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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico
Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed., in: Smithsonian Institution
Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 30
in two parts, part 1: A-M, part 2: N-Z.
pp. 925, 926.
Wazhingkaenikashika ('those who became
human beings by means of a bird'). A Quapaw gens.
Small-bird gens.-Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 229, 1897. 
-Ibid.
Wazhush (wazhash,
'muskrat'). A gens of the Chippewa. In the beginning of the 19th century they
were considered a division of the Kenozhe gens, and resided on the N. shore of
L. Superior at Grand Portage and Thunder bay.
Hawoyzask.-Long, Voy. and Trav., 62, 1791. Musquash.-Ibid. 
-Wm. Jones, inf'n,
1907. 
Wenenewak.-Long, Exped. St.
Peter's R., II, 153, 1824. Omush-kas.-Warren (1852) in
Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., v, 84, 1885. O-mush-kas-ug.-Ibid. Rat
nation.-Long,
Voy. and Trav., 117, 1791.
Wazikute ('shooters among pine trees'). A
division of the upper Yanktonai Sioux. It was an ancient and important
division, from which in early times the Assiniboin seceded.
Gens des Pin.-Hayden, Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. Val., 371, 1862. Ouapeontetons.-La Harpe (1700) in
Shea, Early Voy., 111, 1861 (trans. 'village of those who shoot in a great
pine'). Ouapetontetons.-Le Sueur (1700) quoted by Neill, Hist. Minn., 170,
1858 (trans. 'village of those who shoot at the large pine'). Ouasiconteton.-Le Sueur (1700) in
Margry, Déc., VI, 87, 1886 (trans. 'village of those who shoot at the large
pine'). Pine-Band.-Hayden, op. cit. Pole people.-Culbertson in
Smithson. Rep. 1850, 141, 1851. Shooters in the Pines.-H. R. Ex. Doc. 96,
42d Cong., 3d sess., 5, 1873. Siouxs who Shoot in the Pine Tops.-Treaty of 1816 in U.
S. Ind. Treat., 870, 1873. Tcan-ona.-Dorsey in 15th Rep.
B. A. E., 218, 1897. Those that Shoot in the pines.-Culbertson in
Smithson. Rep. 1850, 141, 1851. 
-Dorsey in
Cont. N. A. Ethnol., VI, 412, 1890 (trans. 'plenty of lodge poles'). Wa-ge´-ku-te.-Hayden, Ethnog. and
Philol. Mo. Val., 371, 1862. Wah-zu-cootas.-Schoolcraft, Ind.
Tribes, II, 169, 1852.
Wea (probably a contraction of the
local name Wawiaqtenang, 'place of the round, or curved, channel'
(Schoolcraft); possibly contracted from Wayahtónuki, 'eddy people,' from wayaqtonwi, 'eddy,' both
renderings coming from the same root. Wawaqtenang was the common Algonquian
name for Detroit. Cf. Wawyachtonoc). A subtribe of the Miami. They are first
mentioned in the Jesuit Relation for 1673 as living in E. Wisconsin. In the
later distribution of the tribes of the confederacy they occupied the most
westerly position. Allouez in 1680 found a Wea town on St Joseph r., Ind.
Marquette visited a Wea village at Chicago which Courtemanche found still there
in 1701. A part of them were for a time with the bands of various tribes
gathered about La Salle's fort near Peoria, Ill. La Salle says their band had
35 cabins. In 1719 their chief village, Ouiatenon, was on the Wabash, below the
mouth of Wea cr., where, according to Charlevoix, they were living nearly half
a century before. This is possible identical with "Les Gros" village
(q. v.) of a document of 1718. Besides this they had two or three villages near
by. Ouiatenon was one of the principal headquarters of the French traders. In
1757 the Wea and Piankashaw endeavored to come into friendly relations with the
whites, and an agreement to this end was entered into with Col. George Crogan,
but was rejected by the assembly of Virginia. Subsequently various agreements
of peace with other tribes and the whites were entered into, chiefly through
the efforts of Col. Crogan and Sir Wm. Johnson, to be as often followed by
outbreaks. In 1791 their neighboring villages were destroyed by the U. S.
