Chinooks. A nearly extinct tribe of North American Indians on the Columbia River, on whose language is based the Chinook jargon, or traders’ Lingua Franca of British Columbia.
Chins. See [SINGPHOS].
Chippewayans. See [ATHABASCAN].
Chiquitos. South American Indians of Upper Paraguay basin.
Chiriguanos. South American Indians of Bolivia.
Chitralis. Natives of Chitral, in the Hindu Khush, rough, hardy hillmen, closely allied to the [Kafirs] (q.v.) of Kafiristan.
Chocos. A tribe of South American Indians of Matto Grosso.
Choktaws. See [MUSKHOGEAN].
Chontals. Central American Indians of Nicaragua.