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for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
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A complete listing of all the Indian
villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of
Mexico.
Hachaath. An extinct Nootka tribe which formerly lived
on or N. of Barclay id, Vancouver id.
Haena. A former Haida town on the E. end of Maude id.,
Skidegate inlet, Queen Charlotte ids. , Brit. Col. It is said to have been
occupied in very early times by the Djahui-skwahladagai, and in recent years it
was reoccupied by the west coast Haida, who desired to be nearer the traders,
but after a comparatively short occupancy the people moved to Skidegate about
1880. There are said to have been 13 houses, which would indicate a population
of about 150. (J. R. S.)
Hagi (Xā′gî,
said to mean striped ). A Haida town on or near the largest of the Bolkus ids.,
Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. It derived its name from a reef which, in local
mythology, w r as the first land to appear above the waters of the flood,
bearing the ancestress of all the Raven people upon it. The town was occupied by
a Ninstints division of the same name. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 277, 1905.
Hagi-lanas (Xā′gi-lā′nas,
'people of striped (?) town'.). A subdivision of the Haida, belonging to the
Raven clan and occupying the town of Hagi, on Hagi id., Queen Charlotte ids.,
Brit. Col. From the circumstance attending their supposed origin (see Hagi) the
family claimed to be the oldest on the islands, but it is now represented by
only two or three individuals. There were two subdivisions, the Huldanggats and
the Keda-lanas. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 268, 1905.
Hagonchenda. A former Iroquois town, probably belonging
to the people of Tequenondahi, and situated in 1535 not far from the junction of
Jacques Cartier r. with the St Lawrence. The chief of this town gave a small
girl to Cartier on his second voyage, and placed Cartier on his guard against
the machinations of the chiefs of the peoples dwelling around Stadacona and
elsewhere on the St Lawrence. For this reason Cartier, in his third voyage, in
1540, gave this chief 2 small boys to learn the language, and also a "cloak of
Paris red, which "cloak was set with yealow and white buttons of Tinne, and
small belles." See Cartier, Bref Récit, 67, 1863. (J. N. B. H.)
Hagwilget (Tsimshian: well dressed ). The chief village
of the Hwotsotenne, on Bulkley r., 3 m. S. E. of Hazelton, Brit. Col. ; pop. 500
in 1870, 161 in 1904.
Hahuamis. A Kwakiutl tribe living on Wakeman sd., Brit.
Col.; pop. 63 in 1901, the last time they were officially reported. They are
divided into three gentes: Gyeksem, Gyigyilkam, and Haaialikyauae. Boas in
Rep. Nat. Mus., 331, 1895.
Haim. A body of Salish of Kamloops agency, Brit. Col.,
numbering 26 in 1885.
Hakouchirmiou (probably misprint for Hakouchiriniou).
Mentioned by Dobbs (Hudson Bay, 23, 1744), as a tribe, on or near Bourbon
(Nelson) r., Brit. Am., at war with the Maskegon. Possibly a division of the
Cree or of the Assiniboin.
Halant. A Shuswap village 3 m. below Shuswap lake,
Brit. Col.; pop. 152 in 1904.
Hamilton Creek. The local name for a body of Salish of
Kamloops-Okanagan agency, Brit. Col.; pop. 38 in 1901 (Can. Ind. Aff. for
1901, pt. n, 166), after which date the name does not occur.
Hanehewedl (XanExEwê′,
stone by or near the trail). A village of the Nicola band of the Ntlakyapamuk,
near Nicola r., 27 m. above Spences Bridge, Brit. Col. Teit in Mem. Am. Mus.
Nat. Hist., n, 174, 1900.
Harrison River. The local name for a body of Cowichan near lower
Fraser r., Brit. Col. (Can. Ind. Aff. for 1878, 78); evidently the
Scowlitz, or the Chehalis, or both.
Hartwell. An Algonquian settlement, containing 25
persons in 1884, in Ottawa co., Quebec. Can. Ind. Aff, 1884.
Hastings Saw Mill. A local name for a body of Squawmish
of Fraser River agency, Brit. Col.; pop. 91 in 1898, the last time the name is
mentioned.
Hata. A Tsawatenok village at the head of Bond sd.,
Brit. Col.
Hatch Point. A local name for a body of Salish of
Cowichan agency, Vancouver id.; pop. 4 in 1896, the last time reported.
Hellelt. A Salish tribe on Chimenes r., s. w. Vancouver
id., speaking the Cowichan dialect; pop. 28 in 1904.
Helshen ('sandy beach'; lit, 'soft to the foot'). A
Squawmish village community on Burrard inlet, Brit. Col.
