the end'. Vetromile). A name given by early French writers to a part of the
Micmac living about Gaspe bay on the Gulf of St Lawrence, Quebec providence.
Their dialect differs somewhat from that of the other Micmac. They frequently
crossed the gulf and made war on the Eskimo and Papinachois. In 1884 the
Micrnacs of Gaspe" numbered 71 persons. (J. M.)
Gatga-inans (Gā′tgaīna′ns).
A Haida town on Hippa id., Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. It is in possession
of the family Do-gitinai. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 280, 1905.
Gens de Pied (French: foot people). A former band of
Assiniboin in 33 lodges w. of Eagle hills, Assiniboia, Canada. Henry (1808) in
Coues, New Light, ii, 491, 1897.
Gitin-gidjats (Gitin-gidjats, servants of the Gitins).
A family of the Eagle clan of the Haida. This family, who are of low social rank
and are distributed among the houses of the Gitins of Skidegate, once had a town
in connection with the Lana-chaadus, on Shingle bay, Queen Charlotte ids., Brit.
Col., but people of Kloo enslaved so many of them that they gave up their town
and independent family organization, entering the different houses of the Gitins
as servants. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 273, 1905.
Gitinka-lana (Gî′tînq!a-lā′na).
A town of the Yagunstlan-lnagai of the Haida, on the N. shore of Masset inlet,
Brit. Col., where it expands into the inner bay. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 281,
1905.
Gitins (Gîtî′ns}.
An important subdivision of the Eagle clan of the Haida. Gitins is a synonym for
Eagle clan, and the name of the subdivision would naturally have been
Hlgaiu-gitinai, but the family was so prominent that, as in a similar case at
Masset, it came to be called simply Gitins. This was the subdivision or family
that owned the town of Skidegate, Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. It was
divided into two principal branches Nayuuns-haidagai and Nasagas-haidagai.
Subordinate branches were the Lagalaiguahl-lanas and the Gitin-gidjats. Swanton,
Cont. Haida, 273, 1905.
Goasila (north people ) A Wakashan tribe of Smith
inlet, Brit. Col., speaking the Kwakiutl sub-dialect. The gentes are Gyigyilkam,
Sisintlae, and Komkyutis. One of their towns is Waitlas. Pop. 48 in 1901; 36 in
1904.
Godbout. A trading station of the Montagnais and
Nascapee at the mouth of Godbout r. , on the St Lawrence, Quebec. In 1904 the
Indians there numbered 40, the population having been stationary for 20 years.
Golden Lake. A band of Algonkin occupying a reservation
on Golden lake, Renfrew co., Ontario, near Ottawa r.; pop. 86 in 1900, 97 in
1904.
Grand River Indians. The Iroquois living on Grand r.
Ontario. They numbered 3,230 1884, 4,050 in 1902, 4,195 in 1904.
Guauaenok. A Kwakiutl tribe living on Drury inlet,
Brit. Col. The gentes are Gyigyilkam, Kwakowenok, and Kwikoaenok. Summer
villages are Hohopa and Kunstamish. Pop. 46 in 1895.
Guhlga (Gū′łga). A
legendary Haida town on the N. shore of Skidegate inlet, just above the present
town of Skidegate, Queen Charlotte ids., Brit, Col., where there are now works
for refining dog-fish oil. No native pretends to say what family occupied this
town. (J. R.S.)
Gulhlgildjing (Galłgî′ldijñ,
probably mussel-chewing town). A Haida town on the s. shore of Alliford bay,
Moresby id, Queen Charlotte ids. Brit. Col. Another name for this place (or for
one near it) was Skama. It was occupied by a low social division of the
Djahui-skwahladagai. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 279, 1905.
Gunakhe. The principal village of the Lakweip, situated
on a branch of upper Stikine r., Brit. Col.
Gunghet-haidagai (Ninstints people). A part of the
Haida living about the s. end of Queen Charlotte ids. Brit. Col. In the Masset
dialect their name is Anghethade. The whites formerly called them Ninstints
people, from the name by which their chief town was generally known. Their
language differs somewhat from that spoken by the Haida farther N. The remnant
lives principally at Skidegate. (J. R. S.)
Gwaeskun (Gwā-iskún,
'end of island'). Formerly the northernmost Haida town on Queen Charlotte ids.
Brit. Col. It was named from the cape near by and is said to have been owned by
the Stustas, but it has long been abandoned. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 281, 1905.
Gwaidalgaegins (Gwai-dalga′-igîns,
is land that floats along ) .A former Haida fort belonging to the
Kadusgo-kegawai of Kloo. It was near the mountain called Kinggi, famous in
native legend, on Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. (J. R. S.)
Gwinwah. A former Niska village on Nass r., Brit. Col.
Gyilaktsaoks (Guilaχts′oks,
'people of the canoe planks'). A Tsimshian family living at Kitzilas, on the n.
side of Skeena r., Brit. Col. Boas in Ztschr. f. Ethnol., 232, 1888.
Gyisgahast (Gyîsg·’ahst,
'grass people'). A Niska division of the Gyispawaduweda clan, living in the town
of Kitwinshilk, on Nass r., and a Kitksan division living in the town of
Kitzegukla, on Skeena r., Brit. Col. Boas in 10th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can.,
49-50, 1895.
Gyiskabenak (Gyisk·ab’Enā′q)
.A Niska division of the Lakskiyek clan, living in the town of Lakkulzap, on
Nass r., Brit. Col. Boas in 10th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 49, 1895.
Gyispawaduweda (Gyispawaduw E′da,
'bear'). One of the four Tsimshian clans. Boas in 10th Rep. N. W. Tribes
Can., 49, 50, 1895. Gyispotuwe da. Boas in 5th Rep., ibid., 9, 1889.
Gyitgyigyenik (Gyîtgyîgyē′niH).
A Niska division of the Lakyebo clan, now in the town of Andeguale, on Nass r.,
Brit. Col. Boas in 10th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 49, 1895.
Gyitkadok (GyîHk·’adô′
k·). A Niska division of the Kanhada
clan, now living in the town of Lakkulzap, at the mouth of Nass r., Brit. Col.
Boas in 10th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 49, 1895.
Gyitktsaktl (Gyitχtsä′χtl
'people of the lake shore'). A subdivision of the Kitzilas living in a village
on the s. side of Skeena r., Brit. Col. Boas in Ztschr. f. Ethnol., 232, 1888.
Gyitsaek (Gyits’ä′eK).
A Niska division of the Lakskiyek clan living in the town of Kitwinshilk, on
Nass r., Brit. Col. Boas in 10th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 49, 1895.
Gyitwulnakyel (Gyîtwulnaky’ē′l).
A Niska division of the Lakyebo clan living in the town of Kitlakdamix, on Nass
r., Brit. Col. Boas in 10th Rep. N. W. Tribes Can., 49, 1895.
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