_Goddard_ _Merriam_ a ah (occasionally a or e) A ah, e, u, i (in order of frequency) ai a, i Ai i b b c s (once sh) d d, t e e E e, [=a] g [-l]g written as sk G does not occur h h i [=e], [)e] (oi written i) I i, u k k (ky written ch) k' k l does not occur [-l] kl, often not recorded at all ([-l] written sk) m n (Goddard says n sometimes becomes m by assimilation. Evidently it is n phonemically) n n (occasionally ng, once not recorded at all) ñ ng (occasionally n, twice not recorded at all) o o (occasionally u) s s t t t' does not occur tc ch (once tch) tc' does not occur ts does not occur ts' does not occur u does not occur w does not occur y y, ky written ch, kiyah always written ke-ah or ka-ah TRIBELETS The subgroups of the Wailaki (map 5) are called bands by Merriam and subtribes by Goddard but it is clear that they correspond precisely to the definition of tribelet given by Kroeber (1932, pp. 258-259), a fact which Kroeber noted at the time (p. 257). Goddard says (1923_a_, p. 95): [They] had definite boundaries on the river as well as delimited hunting grounds on an adjoining ridge. In the summer and fall they appear to have been under the control of one chief, and to have camped together for gathering nuts and seeds and for community hunting. In winter they lived in villages and were further subdivided. I. There is close agreement on the boundaries of the northernmost Wailaki tribelet on the western side of the Eel. Merriam gives the names kun-nun´-dung ke´-ah-hahng, ki´-kot-ke-ah-hahng, ki-ketch-e k[=a]-ah-hahng, and ki-ke´-che ke´-ah-hahng as designations for the group. He says the territory of this group runs from Chamise Creek in the north to Pine Creek in the south. Goddard gives the same name (rendered kaikitcEkaiya) and the same boundaries for the group. The territory north of Chamise Creek on the west side of the river is assigned by Merriam to the taht´-so ke´ah tribelet of the Lassik. This attribution would seem to indicate that Merriam has put his northern Wailaki boundary too far north, that it should hit the Eel at Chamise Creek rather than at Kekawaka Creek. Goddard calls these people the da[-l]sokaiya, "blue ground people," which no doubt corresponds to taht´-so ke´ah. He says, "It is doubtful that they should be counted as Wailaki, but they were not Lassik and probably spoke the same dialect as the Wailaki."