troops under Gen. Scott. They participated in the treaty of Greenville, Ohio,
Aug. 3, 1795, their deputies signing for them and the Piankashaw. In 1820 they
sold their last lands in Indiana, near the mouth of Raccoon cr. in Parke co.,
and removed with the Piankashaw to Illinois and Missouri. In 1832 the united
tribes in turn sold their claims in those states and removed to Kansas, where
some had already settled. The few Wea still remaining in Indiana afterward joined
them there. In 1854 the Wea and Piankashaw, having rapidly dwindled away,
joined the remnants of the cognate Illinois, then known as the Peoria and
Kaskaskia. The united body, all that remained of 7 tribes, then numbered but
259, a large proportion of whom were of mixed blood. In 1868 they removed to a
tract on Neosho r., in the N. E. corner of the present Oklahoma, where they now
are. In 1885 the united tribes numbered 149 souls. In 1909 the number of the
confederated Peoria was 204, only about 75 of whom had as much as one-half
Indian blood. (J. M.)
Abinones.-Barcia, Ensayo, 236, 1723. Aciatenon.-La Salle (1682) in
Margry, Déc., II, 216, 1877. Aoniatinonis.-La Hontan (1703),
New Voy. Mpa, 1735. Aouiatinons.-Gale, Upper Miss., 176, 1867. Aouitanons.-La Hontan (1703),
New Voy., map, 1735. Newcalenous.-McKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, III,
114, 1854. Ochiatenens.-Allouez (1680) in Margry, Déc., II, 99, 1877. Oiatenon.-La Salle (1680),
ibid., 201. Oiatinon.-Hennepin, New Discov., 111, 1698. Ojachtanichroenee.-Livingston (1720) in
N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., v, 567, 1855 (Iroquois name). Ojatinons.-La Hontan, New Voy.,
I, 231, 1703. Oniactmaws.-Dalton (1783) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., x,
123 1809. Onias.-Stone, Life of Brant, II, 278, 1864 (misprint). Oniatonons.-Imlay, West. Ter.,
291, 1797 (misprint). Oniattanon.-Wilkinson (1791) quoted by Rupp, West.
Penn., app., 237, 1846 (misprint). Onillas.-Gale, Upper Miss.,
75, 1867 (misprint). Ouiatanons.-Beauharnois (1732) in N. Y. Doc. Col.
Hist., IX, 1035, 1855. O8iata8atenon.-MS. Jes. Rel.
(1673-79) quoted by Shea in Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll., III, 135, 1857. Otiara8atenon.-Jes. Rel. (1676)
quoted, ibid. Oua.-McKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, III, 80, 1854. Ouachtanons.-Smith, Bouquet
Exped., 64, 1766. Ouachtenons.-Trader quoted by Smith, ibid., 70. Ouachtunon.-Rupp, West. Penn.,
149, 1846. 8a8aiation.-Doc. of 1695 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 619,
1855. Oüaoüiartanons.-Bacqueville de la Potherie, Hist., II, 261, 1753. Ouaouiatanoukak.-Charlevoix (1744)
quoted by Tailhan, Perrot Mem., 222, note, 1864. Ouaouiatenonoukak.-Jes. Rel. (1672)
quoted by Shea in Wis. Hist. Soc. Coll., III, 135, 1857. Ouaouyartanons.-Bacqueville de la
Potherie, Hist., II, 348, 1753. Ouatanons.-Doc. of 1756 in N.
Y. Doc. Col. Hist., x, 482, 1858. Ouatenon.-Royce in 1st Rep. B.
A. E., map, 1881 (village). Oua- (page 926) tonons.-Hildreth, Pioneer
Hist., 307, 1848. Ouattonon.-Croghan (1765) quoted in Monthly Am.
Jour. Geol., 264, 1831. Oucatonons.-Boudinot, Star in the W., 128, 1816. Oüeas.-Tailhan, Perrot
Mém., 222, note, 1864. Ougatanous.-Chauvignerie (1736) quoted by
Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, III, 555, 1853. Ouias.-Montreal Conf.
