Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Snohomish.
The Snohomishes were sometimes called the Sinahomishes (or Sneomuses). Their name is said to mean "a large number of people" and has also been rendered as "a warrior tribe."
1992, Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest (The Civilization of the American Indian Series; 173), Revised edition, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2023, page 2121 more example
Patkanim represented his Indians, the Snoqualmies and Snohomishes; and Goliah the Skagits and others. Leschi and the Nisquallies did not interfere, and it was well for them they did not, as the stronger tribes of the lower Sound would have resented such action, blood would have flown, and the Nisquallies would have been wiped out.
1908 July, Thomas W. Prosch, “Seattle and the Indians of Puget Sound”, in The Washington Historical Quarterly, volume 4, number 2, Seattle: University of Washington, →JSTOR, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2020, page 308
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