LIPAN

lipan, a tribe of north american indians of athabascan stock. their former range was central texas. later they were driven into mexico. they were pure nomads, lived entirely by hunting, and were perhaps the most daring of the texas indians. a few survivors were brought back from mexico in 1905 and placed on a reservation in new mexico. lipari islands (anc. [greek: aiolou nesoi], or _aeoliae insulae_), a group of volcanic islands n. of the eastern portion of sicily. they are seven in number--lipari (_lipara_, pop. in 1901, 15,290), stromboli (_strongyle_), salina (_didyme_, pop. in 1901, 4934), filicuri (_phoenicusa_), alicuri (_ericusa_), vulcano (_hiera_, _therasia_ or _thermissa_), the mythical abode of hephaestus, and panaria (_euonymus_). the island of aiolie, the home of aiolos, lord of the winds, which ulysses twice visited in his wanderings, has generally been identified with one of this group. a colony of cnidians and rhodians was established on lipara in 580-577 b.c.[1] the inhabitants were allied with the syracusans, and were attacked by the athenian fleet in 427