AHOME, or Ahoma, a nation of Indians, living on the banks of the river Zaque, in the province of Cinaloa, of California. They are located four leagues from the gulf, in extensive and fertile plains, and are said to be superior, by nature, to the other Indians of New Spain. Some of their customs denote this. They abhor poligamy, they hold virginity in the highest estimation. Unmarried girls, by way of distinction, wear a small shell suspended to their neck, until the day of their nuptials, when it is taken off by the bridegroom. They wear woven cotton. They bewail their dead a year, at night and morning. They are gentle and faithful in their covenants and engagements. AHOUANDATE, a name for the tribe of the Wyandots, which is found on ancient maps of the Colonies. AHUACATLAN, the name of four separate settlements of Mexico, containing, respectively, 51, 13, 450, and 160 families of Indians. AHUACAZALCA, Nueva Espana. At this place, 56 families of Indians live by raising rice and cotton. It is in the district of San Luis de la Costa. AHUACAZINGO, in the district of Atengo, Nueva Espana, contains 46 Indian families. AHUALICAN, of the same province, has 36 Indian families. AHUATELCO, ib. Has 289 families, who cultivate wheat and raise cattle. AHUATEMPA, ib. Has 39 families. AHUATEPEC, ib. Has 32 families. AHUAZITLA, ib. Has 36 families, who trade in _chia_, a white medicinal earth, grain and earthen-ware. AHWAHAWA, a tribe of Indians who were found in 1805 to be located a few miles above the Mandans, on the south west banks of the Missouri. They are believed to have been a band of the Minnitares. They numbered at that date 200. They were at war with the Snake Indians. They claim to have once been a part of the Crow nation. They professed to have been long residents of the spot occupied. The name has not been kept up, and does not appear in recent reports from that quarter. Their history is, probably, to be sought in that of the Mandans and the Minnetares. AIAHUALTEMPA, a settlement of Chalipa, Mexico, containing 36 Indian families. AIAHUALULCO, ib. Two settlements of this name, contain, respectively, 70 and 42 Indian families. AIAPANGO, ib. contains 100 Indian families. AIATEPEC, ib. has 45 families of natives. AIAUTLA, ib. has 100 families. AICHES, a settlement of Indians of Texas, situated on the main road to Mexico. AIECTIPAC, Mexico. Twenty-one Indian families reside here. AINSE, a Chippewa chief of Point St. Ignace, Michilimackinac county, Michigan. The population of this band, as shown by the government census rolls in 1840, was 193, of whom 33 were men, 54 women, and 106 children. They support themselves by the chase and by fishing. They cultivate potatoes only. They receive, together with the other bands, annuities from the government, in coin, provisions, salt, and tobacco, for which purpose they assemble annually, on the island of Michilimackinac. The name of this chief is believed to be a corruption from Hans.