_A. Gallatin, Synopsis of the Indian Tribes (Archæologia Americana, volume 2), introduction, section 2._ The Mascontens, or Mascoutins, "seldom appear alone, but almost always in connection with their kindred, the Ottagamies or Foxes and the Kickapoos, and like them bear a character for treachery and deceit. The three tribes may have in earlier days formed the Fire-Nation [of the early French writers], but, as Gallatin observes in the Archæologia Americana, it is very doubtful whether the Mascoutins were ever a distinct tribe. If this be so, and there is no reason to reject it, the disappearance of the name will not be strange." _J. G. Shea, Brief Researches Respecting the Mascoutins (Schoolcraft's Information Respecting Indian Tribes, part 4, page 245)_. See above, ALGONQUIAN FAMILY. For an account of the Black Hawk War See Illinois, A. D. 1832. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Sahaptins. See above: NEZ PERCÉS. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Salinan Family. This name is given by Major Powell to the San Antonio and San Miguel dialects spoken by two tribes on the Salinas River, Monterey County, California. _J. W. Powell, Seventh Annual Report, Bureau of Ethnology, page 101._ See ESSELENIAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Salishan Family. See above: FLATHEADS. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Sanhikans, or Mincees. See above: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Sans Arcs. See below: SIOUAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES Santees. See below: SIOUAN FAMILY. See Note. Appendix E. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Sarcee (Tinneh). See above: BLACKFEET. See Note. Appendix E. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Sastean Family. "The single tribe upon the language of which Hale based his name was located by him to the southwest of the Lutuami or Klamath tribes. ... The former territory of the Sastean family is the region drained by the Klamath River and its tributaries from the western base of the Cascade range to the point where the Klamath flows through the ridge of hills east of Happy Camp, which forms the boundary between the Sastean and the Quoratean families. In addition to this region of the Klamath, the Shasta extended over the Siskiyou range northward as far as Ashland, Oregon:" _J. W. Powell, Seventh Annual Report, Bureau of Ethnology, page 106._ AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Savannahs. See above: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Seminoles.