Clackama (klak'ā-ma)

A large tribe of the Upper Chinook division of North American - Indians. They formerly resided in eleven villages on and about a river of the same name, an eastern branch of the Willamette, in Clack am as County, Oregon. There are 59 of this tribe at Grande Ronde agency, Oregon. See Chinook an. Clack mannan (klak-man'an). 1. The smallest county of Scotland, situated north of the Forth and south of Perth shire. Area, 48 miles. Population (1891), 28,432.-2. The county-seat of the county of Clack mannan, situated 7 miles east of Stirling. Claes (kläz), Balthazar. A philosopher in Balzac's novel "La recherche de l'absolu." He gives up his life to a search for the philosopher's stone, and is the victim of his devotion to science.