Athapascan Indians; Indians of North America -- California
There is a small island called Stun-tahs ahn-kot (50 acres or more in
extent) in the lower part of Smith River, half or three-quarters of a
mile from its mouth. On some of the early maps it bears the name Ta´-les
after the chief. This island the officer gave to the Indians in the name
of the Government, telling them it would always be theirs, and gave the
chief a paper stating that it was given in return for killing the three
outlaw boys. Sometime afterward this paper was burned.
After the Indians had been driven to the Hoopa Reservation and had
come back, they were not allowed to go to their former rancheria
Hah´-wun-kwut, but were told to go to this island. Later the whites
claimed the island and did not let the Indians have it.
The present Indian settlement, a mile or two north of the mouth of
Smith River, was purchased for the Indians in or about 1908 by Agent
Kelsey of San Jose, and paid for by the Indian Office from a part of an
appropriation made by Congress for homeless California Indians. It is
occupied at present (1923) by ten or a dozen families.
APPENDIX II: NOTES ON UPPER EEL RIVER INDIANS
By
A. L. Kroeber
YUKI "TRIBES"
The following data were got from Eben Tillotson at Hulls Valley, north
of Round Valley, on July 12, 1938.
A. Eben said he was a Wi·t'u·knó'm Yuki. This was a "tribe" speaking
a uniform dialect, having uniform customs, but embracing several
"tribelets." Their general territory was along main (or middle) Eel R.
where this runs from E to W, on both sides of it, and S of Round V. They
also owned Oklá·[)c] and Púnki·nipi·[t.] ("wormwood hole"), Poonkiny.
The subdivisions or tribelets were:
[10.6] 1. U[)s]i·[)c]lAlhótno'm
("crayfish-creek-large-people") on Salt Cr., S of Middle Eel.
2. Olkátno'm, at Henley or Hop ranch in S part of Round V.,
where the road enters the flat of the valley. They owned S to the
Middle Eel and down it to Dos Rios confluence.
3. Alniuk'í·no'm, at W edge of Round V.
4. Ontítno'm, E of Henley ranch in Round V.; also Eden V. to S.
B. The following were not grouped together by the informant, but agree
in having a southerly range:
[10.6] 5. LAlkú·tno'm, around Outlet Cr.
6. Tí·tAmno'm, eastward, across (S of Middle) Eel R., toward
Sanhedrin Mt., W of the ridge which runs W of Gravelly V. Mountain
people, without villages of size. Dixie Duncan was half of this
group.
7. Ki·[)c]ilú·kam is Gravelly V. The Huchnom roamed in that.
C. East of Hull's V., extending nearly to Hammerhorn Mt., but this was
Nomlaki.
[10.6] 8. [vS]ipimA´lno'm, on a creek running from W into
(S-flowing) Eel R.
9. I·'mptí·tAmno'm, at an opening in the range--i·'mp is a
gap. They were across the Eel, on its E side.
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