Names used to denote
Shawnees taken from:
Hodge, Frederick Webb,
1907, editor, Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico,
Bulletin, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, no.
30, 2 Vols., G.P.O., Washington.
Shawnee (from shawun [u
= short u], 'south'; shawunogi [u = short u], 'southerners.'
Historical references to the names of the Shawnee Indians. First
occurrence appears to be Chaoianon in 1670.
Ani/-Sawanu/gi [a =
short a, i = short i]. -- Mooney in 19th Rep. B. A. E., 509, 1900
(Cherokee name).
Cacahouanous. -- Joutel
(1687) in Freneh, Hist. Coll. La., I, 185, 1846 (identical?).
Cawála [a=short a]. --
Dorsey, inf'n, 1886 (Sioux name for the Shawnee; applied also to a
Teton division descended from an adopted Shawnee chief; c=sh).
Cawana. -- Dorsey,
Dhegiha MS. dict., 1878; Osage MS. vocab., 1883, B. A. E. (Omaha,
Ponca, and Osage name; c=sh).
Chaganons. -- Tonti
(ca. 1680) in French, Hist. Coll. La., I, 69, 1846 (misprint).
Chaguanos. -- Alegre,
Hist. Comp. Jesus, I, 336, 1841 (Spanish form).
Chanousanons. -- Letter
of 1756 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., x, 469, 1858 (misprint).
Chaonanons. -- Domenech, Deserts, I, 440, 1860 (misprint).
Chaoni. -- Vater, Mith.,
pt. 3, sec. 3, 351, 1816.
Chaouannons.-- Montreal
Conf. (1756) in N.Y. Doc. Col. Hist., x, 506, 1858.
Chaoianon. -- Gravier
(1670) in Jes. Rel., III, 91, 1858.
Chaoüanong. -- Jes. Rel.
1672, 25, 1858.
Chaouanonronon. --
Charlevoix, Hist. Nouv. France, Shea trans., III, 175, note, 1868.
Cha8anons. -- Denonville (1688) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX,
383,1855.
Chaouanos. -- La Tour
map, 1782.
Chaoüanüa. – Gravier
(1700) quoted by Shea, Early Voy., 120, 1861.
Chaouans. -- Hind, Lab.
Penin., I, 5, 1863 (identical?).
Chaouennons. --
Lamberville (1684) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 226, 1855.
Chaouenon. -- Hennepin,
Cont. of New Discov., 34, 1698.
Chaouens. -- Ibid., 17.
Chaounons. -- Montcalm
(1757) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., x, 554,1858.
Chaouoinons. --
Vaudreuil (1760), ibid., x, 1094, 1858.
Chaovanons. -- Crepy,
map, ca. 1755. Chaovenon. -- Hennepin, Cont. of New Discov., 48a,
1698.
Chaowanons. --
d'Abbadie (1765) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., x, 1160, 1858.
Charanons. -- Shea, Rel.
M. Miss., 28,1861 (misprint).
Chasunous. -- McIntosh,
Origin N. Am. Inds., 201, 1853 (misprint).
Chauanons. -- Doc. of
1668 quoted by French, Hist. Coll. La., II, 137, 1875.
Chauenese. -- Colden
(1764) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 624, 1856.
Chauenous. --
Chauvignerie (1736) quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, III,
555,1853.
Chaunis. -- Vater, Mith.,
pt. 3, sec.3, 351, 1816.
Chaunys. -- Ann. de la
Prop. de la Foi, II, 380, 1841.
Chavanons. -- Alcedo,
Dic. Geog., II, 630,1787.
Chavouanons. --
Sheldon, Early Hist. Mich., 228, 1856.
Chawanoes. -- Coxe,
Carolana, 12, 1741.
Chawanons. -- Doc. of
1759 in N.Y. Doc. Col. Hist., x, 974, 1858.
Chawenons. -- Vaudreuil
(1758, incorrectly 1759), ibid., 925.
Cherermons. --
Lamberville (1686), trans., ibid., III, 488, 1853 (probably a
misreading by the translator).
Chiouanons. -- Gallinée
(1669) in Margry, Déc., I, 116, 1875.
Chonanons. -- Cé1oron
(1749) in Rupp, West. Pa., 36, 1846 (misprint).
