Athapascan Indians; Indians of North America -- California
11. seb[=i]yedadûñ, "rocks under..?... place" (G). A village
at Garberville.
12. kûnte[-l]tc[=o]b[=i]', "flat large in" (G). On a flat
above Garberville.
ken-tes´-che tahng-ah´-te (M). A beautiful deep valley on
South Fork just SW of Garberville.
13. Usal (not necessarily the native name). Not mentioned by
Goddard, Merriam, or Nomland, but Gifford (1939, p. 304) says that
both Coast Yuki and Sinkyone were spoken here (pl. 11, _d_).
Following are a number of Shelter Cove Sinkyone villages which I have
not been able to locate precisely.
kahs´-cho-so´-be (M). A village of the Briceland Sinkyone
on South Fork about 4 mi. S of Garberville and not in sight from
the present highway. It may not actually be one of the Briceland
Sinkyone villages.
kaicañkûk (G). On a ridge below Garberville. Information from
Sam, 1903.
[-l]tc[=i]kûk (G). On a ridge below seyadûñ on South Fork.
Information from Sam, 1903.
t[=o]kûbb[=i] (G). On a ridge above Garberville. Information
from Sam, 1903. seya(e)dûñ (G). On a ridge on the E side of South
Fork, probably below Garberville.
PLACE NAMES
The first list of place names below was taken by Merriam from George
Burt in 1923. (See map 13.) It starts at Scotia, runs upstream to the
confluence of the Eel and South Fork, and then runs up South Fork as
far as Garberville. Many of the places indicated cannot be located
from maps and it would even be difficult to identify them on the spot.
Merriam seems to have driven by auto from Scotia to Garberville, marking
locations in tenths of miles.
tah´-cho. Main Eel R.
hah´-tin cho´-be. A stretch of land on the S side of the main
Eel extending from Scotia Bridge E at least to Brown's Mill, and S
from the river to the top of the ridge.
kahn-so´-ti-y[)e]´, "under maple trees." A big loop of the
river 2 mi. E from Scotia Bridge.
hah´-ting-k[=o]k. Jordan Cr., 2.2 mi. E of Scotia Bridge.
hah´-tin cho´-be. The prairie on top of the ridge S of Jordan
Cr. An old Indian trail goes up there. [Harrow Prairie. Merriam
gives the same name for the prairie and the stretch of land above.
The stretch of land is probably a village named for the prairie.]
ahn´-sin ken-tes´-be, "Pepperwood Flat." A flat on the S side
of the Eel, 3 mi. E of Scotia Bridge. [Pepperwood.]
lah´-sa tal´-k[=o]k, "Buckeye Creek." Bear Cr., nearly 6 mi. E
of Scotia Bridge. "Used to be lots of salmon there."
lah-s[=a]-se´-te. The present town of Shively.
bis´-kahl chum´-me. A bluff on Eel R. where the river makes a
loop to the S. About 6.3 mi. from Scotia Bridge.
s[=a]-tahs´ ch[=a]-lin´-te. An extensive gravel flat on the N
side of the Eel in the curve of a big loop in the river, 6.5 mi.
from Scotia Bridge.
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