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Indian Tribes
1880 D-E-F-G
D
Dahcota, or Docata,
the name by which the Sioux know themselves.
Delaware, (Lenna-lenape,) those once On Delaware River and 1750.
Dinondadies, (Hurons,) same called by the French Tionontaties
Doegs, small tribe on the Maryland side Potomac River, in 1675.
Dogribs (Blackfeet,) but speak a different language.
Dogs, the Chiens of the French. See Chien.
Dotame, 120 in 180; about the heads of Chien River, in the open
country.
E
Eamuses. See Emusas,
Echemins, (Canoe-men,) on R. St. Johns; include Passamaquoddies and
St. Johns.
Edistoes, in S. Carolina in 1670; a place still bears their name
there.
Emuas, (Seminoles,) W. side Chattahoochee, 2 m. above the Wekisas
20 in 1820.
Eneshures, at the great Narrows of the Columbia; 1,200 in 1820 in
41 lodges.
Eries, along E. side of Lake Erie, destroyed by the Iroquois about
1645.
Esaws, on River Pedee, S. Carolina, in 1820; then powerful;
Catawbas, probably.
Eskeloots, about 1,000 in 1820, in 21 lodges or
clans, on the Columbia.
Esquimaux, all along the northern coasts of the frozen ocean, N. of
60° N. lat.
Etohussewakkes, (Semin.,) on Chattohoochee, 3 m.
above Ft. Gainer; 100 in 1820.
F
Facullies, 100 in 1820; on Stuart Lake, W.
Rocky Mount; lat. 54°, lon. 125°
W.
Fall, so called from their residence at the falls of the
Kooskooskee See Alansars.
Five Nations, Mohawks, Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas and Oneidas;
which see.
Flat Heads, (Tutseewas,) on a large river W. R.; on
S. fork Columbia r.
Folles Avoines, the French so called the Menominies.
Fond Du Lac, roam from Snake River to the Sandy Lakes.
Fowl-Towns, (Seminoles,) 12 m. E. Fort Scott; about 300 in 1820.
Foxes, (Ottagamies,) called Renards by the French; dispossessed by
B. Hawk's war.
G
Ganawese, on the heads of
Potomac River; same as Kanhaways, probably.
Gayhead, Martha's Vineyard; 200 in 1800; in 1820, 340.
Grand River, on Grand r., N. side L. Ontario; Mohawks, Senecas, and
oth; 2,000.
Gros Ventres, W. Mississippi, on Maria River, in 1806; in 1834,
3,000.
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Handbook
of American Indians, 1906
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