Chouanongs. -- Boudinot,
Star in the West, 126, 1816.
Chouanons. -- Iberville
(1702) in Margry, Déc., IV, 519, 1880.
Chouanous. -- Vaugondy
map, 1778.
Chouenons. -- Memoir of
1706 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 799, 1855.
Chouesnons. -- La Salle
(1681) in Margry, Déc., II, 159,1877.
Chuanoes. -- Albany
Conf. (1722) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., v, 675,1855.
Chuoanous. -- Marquette
(ca. 1673), Discov., 341, 1698.
Ontwaganha. -- For
forms of this name, applied to the Shawnee, see Ontwaganha.
Oshawanoag. -- Tanner,
Narr., 315, 1830 (Ottawa name).
Ouchaouanag. -- Jes.
Rel. 1648, XXXIII, 151, 1898 (possibly identical).
Ouchawanag. -- Smith in
Hist. Mag., 1st s., x, 1, 1866.
Sabanoes. -- MS. Doc.
of 1835 in Texas State archives.
Saguanós. -- MS. Doc.
of 1832 in Texas State archives (Spanish form).
Sah-wau-noo. --
Macauley, N. Y., II, 166, 1829.
Santanas. -- Drake,
Tecumseh, 9-11, 1852 (misprint for Satanas).
Sarannahs. -- Archdale
(1707) quoted by Carroll, Hist. Coll. S. C., II, 89, 1836 (misprint
for Savannahs).
Sarannas. -- Archdale
misquoted by Oldmixon (1708) in Carroll, ibid., 458.
Satanas. -- Colden
(1727), Five Nations, 23, 1747 (perhaps a misprint for Sabanas).
Satans. -- Ruttenber,
Tribes Hudson R., 181,1872.
Sauouans. -- Macauley,
N. Y., II, 18O, 1829.
Sauounons. -- Ibid.,
114.
Sau-va-no-gee. --
Hawkins (1799), Sketch, 25. 1848.
Sauwanew. -- Map of
1614 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., I, 1856 (here used as a collective
term for the tribes on the Delaware s. of Manhattan id.).
Sauwanous. -- Alcedo,
Dic. Geog., IV, 525, 1788 (the Shawnee town with the Creeks).
Sau-wa-no-gee. --
Hawkins (1799), Sketch, 34, 1848 (applied more particularly to the
Shawnee town incorporated with the Creeks).
Savanahs. -- Homann
Heirs map, ca. 1730 (in Carolina).
Savanaus. -- Johnson
(1708) in Rivers, S.C., 236, 1856.
Savannas. -- Lawson
(1709), Hist. Car., 75, 1860 (applied also to the Maskegon; on
Lattré's U.S. map of 1784 applied to the Shawnee among the Creeks).
Savannechers. --
Haywood, Tenn., 222, 1823.
Savannerhers. -- Ibid.,
223.
Savannuca(s). --
Bartram, Trav., 461-464, 1792 (the Shawnee band and town
incorporated with the Creeks).
Savanoes. -- Drake,
Tecumseh, 11-12, 1852.
Savanore. -- Randolph
(1689) in Rivers, S.C., 448, 1856 ("the Savanore Town" on Savannah
r.).
Savanos. -- Early Dutch
writers cited by Ruttenber, Tribes Hudson R., 333, 187s (here used
as a collective term for the tribes s. of Manhattan id. On page 51
Ruttenber quotes the form as Savanoos. The same form is used for the
Shawnee on Savannah r. in 1715 by Barnwell (1715) in Rivers, Early
His S.C., 94, 1874). Sawála. -- Riggs-Dorsey, Dakota-Eng.. Dict.,
441, 1890 (Sioux, i. e. Teton Sioux name).
Sawana. -- Lattré map,
1784 (old Shawnee village on upper Potomac).
Sawanee. -- Drake, Bk.
Inds., bk. 5, 68, 1848.
Sawanees. -- Putnam,
Mid. Tenn., 365,1859.
Sáwano. -- Gatschet,
Shawnee and Tonkawa MSS., B. A. E., 1884 (correct Shawnee form;
plural, Sawanógi. The Tonkawa use the same name for the tribe, and
also for the Delawares, because the two tribes live together).
