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.