(1756) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 447, 1858. Ouiatanon.-Frontenac (1682),
ibid., IX, 178, 1855. Ouiatenons.-Perkins and Peck, Annals of the West,
411, 1850. Ouiatinons.-Drake, Bk. Inds., xii, 1848. Ouiatonons.-Beauhamois (1736) in
N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 1050, 1855. Ouiattanon.-Harmar (1790) quoted
by Rupp, West. Penn., app., 229, 1846. Ouiattons.-Harmar ibid. Ouicatonans.-Croghan (1765) in
Monthly Am.Jour. Geol., 267, 1831. Ouillas.-De Bougainville
(1757) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 608, 1858. Ouitanans.- Brown, West. Gaz.,
71, 1817. Ouitanons.-Vaudreuil (1704) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 763,
1855. Ouitatotnons.-Jefferson (1785) Notes, 143, 1825. Ouitimaus.-Writer of 1812
quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, III, 655,1853. Oujatanons.-Doc. of 1718 in N.
Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 890,1855. Ouroctenon.-Royce in 1st Rep. B.
A. E., map, 1881 (village). Outaganons.-Doc. of 1756 in N.
Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 424, 1858 (misprint). Outias.-Malartic (1758),
ibid., 840 (misprint). Outinon.-Schermerhorn (1812) in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Coll., 2d s., II, 8, 1814. Ouyas.- Vater, Mith., pt. 3, sec. 3, 351, 1816.
8yas.-Longueuil (1752) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X,
248,1858. 8yatanon.-Longueuil (1752), ibid., 246. Ouyatanons.-La Salle (1679) in
Margry, Déc., I, 463,1876. Ouyatonons.-Frontenac (1682) in
N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 178, note, 1855. 8yatonons.-Longueuil (1752),
ibid., X, 246, 1858. Ouyattanons.- Chauvignerie (1736), ibid., IX, 1057,
1855. Ouyaws.-Bouquet (1760) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s.,
IX, 345, 1871. Ouyslanous.-McKenney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, 79, 1854
(misprint). Oyachtownuk Roanu.-Dobbs, Hudson's Bay, 28, 1744. Oyaghtanont.-Post (1758) quoted
by Proud, Penn., II, app., 113, 1798. Oyatonons.-Vaudreuil (1711) in
N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 860, 1855. 0yyatanous.-Jefferys, Fr. Doms.,
pt. 1, 117, 1761. Pea.-Brinton, Lenâpe Leg., 11, 1885 (misprint). Potanons.-Maximilian, Trav.,
82 1843 (misprint). Pyatonons.-Perkins and Peck, Annals of W., 687,
1850. Qurachtenons.- Buchanan, N. Am. Inds., 155, 1824. Selugrue.-Frontenac (1682) in
N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 178, 1855. Uitanons.-Maximilian, Reise,
I, 186, 1837. Waas.-Drake, Bk. Inds., xii, 1848. 
-Dunn, True Ind.
Stories, 315, 1909 (full name, of which Wea is the abbreviation). Wah-wee-ah-tenon.-Hough, map in Ind.
Geol. Rep. 1882, 1883. Wak-we-ot-ta-non.-Ibid. (village). Warraghtinooks.-Canajoharie conf.
(1759) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 384, 1856. Washtenaw.-Harvey quoted by
Day, Penn., 315, 1843. Watanons.- Nuttall, Jour., 251, 1821. Waughweoughtennes.-Croghan (1760) in
Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s., IX, 260, 1871. Waugweoughtannes.-Croghan (1759)
quoted by Proud Penn., II, 1798. Wauwaughtanees.-Mitchell map (1755)
quoted in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IV, 501, note, 1854. Wawaightonos.-German Flats conf.
(1770), ibid., VIII, 233, 1857. Wawcottonans.- Croghan (1765)
quoted by Monthly Am. Jour. Geol., 267, 1831 (misprint). Wawehattecooks.- Doc. of 1747 in N
Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VI, 391, 1855. Waweotonans.-Hildreth, Pion.
Hist., 71, 1848. Waweoughtannes.-Croghan (1760) in Mass. Hist. Soc.
Coll., 4th s., IX, 372, 1871. Wawiachtanos.-Loskiel (1794)
quoted by Ruttenber Tribes Hudson R., 336, 1872. Wawiaghta.- Johnson (1763) in
N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 583, 1856. Wawiaghtanakes.-German Flats conf.
