Athapascan Indians; Indians of North America -- California
There is evidence of several subgroups among the Nongatl, but it is not
known whether these were tribelets or dialect divisions. Essene (1942,
pp. 90-92) got information from the Lassik woman Lucy Young indicating
that there was a distinct group around Blocksburg, which the Lassik
called Kuskatundun, and another group around Bridgeville they called
Nai'aitci. This latter group is said to have been a roving band which
preyed on all the neighboring peoples.
Goddard's village data indicate six other groups but do not give
boundaries. These were as follows.
bûsk[=o]tk[=i]ya. In the neighborhood of Indian Cr. in the
upper part of the drainage of Yager Cr. (map 9).
tcillûndûñ. On the upper reaches of North Yager Cr. (map 9).
bûstc[=o]b[=i]k[=i]ya. In the vicinity of the junction of
North and Middle Yager creeks. The language of this group was said
to be the same as that of the tcittelk[=i]ya (map 9).
senûñka. On upper Larabee Cr. in the vicinity of Blocksburg
(pl. 10, _e_, _f_). This no doubt is the same as Essene's
Kuskatundun, which was the Lassik name for the group (map 10).
tcittelk[=i]ya. On the Van Duzen R. above Bridgeville. Appears
to be the same name as Merriam's Kit-tel´.
na'aitcik[=i]ya. On the Van Duzen above the tcittelk[=i]ya
group. This name appears on the Goddard map from which map 1 was
taken but is not otherwise recorded. This is evidently the same as
Essene's Nai'aitci.
k[=o]sdûñk[=i]ya. On the South Fork of the Van Duzen,
including Larabee V.
VILLAGES
The Nongatl villages recorded below are all taken from Goddard's
unpublished notes (maps 7, 9, 10). This is evidently far from a complete
count but it is clear that there were about as many villages in the area
covered by these maps as in other parts of the Athabascan area.
_bûsk[=o]tk[=i]ya group (1-7, map 9)_
1. In the swag of a large ridge running toward the SSE to the
junction of the main components of Indian Cr., perhaps a mile from
it. There is one deep pit. There is a flowing creek 200 yds. E.
2. A single pit found by Pete E of a small stream flowing
south into Indian Cr. from the lowest place in the ridge at Big
Bend of the Mad R. Nearly 1/2 mi. from Indian Cr. W of a hill above
which the wagon road passes. This is where Goddard camped in 1906.
He hunted all around here without finding other pits.
[Illustration: Map 9. Nongatl villages on Yager Creek.]
[Illustration: Map 10. Nongatl villages in the Blocksburg
region.]
3. k'onûseb[=i]'. On a point running down SSW toward Indian
Cr. There were two pits near the creek and two more 200 ft. up the
hill. A few large and small oaks were growing there. Water was to
be had a few yards E. Pete saw a house there when he was a boy.
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