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Indian Tribes
1880 M-N-O-P
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Machapungas, in N.
Carolina in 1700; practiced circumcision.
Mandans, 1,250 in 1805, 1200 m. fm. mouth of Misso; 1838, reduced
to 21 by sm. pox
Mangoags, or Tuteloes, (Iroquois,) Nottoway River, formerly;
now extinct.
Manhattans, (Mohicans) once on the island where New
York city now stands.
Mannahoaks, once on the upper waters of the
Rappahannock r.; extinct long ago.
Marachites, (Abenakies,) on the St. John's; a
remnant remains.
Marsapeagues, once on Long Island, S. side of Oyster Bay; extinct.
Marshpees, (Wampanoags) 315 in 1832; Barnstable Co., Mass; mixed
with blacks.
Mascoutins, or Fire Ind., betw. Mississ. and
L. Michigan, 1665; (Sacs and Foxes?)
Massachucsetts, the state perpetuates their name.
Massawomes, (Iroquois,) once spread over Kentucky.
Mathlanobs, 500 in 1820, on an island in the mouth of Wallaumut
River, W. R.
Mayes, 600 in 1805, St. Gabriel Creek mouth of Guadaloupe River,
Louisiana.
Menominies, (Algonkins,) once on Illinois r.; now 300 W.
Mississippi.
Messassagnes, 2,000 in 1764, N. of, and adjacent to, L. Huron and
Superior.
Miamis, (Algonkins,) once on the r. of their name;
now 1,500, beyond the Mississ.
Mikasaukies, (Seminoles ) about 1 000 in 1821; very warlike.
Mikmaks, (Algonkins,) 3,000 in 1760, in Nova Scotia; the Suriquois
of the French.
Miksuksealton, (Tushepaha,) 300 in 1820 Clark's River, above great
falls, W. R.
Minetares, 2,500 in 1805, 5 m. above the Mandans, on bth sides
Knife River.
Mindawarcarton, in 1805 on both sides Mississippi, from St. Peter's
upward.
Mingoes, once such of the Iroquois were so called
as resided upon the Scio River.
Minsi, Wolf tribe of the Lenna Lenape, once over New Jersey and art
of Penn.
Missouries, once on that part of the River just below Grand r., to
1820.
Mitchigamies, one of the five tribes of the Illinois; location
uncertain.
Mohawks, head of Five Nations; formerly on Mohawk r.; a few now in
Canada.
Mohegans, or Moheakunnuks, in 1610, Hudson r. from Esopus to
Albany.
Monacans, (Tuscaroras,) once near where Richmond, Virginia, now is.
Mongoulatches, on the W. side of the Mississippi. See Bayagoulas.
Montagnes, (Algonkins,) N. side St. Law., bette. Saguenay and
Tadousac, in 1609.
Montauks, on E. end of Long Island, formerly; head
of 13 tribes of that island.
Moratoks, 80 in 1607; 40 in 1669, in Lancaster and
Richmond counties, Virginia.
Mosquitos, once a numerous race on the E. side of
the Isthmus of Darien.
Mutlnomahs, (Wappatoo,) 800 in 1320, mouth of
Multnomah River, W. R.
Munseys, (Delawares,) in 1730 N. branch Susquehannah r.; to the
Wabash in 1808.
Muskogees, 17,000 in 1775, on Alabama and
Apalachicola Rivers. See B. iv.
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Nabedaches, (Caddo,) on
branch Sabine, 15 m. above the Inies; 400 in 1805.
Nabijos, between N. Mexico and the Pacific; live in stone houses,
and manufacture.
Nandakoe, 120 in 1805 on Sabine, 60 m. W. of the Yattassees;
(Caddo.)
Nantikokes, 1711 on Nantikoke River; 1755, at Wyoming; same year
went west.
Narcotah, the name by which the Sioux know themselves.
Narragansets, S. side of the bay which perpetuates their name;
nearly extinct.
Nashuays, (Nipmuks,) on that river from its mouth in Massachusetts.
Natchez, at Natchez; discovered, 1701; chiefly destroyed by French,
1720.
Natchitoches, once at that place; 100 in 1804; now upon Red River.
Nateotetains, 200 in 1820, W. R., on a river of their name, W. of
the Facullies.
Natiks, (Nipmuks,) in Massachusetts, in a town now called after
them.
Nechacoke, (Wappatoo,) 100 in 1820 S. side Columbia, near Quicksand
r., W. R.
Neekeetoo, 700 in 1820, on the Pacific, S. of the
Columbia, beyond the Youicone.
Nemalquinner, (Wappatoo,) 200 in 1820, N. side
Wallaumut River, 3 m, up.
Niantiks, a tribe of the Narragansets, and in
alliance with them.
Nicariagas, once about Michilimakinak; joined Iroquois in
1723, as seventh nation.
Nipissins, (Original Algonkins,) 400 in 1764, near the source of
Ottoway River.
Nipmuks, eastern interior of Mass.; 1,500 in 1775; extinct.