Heshque. The principal village of the Hesquiat (q. v.),
on Hesquiat harbor, Vancouver id. Can. Ind. Aff., 264, 1902.
Hesquiat. A Nootka tribe on Hesquiat harbor and the
coast to the westward, Vancouver id.; pop. 162 in 1901, 150 in 1904. Their
principal village is Heshque.
Heudao (Xe-uda′o,
'the village that fishes toward the south'). A Haida town of the Kaidju-kegawai
on the E. side of Gull pt., Prevost id., Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col.
Swanton, Cont. Haida, 277, 1905.
Hiluys. An unidentified tribe, said to have lived on
Laredo channel, Brit. Col., about lat. 52 30 (Scott in Ind. Aff. Rep., 316,
1868). This is in the country of the Kittizoo.
Hlagi (Łāa′gi).
A town of the Kaidju-kegawai family of the Haida, on an is land near the E. end
of Houston Stewwart channel, Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. Swanton, Cont.
Haida, 277, 1905.
Hlakeguns (Łaqē′
gAns). A town of the Kuna-lanas on Yagun r., at the head of Masset inlet,
Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 281, 1905.
Hlgadun (ŁgadA′n,
'suffering from over work'). A town of the Skidai-lanas on Moresby id., opposite
and facing Anthony id., Queen Charlotte group, Brit. Col. It is prominent in
Haida mythology. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 277, 1905.
Hlgaedlin (Łgā′-iLn,
probably 'where they wash the frames upon which salal berries are dried') . A
Haida town occupied by a branch of the Kona-kegawai called Sus-haidagai;
situated on the s. side of Tanoo id, s. E. Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col.
Swanton, Cont. Haida, 278, 1905.
Hlgahet (Łgā′xet,
pebble town .) A former Haida town near Skidegate, Queen Charlotte ids., Brit.
Col. It was purchased from its earlier owners, the Kogangas, by a branch of the
Yaku-lanas who were afterward known as the Hlgahetgu-lanas, from the name of
their town. (J. R. S.)
Hlgai (Łgā′i}.
Said to have been the name of a tow r n at the head of Skedans bay, w. coast of
the Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 279, 1905.
Hlgaiha (Łgā′-ixa,
from lgai 'to dig', xa 'to put in'). A semi-legendary Haida town
N. of Dead Tree pt., at the entrance of Skidegate inlet, Queen Charlotte ids,
Brit. Col. From this place the great Gitins family of Skidegate is said to have
sprung. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 99, 1905.
Hlgaiu (Łgā′-u′
probably 'place of stones'). A town and camping place of the Djahui-skwahladagai
of the Haida, s. of Dead Tree pt., at the entrance to Skidegate inlet, Queen
Charlotte ids, Brit. Col. One of the names of the town of Skidegate is
said to have been derived from this. (J. R. S.)
Hlgaiu-lanas (Łgai-u
lá′nas, Skidegate town people ) . A
division of the Raven clan of the Haida who originally owned the town of
Skidegate, Brit. Col., and hence came to be called by the Haida name of the
town. Later they gave the town to the Gitins in payment for an in jury inflicted
on one of the latter, and moved to Gaodjaos, farther up the inlet. A subdivision
was called Hlgagilda-kegawai. (J. R. S.)
Hlgan (ŁgAn,
'killer-whale's dorsal fin'). A Haida town s. of Tigun, on the w. coast of
Graham id., Queen Charlotte group, Brit. Col., occupied by the Dostlan-lnagai.
The Koetas are said to have lived at this place before they moved to Alaska, and
the town is said to have been so named on account of a rock which stands up in
front of it like the dorsal fin of a killer-whale. (J. R. S.)
Hlgihla-ala (Łgī′łA
ála, probably 'town of the ditches'). A
former Haida town N. of Cape Ball, E. shore of Graham id, Queen Charlotte group,
Brit. Col. It was occupied by the Naikun-kegawai. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 280,
1905.
Hlielung (Łi′elAñ).
A former Haida town of the Kuna-lanas family on the right bank of a river of the
same name (Hi-ellen on Dawson's chart), which flows into Dixon entrance at the
foot of Tow hill, N. coast of Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. The town was
erroneously thought by Dawson (Queen Charlotte Ids., 165B, 1880) to be the
Ne-coon of John Work. (J. R. S.)
Hlielungkun-lnagai (Łi′elAñ
kun lnagā'-i,
'Łi′elAñ
river point town-people'). A town of the Kuna-lanas, belonging to the Raven clan
of the Haida, situated on a river of the same name (called Hiellen on Dawson s
map). (J. R. S.)
Hlkia (Łk!iä′,
'chicken-hawk town or saw-bill town') A former Haida town on the outer side of
Lyell id., Queen Charlotte ids. , Brit. Col. It was occupied by the
Kona-kegawai. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 278, 1905.
