Huasteca.
American: dialect of Mexico, and apparently the same word as “Aztec.” It is spoken in the province of Tamaulipas, and is a language of the Maya class. See De Olmoz: “Grammatica,” &c., Mexico, 1560.
Hueco or Waco.
American: name for the Tallewitsus. It is vernacular in Texas, and allied to Kechai, Pawnee, &c.
Huilliche.
American: name for tribes of Araucans, the aborigines of Chili. The “che” here means “men,” being a Chileno word, so we have “men of the south.” It is applied also to the Patagonians. See [Vuta]. R. G. L.
Humming-bird Indians.
American: name for the Uaenambeu tribe in the province of Rio Negro, Brasil.
Hungarian or Magyar.
Ugrian: dialect of an Asiatic race, derived from the Ostiak of the R. Ob or Oby in Siberia, and closely allied to Finnish. The Magyars are now the dominant race in the Austrian kingdom of Hungary, which they subdued about A.D. 900. It has a copious modern literature. See Ballagi: “Wörterbuk,” Pesth, 1864; Ollendorff: “Newe Methode,” Pesth, 1869. See [Ungarn].