Norridgeworks, (Abenakies,) on Penobscot River.
Nottoways, on Nottoway River, in Virginia; but 2 of clear blood in
1817.
Nyacks, (Mohicans,) or
Manhattans, once about the Narrows,
in New York.
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Okmulges, (Muskogees,) to
the E. of Flint River; about 200 in 1834.
Ocameches, in Virginia in 1607; had before been powerful; then
reduced.
Ochees, See Uchees. - Perhaps Ochesos; 230 in Florida in
1826, at Ochee Bluff.
Oconas, (Creeks.)
Ojibwas, (Chippeways,) 30,000 in 1836 about the great lakes, and N,
of them.
Okatiokinans, (Seminoles,) 580 in 1820, near Fort Gaines, E side
Mississippi.
Omahas, 2,200 in 1820 on Elkhorn River, 80 m. from Council Bluffs.
Oneidas, one of the Five Nations; chief seat near Oneida Lake, New
York.
Onondagas, one of the Five Nations; formerly in New York, 300 in
1840.
Ootlashoots, (Tushepahas,) 400 in 1820, on Clark's River, W. Rock
Mountains.
Osages, 4,000 in 1830, about Arkansas and Usage Rivers; many
tribes.
Otagamies, (Winnebagoes ) 300 in 1780, bettw. Lake of the Woods and
the Mississ.
Otoes, 1,500m 1820; in 1805, 500; 15 leagues up the River Platte on
S. side.
Ottawas, 1670, removed from L. Superior to Michilimakinak; 2,300 in
1820.
Ouitanons, or Waas, (Kikapoos ) mouth of Eel r., Ind., 1791,
in a village 3 m, long.
Oumas, E bank Mississippi in 1722, in 2 villages, quarter of a mile
from the river.
Owassissas, (Seminoles,) ) 100 in 1820, on E. waters of St. Mark's
River.
Ozas, 2,000 in 1750; on Ozaw River in 1780, which flows into the
Mississippi.
Ozimies, one of the six tribes on E. shore of Maryland and Virginia
in 1607.
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Pacanas, on Quelquichose
River, La.; 30 men in 1805 ; 40 m. S. W. Natchitoches.
Padoucas, 2,000 warriors in 1724, on the Kansas; dispersed before
1805.
Padowagas, by some the Senecas were so called; uncertain.
Pailsh, 200 in 1820, on coast of the Pacific, N. Columbia r. beyond
the Potoashs.
Palaches, a tribe found early in Florida but long since extinct.
Pamlico, but 15 in 1703, about Pamlico Sound, in N. Carolina;
extinct.
Pancas, once on Red River, of Winnipee 1.; afterwards joined the
Omahas.
Panis, (Tonicas,) 40 villages in 1750, S. br. Missouri; 70 villages
on Red r., 1755.
Penneh, See Allakaweah, 2,300 in 1800, on heads Big Horn
River.
Pascataways, once a considerable tribe on the Maryland side Potomac
River.
Pascagoulas, 25 men in 1805, on Red r., 60 m. below
Natchitoches; from Florida.
Passamaquoddie, on Schoodak r., Me., in Perry
Pleasant Point, a small number.
Paunee, 10,000 in 1820, on the Platte and Kansas;
Republicans, Loupes, and Picts.
Pawistucienemuck, 500 in 1820; small, brave tribe,
in the prairies of Missouri.
Pawtuckets, (Nipmuks,) on Merrimac River, where
Chelmsford now is; extinct. Pecans, (Nipmuks) 10 in 1793, in Dudley
Mass., on a reservation of 200 acres.
Pelloatpallah, (Chopunnish,) 1,600 in 1820, on
Kooskooskee r., above forks, W. R
Penobscots, (Abenakies,) 330, on an island in
Penobscot r. 12 m. above Bangor.
Pennakooks, (Nipmuks ) along Merrimac r., where is
now Concord N. H., &c.
Peorias, 97 in 1820, on Current River; one of the
five tribes of the Illinois.
Pequakets; (Abenakies,) on sources Saco River; destroyed by English
in 1725.
Pequots, about the mouth of Connecticut River
subdued in 1637.
Phillimees, (Seminoles,) on or near the Suane River, Florida, in
1817.
Piankashaws, 3,000 once, on the Wabash; in 1780, but 950; since
driven west:
Piankatank, a tribe in Virginia when first settled;
unlocated.
Pinneshow, (Sioux,) 150 in 1820, on the St. Peter's, 15 m. from its
mouth.
Pishquitpah, 2,600 in 1815, N. side Columbia River,
at Muscleshell Rapids, W. R.
Potoash, 200 in 1820, coast Pacific, N. mouth
Columbia, beyond Clamoctimichs.
Pottowattomie, 1671, on Noquet i., L. Michigan;
1681, at Chicago.
Powhatans, 32 tribes spread over Virginia when first discovered by
the English.
Puans, the Winnebagoes were so called by the French
at one period.
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Handbook
of American Indians, 1906
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