Sawanógi. -- Gatschet,
Creek Migr. Leg., I, 143,1884 (Creek form, applied more particularly
to the Shawnee town incorporated with. the Creeks).
Sa-wá-no/-o-no. --
Morgan, League Iroq., 268, 1851 (Seneca name).
Sawanoos. -- De Laet
(1633) in Brinton, Lenape Leg., 31, 1885 (used not as a tribal, but
as a collective term for the Indians living then on Delaware r.
southward from Manhattan id.).
Sawanos. -- Barton, New
Views, XXXII, 1798.
Sawa/nu-háka. --
Gatschet, Tuscarora MS., 1885 (Tuscarora name).
Sa-wa-nu/-ka. -- ten
Kate, Synonymie, 11, 1884 (Cherokee name).
Sa-wan-wa. -- Smith,
Memoir of Fontaneda, 33, 47, 1854 (given as their own name; pl.
Sa-wan-wa ki).
Sä-wan-wä-kee. --
Morgan, Consang. and Affin., 288,1871.
Sawonocas. -- Creek
talk (1793) in Am. St. Papers, Ind. Aff., I, 383, 1832.
Sa-wû-no-ki [i = short
i]. -- Grayson, Creek MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1885 (Creek name).
Sawwanew. -- Map of
1614 cited by Brinton, Lenape Leg., 30, 1885 (used locally to
designate the Indians on Delaware r., southward from Manhattan id.).
Sawwannoo. -- Barton,
New Views, XXXII, 1798. Sawwanoo. -- Vater, Mith., pt. 3, sec. 3,
349, 1816.
Schaouanos. -- Duflot
de Mofras, Oregon, I, 379,1844.
Schavanna. -- Albany
Conf. (1737) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VI, 103, 1855.
Schaveno. -- Ibid., 99.
Schawanese. --
Güssefeld, map, 1784.
Schawanno. --
Heckewelder (1798) in Barton, New Views, app., 3, 1798.
Scha,wan,ooes. --
Clinton (1750) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VI, 548, 1855. Schawenoes.
-- Albany Conf. (1737), ibid., 105.
Schawenons. -- Ann. de
la Prop. de la Foi, III, 569, 1828. Schawnoah. -- La Tour map, 1779.
Serannas. -- Hewatt
quoted by Gallatin in Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc., II, 66, 1836 (misprint
for Savannas).
Sewanne. -- Putnam,
Mid.Tenn., 365, 1859.
Shamanese. -- La Tour
map, 1782 (misprint: "Old Shamanese Town," about opposite Wyoming,
Pa.).
Shanaws. -- Homann
Heirsmap, 1756.
Shannoahs. --
Washington (1753), Jour., 21, 1865.
Shanoas. -- Ibid.
Shañwans, -- Schuyler
(1694) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IV, 98, 1854.
Shaonois. -- Evans
(1707) in Day, Penn., 391, 1843.
Shaononons. -- Boudinot,
Star in the West, 100, 1816.
Shauanos. -- Smith in
Beach, Ind. Miscel., 120, 1877.
Shaunas. -- Croghan
(1760) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s., IX, 246, 1871.
Shauwaunoes. --
Brainerd (1746) in Day, Penn., 526, 1843.
Shavanos. -- Post
(1758) in Proud, Pa. II, app., 129, 1798. Shaw. -- Vater, Mith., pt.
3, sec.3, 247, 1816 (mistake?). Shawahahs. -- Livingston (1717) in
N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist.,V, 486,1855 (the Shawnees seem to be
designated).
Shawana. -- Lewney (ca.
1760) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s., V, 437, 1861.
Shawanahaac. -- Doc. of
1788 quoted by Mayer, Logan and Cresap, 67, 1867.
Shawanahs. -- Lindesay
(1751) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VI, 706, 1855.
Shawanapi. -- Squier in
Beach, Ind. Miscel., 29, 1877. Shawanaws. -- Dalton (1783) in Mass.
Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st s., X, 123,1809. Shawane. -- Croghan (1754) in
Rupp, West. Pa., app., 51, 1846 ("Lower Shawanetown").
Shawanees. -- Records
(1731) in Day, Penn., 525, 1843.
Shawaneise. -- Johnson
(1757) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 279, 1856.
Shawanese. -- Penn.
Records (1701) in Day, Penn., 390, 1843.
