R. F. Heizer CONTENTS Page Preface iii Introduction 157 Athabascan culture 158 Athabascan boundaries 160 Exterior boundaries 160 Interior boundaries 161 Groups 166 Kato 166 Wailaki 167 Pitch Wailaki 176 Lassik 178 Nongatl 181 Sinkyone 184 Mattole 195 Bear River 200 Whilkut 201 Hupa 209 Population 216 Sources 216 Estimates based on village counts 216 Estimates based on fish resources 218 Gross estimate 220 Appendixes I. The Tolowa: Data from Notes of C. Hart Merriam 225 II. Notes of Upper Eel River Indians, by A. L. Kroeber 227 Bibliography 230 Plates 233 MAPS