(1770), ibid., VIII, 244, 1857. Wawiaghtanon.-Johnson (1765),
ibid., VII, 716, 1856. Wawiaghtonos.-Johnson (1763),
ibid., 583. Wawia'hta´nua.-Gatschet, Shawnee MS., B. A. E., 1880 (Shawnee
name; plural, Wawiata´nuagi). Wawiotonans.- Croghan (1765) in
N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 780, 1856. Wawioughtanes.-Croghan (1757),
ibid., 268. Wawyachtenoke.-Livingston (1700), ibid., IV, 651, 1854. Waya'hto´nuki.-Gatschet, Miami MS.,
B. A. E., 1888 (correct Miami form). Wayoughtanies.-Croghan (1765) in
Monthly Am. Jour. Geol., 272, 1831. Wea.-Harmar (1790) in Am.
State Papers, Ind. Aff., I, 105, 1832. Weah.-Jones, Ojebway
Inds., 178, 1861. Weaus.-Doc. of 1786 in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1sts., III,
26, 1794. Weaws.-Brown, West. Gaz., 348, 1817. Weeah.-Harmar (1790) in
Rupp, West. Penn., app., 229, 1846. Weea's.-Greenville treaty
(1795) in U. S. Ind. Treat., 184, 1873. Weeaws.-Brown, West. Gaz.,
72, 1817. Weeds.-Rupp, West. Penn., app., 253, 1846 (misprint). Wi-ahtanah.-Barton, New Views,
xxxiii, 1798. 
-Dunn, True Indian
Stories 315, 1908 (Miami name of the Wea town). Wiatanons.-Doc. 1756 in N. Y.
Doc. Col. Hist., X, 401, 1858. Wiaut.-Lattré map U. S.,
1784. Wyachtenos.-Putnam (1792) in Am. State Papers Ind. Aff., I,
240, 1832. Wyahtinaws.-Imlay, W. Ter., 364, 1797. Wyatanons.-Duquesne (1754) in
N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 263, 1858. Wyeactenacks.-Lindesay (1749),
ibid., VI, 538, 1855. Wyogtami.-McKenney and Hall, Ind.Tribes, III, 80,
1854. Yeahtentanee.- Drake, Bk. Inds., xii, 1848.
Weakaote (probably from wiyaka ota, 'much sand'). A former band or village of the Mdewakanton Sioux.-Long, Exped. St Peters R., I, 385, 1824.
Weanoo. A tribe of the Powhatan confederacy
formerly living in Charles co., Va., on the N. bank of James r. In 1608 they
numbered about 500. They seem to have crossed over to the s. bank of James r.
toward the close of the 17th century, perhaps in consequence of a disastrous
attack from the Iroquois in 1687. In 1722 Beverley stated that their former
settlement in Prince George co., s. of the James, was extinct and in 1727 it
was stated that had lived at different times on upper Nottoway r. and on a
tributary stream, then called Wyanoke cr., near the North Carolina frontier.
Nottoway r. was also at one time known by their name.
Chawopoweanock.-Pots in Smith (1629), Va., I, 204, repr. 1819
(incorrect combination of Chawapo and Weanock). Weanocks.-Smith, ibid., 116. Wianoes.-Boudinot, Star in
the W., 129, 1816 (misprint).
Weanoc. The principal village of the Weanoc in
1608, situated below the mouth of Appomattox r., at the present Weyanoke,
Prince George co., Va.
Wayanoak.-Colden (1727) Five Nat., 58, 1747. Wyanoke.Beverley, Va., 199,
1722. Wynoack.-Moll in Humphreys, Acct., map, 1730. Wyonoke.-Doc. of 1727 in
Martin, N. C., I, app., XVI, 1829.
Weantinock. The chief village of
the Wawyachtonoc, situated on Housatonic r., near the present New Milford,
Litchfield co., Conn.
Oweantonoge.-Trumbull, Hist. Conn., II, 82, 1818. Wean´tinock.-Trumbull, Ind. Names
Conn., 80, 1881. Wyantenock.Doc. of 1702 quoted by Trumbull, Hist.
Conn., II, 82, 1818.
Weapemeoc. An Algonquian (?) tribe met by Raleigh's colonists in 1584-89, occupying the territory N. of Albemarle sd., N. C., including probably most of what is now Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, and Perquimans cos. Their chief town, of the same name, seems to have been in Pasquotank co. Other towns apparently in the same jurisdiction were Pasquenock (Pasquotank?), Chepanoc, and Mascoming. They were said then to have 700 or 800 (warriors) under their
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