CCEUR D'ALgNE, di-lin (Fr. ((awl heart"). (1) A name given by the French voy ageurs, traditionally from the stinginess of a chief, to a tribe of Indians of the Salishan stock, though with a dialect widely different from the other members. Their own name is Skitswish, which Lewis and Clarke rendered Skitzoomish. When found by Lewis and Clarke they occupied a considerable tract in northern Idaho and Washington, near the lake named after them. There were perhaps 2,000 of them, rather squalid and unadventurous, though cruel; they lived on roots, fish and small game, and did not visit the buffalo grounds. Father de Smet visited them in 1841, and the next year a Catholic mission was established among them, and they became Christians. They had reg ular dwellings and a mill; but they were hos tile to the encroaching whites, and in 1858 their chief, Vincent, with a band of his warriors, joined in a war on them, which was only put down by General Wright after two sharp battles, at Four Lakes and Spokane Plains. In 1867 part of them were placed on a reservation in Idaho, and in 1872 the rest were removal to the Colville Reservation, between the Okanogan and Columbia rivers. (2) A lake in northern
Idaho, situated among mountains of the same name. The rivers Cceur d'Alene and Saint Joseph flow into the lake at its southern end, and the Spokane River is its outlet at the north. It is about 30 miles long and from two to four miles wide. The region is a mining district, and has been the scene of serious labor troubles, especially in 1892 and 1899. (3) City and county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, 33 miles east of Spokane, Wash., on the lake of the same name, and on the Northern Pacific and Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul railroads. The city contains a college, a Catholic academy, two parks and the Old Fort Sherman military grounds. It manufactures lumber, ties, shingles, brick and trades in fruits and farm products. The town is popular as a centre of a fishing and hunting region.
CcEUR DE LION, ker de le-o6, a title given to several historical personages, as Richard I of England; so called from the prod igies of personal valor performed by him in the Holy Land; Louis VIII of France, fre quently called Le Lion; and Bolaslas I of Poland, also called Intrepid.'