Athapascan Indians; Indians of North America -- California
Goddard's unpublished material on the Lassik consists of a single map
(here reproduced as map 8), which apparently shows the locations of 27
villages. A list of what are presumably the village names accompanies
it, but Goddard changed the numbers on his map. Hence on our map the
correct name may not be assigned to each site.
_Goddard's Lassik Villages_
1. gastc[=i]kdûñ
2. k[=o]nte^{l}tc[=i]dûñ
3. satcin[=i]tc[=i]dûñ
4. naslintce
5. ist'etatc[=i]dûñ
6. t[=o]kseye
7. kiñk'ûtek[=o]nte^{l}dûñ
8. k'ûct[=o]t[=o]dûñ
9. d[=i]y[=i]ckûk
10. nûndûkkatûndûñ
11. k[=o]nte^{l}tc[=i]dûñ
12. g[=o]sn[=o]lindûñ
13. t[=o]tcadûñ
14. sait[=o]tc[=i]
15. nûnsûn^{l}tc[=i]kkinne^{=e=}dûñ
16. y[=i]stcûttcadûñ
17. tois[=i]b[=i]
18. lesbatc[=i]tdûñ
19. k'ûstc[=i]kdûñ
20. tcûggûstatc[=i]^{=e=}
21. lesbaitc[=i]^{=e=}
22. setatc[=i]^{=e=}
23. kast[=o]ntc[=i]^{=e=}dûñ
Goddard lists other names, presumably for the Lassik villages, as
follows: sekû[-l]ne, tectatalindûñ, dûltc[=i]kyacdûñ, t'o-todûñ,
k'ûsnesdûñ, ne ga b[=i], kûttantc[=i]tc[=o]dûñ. The sites corresponding
to these names cannot be located.
[Illustration: Map 7. Presumed Nongatl villages in the Bridgeville
region.]
[Illustration: Map 8. Lassik villages in the Alder Point region.]
NONGATL
The Nongatl are almost entirely confined to the drainages of the Van
Duzen River and upper Mad River. Their culture is the least known of
any group in northwestern California. Merriam evidently did not work
in their area although he recorded a few of their words given him by
George Burt's wife. George Burt was a Sinkyone, but his wife was born
and raised near Bridgeville. Goddard recorded some villages for this
group, whose names are given below. Nomland worked with someone from the
Nongatl in 1928 (Nomland, 1938, p. 9), but her results have not been
published.
The territory of the Nongatl lies, for the most part, east of the main
redwood belt. It is therefore no doubt well supplied with oaks, and
plant foods are thus readily available. Salmon are abundant in the Van
Duzen River (pl. 10, _c_) and Yager Creek but not in the Mad River
in eastern Nongatl territory. In much of their territory then, the
subsistence patterns of the Nongatl must have differed from those of
most of northwestern California, where fishing was of primary importance.
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