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NOTES ON VIRGINIA.
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The following tribes are also mentioned:

Croghan's
Catal.
Lezar 400  From the mouth of Ohio to the mouth of Wabaſh.
Webings 200  On the Miſſiſipi, below the Shakies.
Ouſaſoys 4000  On white creek, a branch of the Miſſiſipi.
Grand T.
Linways 1000  On the Miſſiſipi.
 
Bouquet's. Les Puans 700  Near Puans Bay.
Folle avoine 350  Near Puans Bay.
Ouanakina 300
 Conjectured to be Tribes of the Creeks.
Chickaneſſou 350
Machecous 800
Souikilas 200
 
Dodge's. Mineamis 2000  North-weſt of L. Michigan, to the heads of Miſſiſipi, and up to L. Superior.
Piankiſhas
Maſcoutins
Vermillions
800  On and near the Wabaſh towards the Illinois.

But apprehending theſe might be different appellations for some of the tribes already enumerated, I have not inserted them in the table, but ſtate them separately, as worthy of further enquiry. The variations obſervable in numbering the ſame tribe may ſometimes be aſcribed to imperfect information, and ſometimes to a greater or less comprehenſion of ſettlements under the ſame name. (7)