Hluln (Łεuln).
A former Haida town in Naden harbor, Graham id., Queen Charlotte group, Brit.
Col. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 281, 1905.
Hochelaga (dialectic form of Hochelayi, 'at the
place of the [beaver] dam'). A former Iroquoian town, strongly palisaded,
situated in 1535 on Montreal id., Canada, about a mile from the mountain first
called "Mont Royal" by Cartier. At that time it contained about 50 typical
Iroquoian lodges, each 50 or more paces in length and 12 or 15 in breadth, built
of wood and covered with very broad strips of bark, neatly and deftly joined.
Estimating 12 fires and 24 firesides, each of three persons, to every lodge, the
total population would have been about 3,600. The upper portion of the lodges
was used for storing corn, beans, and dried fruits. The inhabitants pounded corn
in wooden mortars with pestles and made a paste of the meal, which was molded
into cakes that were cooked on large hot rocks and covered with hot pebbles.
They also made many soups of corn, beans, and peas, of which they had a
sufficiency. In the lodges were large vessels in which smoked fish was stored
for winter use. They were not travelers like those of "Canada" and " Saguenay",
although, according to Cartier, the said Canadians are subject to them with 8 or
9 other peoples along the river." (J.N. B.H)
Hochelayi (at the place of the [beaver] dam). A former
Iroquoian town, situated in 1535 in a flat country not far from the junction of
Jacques Cartier r. with the St Lawrence, and probably near the present Pt
Platon, Quebec. (J. N. B. H.)
Hohopa (Ho-ho-pa}. A Koeksotenok village on the
w. coast of Baker id., Brit. Col. Dawson in Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., sec. 2,
73, 1887.
Homalko. A Salish tribe on the E. side of Bute inlet,
Brit. Col., speaking the Comox dialect; pop. 89 in 1904.
Homulchison. A Squawmish village community at Capilano
cr., Burrard inlet, Brit. Col.; the former headquarters of the supreme chief of
the tribe. Pop. 45 in 1904.
Hotao (Xō′tao).
A legendary Haida town that is said to have stood on the s. w. coast of Maude
id, Queen Charlotte group, Brit. Col. From this place, according to one account,
came the ancestress of the Hlgaiu-lanas. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 279, 1905.
Hotdjihoas (Xō′tdjixoa′s,
'hair seals at low tide'). A former Haida tow r n on Lyell id., near the N. end
of Darwin sd., Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. It was occupied by the
Hagi-lanas. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 277, 1905.
Hoyagundla (Xō′ya,
'raven creek'). A Haida town on a stream of the same name which flows into
Hecate str. a short distance s. of C. Fife, Queen Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. It
was occupied by the Djahui-gitinai. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 280, 1905.
Huados. A small Haida town, inhabited by a family
bearing the same name, near the town of Hlgihla-ala, N. of C. Ball, Queen
Charlotte ids., Brit. Col. Swanton, Cont. Haida, 280, 1905.
Huhilp (Huh-ilp, on the edge). A village of the
Fountain band of Upper Lillooet, on Fountain cr., an E. affluent of upper Fraser
r., Brit. Col. Dawson in Trans. Roy. Soc. Can. for 1891, sec. ii, 44.
Humelsom (HumElsom). A Squawmish village community on
Burrard inlet, Brit. Col. Hill-Tout in Rep. Brit. A. A. S., 475, 1900.
Husam. A former
winter village of the Hahamatses at the
mouth of Salmon r., Brit. Col.; now the seat
of a salmon fishery.
Huthutkawedl (X·ú′tx·ûtkawé,
holes by or near the trail). A village of
the Nicola band of the Ntlakyapamuk, near
Nicola r., 23 m. above Spences Bridge, Brit.
Col.
Hwades (Xudē′s,
cut beach). The principal village of the
Koskimo and Kogrino at Quatsino narrows,
Vancouver id.
Hwahwatl (Qwā′qwatl)-
A Salish tribe on Englishman r., Vancouver
id., speaking the Puntlatsh dialect. Boas,
MS. B. A. E., 1887.
Hwotat. A
Hwotsotenne village on the E. side of Babine
lake, near its outlet, in British Columbia.
Hwotsotenne (people
of Spider river). A Takulli tribe, belonging
to the Babine branch, living on Bulkley r.
and hunting as far as François
lake, Brit. Col. They are somewhat mixed
with their immediate neighbors, the Kitksan
(Morice in Trans. Can. Inst., 27, 1893).
Their villages are Hagwilget, Hwotat,
Keyerhwotket, Lachalsap, Tsechah, and
Tselkazkwo.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