Shawanesse. -- Proud,
Pa., II, 296, 1798. Shawaneu. -- Gallatin in Drake, Tecumseh, 9,
1852.
Shawanies. -- Campbell
(1761) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s., IX, 423, 1871.
Shawanna. -- Penn's
Treaty (1701) in Proud, Pa., I, 428, 1797.
Shawannohs. -- Quoted
by Brinton, from Smith's Fontaneda, in Hist. Mag., 1st s., X, 1,
1866.
Shawannos. -- Vater,
Mith., pt. 3, sec. 3, 245, 1816.
Sháwano-Algonkins, --
Gatschet, Creek Migr. Leg., €I, 143, 1884.
Shawanoes. -- Doc. of
1692 in Ruttenber, Tribes Hudson R., 180-181, 1872.
Shawanoeese. --
Brown,West.Gaz, 289, 1817.
Shawnee. -- Ibid., 326.
Shawànoh. -- Adair, Am.
Inds., 155, 1775.
Shawanois. -- Penn.
Records (1707) in Day, Penn., 391, 1843.
Shawanons. -- De Smet,
Letters, 38, 1843.
Sháwanos. -- Gatschet,
Creek Migr. Leg., I, 143, 1884 (applied to the settlement among the
Creeks).
Shawano's. -- Ft
Johnson Conf. (1756) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 214, 1856.
Shawanose. -- Loskiel,
Hist. Miss. Unit. Breth., pt. 1, 2, 1794.
Shawanous. -- McKenney
and Hall. Ind. Tribes, III, 79, 1854.
Shawanowi. -- Walam
Olum (1833) in Brinton, Lenape Leg., 204, 1885.
Shawans. -- Schuyler
(ca. 1693) in Ruttenber, Tribes Hudson R., 180-181, 1872.
Shawenoes. -- A1bany
Conf. (1737) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VI, 107, 1855.
Shawnees. -- Stuart
(1775) in Gibbes, Doc. Hist. Am. Rev., I, 160, 1855.
Shawneese. -- Campbell
(1761) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th S., IX, 424, 1871.
Shawnese. -- Croghan
(1750) in Rupp, West, Pa., app., 28, 1846.
Shawnesse. -- Croghan
(1765) in Monthly Am. Jour. Geog., 257, 1831.
Shawneys. -- Cowley
(1775) in Archives of Md., Journal of the Md. Convention, 94, 1892.
Shawno. -- Mandrillon,
Spectateur Américain, map, 1785. Shawnoah. -- Morse, N.Am., map,
1798.
Shawnoes. -- Esnauts
and Rapilly map, 1777.
Shawonese. -- Thomas
(1745) in Rupp, West. Pa., app., 24, 1846.
Shawoniki. --
Rafinesque, Am. Nations, I, 139, 1836 (Delaware name).
Shawonoes. -- Pike,
Trav., 102, 1811.
Shaw-un-oag. -- Warren
(1852) in Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., V, 32, 1885.
Showammers. -- New York
Conf. (1753) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VI, 782, 1855.
Showanhoes. --
Livingston (1711), ibid., V, 272, 1855.
Showannees. -- Clarkson
(1694), ibid. IV, 90, 1854.
Showannoes. -- Clarkson
(1693), ibid., 43.
Showanoes. -- Schuyler
(1694). ibid., 96.
Showonese. -- Weiser
(1748) in Rupp, West. Pa., app., 14, 1846.
Showonoes. --
Livingston (1700) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IV, 651,1854.
Shwanoes. -- Castor
Hill Treaty (1832) in U. S. Ind. Treaties, 377, 1873.
Sirinueses. -- Barcia,
Ensayo, 313, 1723 (probably identical).
Sowanakas. -- Woodward,
Remin., 94, 1859.
Sowanokas. -- Ibid.,
25.
Sowanokees. -- Ibid.,
29.
Sow-on-no. -- Whipple,
Pac. R. R. Rep., III, pt. 3, 61, 1856 (pl. Sowon-o-ki). Suwanoes. --
De Laet (1633) in Vater, Mith., pt. 3, sec. 3, 349, 1816 (used here
as a collective name for the tribes southward from Manhattan id.).
Toagenha. -- For forms
of this name as applied to the Shawnee, see Ontwaganha.
