Athapascan Indians; Indians of North America -- California
10. Pi·lílno'm, beyond (farther E or SE?), at Kumpí·t, "salt
hole," where salt was got, also at Snow Mt. These were Yuki, but
"talked something like" Nomlaki Wintun (who adjoined them, across
the main Coast Range watershed). Their language was about as
different from Yuki as was Huchnom. They were "half Stony Creek"
(along which lived Salt Pomo, then Hill Patwin, then Nomlaki).
11. U·k'í·[)c]no'm (added later by informant), in Williams V.,
"E" of Hull's V.
12. A Yuki group at Twin Rock Cr.--Eben had forgotten their
name.
D. The real Yuki, centering in Round V., and coming N into the foothills
only about as far as Ebley's Flat. To the N were the Onainó'm, Pitch
Indians, Athabascans, who owned Hull V. ("here") and adjoined the
[vS]ipimAlno'm (no. 8).
[10.6] 13. Hákno'm, in Round V., around Agency, in the N side
of the valley.
14. Ukomnó'm, in middle of the valley. They did not own up
into the mountains.
15. At TotimAl, W of Covelo, were a people whose name Eben had
forgotten.
16. At NW end of Round V., another group whose name he could
not recall.
It will be seen that the informant's knowledge was fullest for the part
of Yuki territory S of Round V.
He thought that all the groups mentioned made the Taikomol and Hulk'ilAl
initiations and performances.
_Orthography Used_
A a mid-raised a, nasalized
[t.] retroflex or palatal t
[vS] sh
[)c] ch
k' etc. glottalized
· long
[-l] surd l, Athabascan only
=ê= ng Athabascan
[Illustration: Map 18. Yuki "Tribes" according to Eben Tillotson.]
ATHABASCAN DATA
DATA FROM EBEN TILLOTSON
Onainó'm were the Pitch Indians, a people of the rugged mountains,
adjoining the [vS]ipimA´lno'm Yuki, and with Hull's Valley in their
range. They were "half Yuki and half Wailaki," and spoke both languages.
The TA´no'm were at Spy Rock on main Eel R. They were also half Yuki and
half Wailaki and bilingual. [But other Yuki cite them as Yuki who also
knew Wailaki.] TAno'm were: Nancy Dobie, Sally Duncan, and Tip.
These two groups did not make Taikomol or Hulk'ilAl rites [this agrees
with Handbook] but, probably knew about them from having seen them
performed.
Between the Pitch people and the TAno'm, in the Horse Ranch country,
lived the Ko'il, the Wailaki (proper). Most of the survivors of these
spoke Yuki also.
DATA FROM LUCY YOUNG
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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