. Bulletin. Ethnology. 444 ETLETJK ETOWAH MOUND [b. a. e. were never prominent historically, and in Jan., 1715, had a single village with 240 inhabitants (Rivers, Early Hist. S. C, 94, 1874). Nothing is heard of them after the Yamasi war in 1715, nntil 1751, when they are mentioned as one of the small tribes for which the South Carolina gov- ernment made peace with the Iroquois. From this time they seem to have be- come lost to history. Their name is pre- served in Eutaw Springs, and in Pine Tree, anothernameforCamden, S. C.—Mooney, Siouan Tribes of the East, Bull. B. A. E., 1894. Ashley River
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 444 ETLETJK ETOWAH MOUND [b. a. e. were never prominent historically, and in Jan., 1715, had a single village with 240 inhabitants (Rivers, Early Hist. S. C, 94, 1874). Nothing is heard of them after the Yamasi war in 1715, nntil 1751, when they are mentioned as one of the small tribes for which the South Carolina gov- ernment made peace with the Iroquois. From this time they seem to have be- come lost to history. Their name is pre- served in Eutaw Springs, and in Pine Tree, anothernameforCamden, S. C.—Mooney, Siouan Tribes of the East, Bull. B. A. E., 1894. Ashley River Indians.—Williamson, N. C, I, 201, 1812. Etewaus.—Glen (1751) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist.,VI, 721, 1855. Etiwans.—Rivers, Hist. S. C, 37, 1856. Ittawans.—Ibid. Etleuk. A Squawmish village commu- nity on the right bank of Squawmisht r., w. British Columbia. Ela-a-who.—Brit. Adm. Chart, No. 1917. Etle'uq.— Hill-Tout in Rep. Brit. A. A. S., 474, 1900. Etnataek (perhaps atanatahegi, 'where the fight, battle, or clubbing took place.'— W. J.). Given as the name of an old fortification said to have stood formerlynearthc Kickapoo vil- lage on Sanga- mon 111. It is supposed to have been built by the Kickapoo and Foxes, who were defeated therebythecoui- bined forces oi the Ottawa, Pota- w a t o m i, and ETOWAH MOUND, GEORGIA. in a semicircle from a point on the river above to the river below. The large mound, which is a quadrilateral truncated pyramid, 61 ft. high, has a broad roadway ascending the s. side to within 18 or 20 ft. of the top, and was formerly provided with steps made with crossbeams imbed- ded in the earth, remains of which were visible as late as 1885. The diameters of the base are respectively 380 and 330 ft, and of the top 170 and 176 ft. The area of the base is a little less than 3 acres, and of the top about seven-tenths of an acre. The sol id contents of themound, including the roadway, are about 4,300,000 cu. ft. On the E. side there is a narrow ex
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