Athapascan Indians; Indians of North America -- California
innaslaibi. A long level bench crossed by the county road N
from Petrolia, 1-1/12 mi. from that place. Indians used to camp
here to gather tarweeds. An Indian battleground.
kuntcegilcannebi. Sec. 32, T. 1 S., R. 2 W. On the E side
of the county road. The section lines given by Goddard are not
reliable.
sekexge. A sloping place on one of the branches of McNutt
Gulch.
_Upper Mattole villages._--The following village locations were given
to Goddard in 1908 by the Sinkyone named Charlie. Goddard did not
visit them so they cannot be accurately located. I am giving Goddard's
township and range locations, but these were made by guess from an
imperfect map, hence they must be used only with the greatest care.
de'tci'. At the mouth of a big creek (de'kok) flowing into
Mattole R. at Upper Mattole. Perhaps de'kok is Squaw Cr., mentioned
in the Elk and Coyote stories. NW 1/4, sec. 30, T. 2 S., R. 1 W.
ne'nûnyadûñ. On the E side of the river 3 mi. above de'tci'.
There are two creeks there. This may be the village, and de'tci'
the whole Upper Mattole flat. Notes say 3 mi. from Mattole, which
is Charlie's name for Petrolia.
k'atinta'. Above ne'nûnyadûñ on the Mattole R. at the mouth of
kutsai'kok. NE 1/4, sec. 33, T. 2 S., R. 1 W.
tcûlgûnnak'e'. Some distance above k'acinta' on Mattole R.
tcintcûsk[=o]dûñ. On a hill on the E side of Mattole R.
tcûst[=i]m[=i]'. On the W side of the Mattole R. on a big
flat, S of tcintcûsk[=o]dûñ. No creek empties there.
istannaladûñ. On a large flat on the Mattole R. No creek
empties there.
setûggûttc[=i]'. On the E side of the Mattole R. at the mouth
of setuggukkok. Sec. 14, T. 3 S., R. 1 E.
tceliñk[=i]'. On both sides of a small creek which enters
a larger stream near the latter's junction from the E with the
Mattole R. The valley of the river is wide at this point. A large
group of buildings is now standing on this site. "I rode to this
place in July, 1908, when hunting for Jack's place. The name was
supplied by Charlie from my description." Sec. 31, T. 3 S., R. 2 E.
Lenill[=i]mi', "flow together in." At the junction of two
streams on the W side of the Mattole R. There were formerly many
grizzlies there, and the Indians were afraid of them. This was the
last village S of the Mattole R. Sec. 7. T. 4 S., R. 2 E.
Merriam gives a number of other village names with rather vague
locations. No doubt each of them corresponds to one of Goddard's, since
both men used the same informant, but I have been unable to identify the
villages either by location or name.
tah-tah´-ke-ke. On a small flat on the S side of the Mattole
R. about 1/4 mi. back from the ocean.
tahn'-hr[=a]´-lah-be. At the mouth of the Mattole R. (on a
lagoon near Indian Joe Duncan's place).
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