The flat is in a forest of Douglas spruce, black and white oaks, maples, tree alders, and dogwood, with a dense undergrowth of hazel, spirea (_Spirea douglasii_), syringa (_Philadelphus lewisii_), huckleberry (_Vaccinium ovatum_), and the wild lilac (_Ceanothus integerrimus_). The "three-leaf" or "deer-foot" also called "sweet after death" (_Achlys triphylla_) is common throughout the shady forest. In the immediate neighborhood the large gray tree squirrel (_Sciurus griseus_) was common, the big gray ground-squirrel (_Citellus beecheyi_) was abundant, and a few red squirrels and chipmunks were running about. Ruffed grouse, mountain quail, and many pigeons were seen; also crested jays, robins, and flickers. A few days later I visited the modern inhabited rancheria, nearly two miles below the bridge. It is on a rather steep slope about 500 feet above the river. Among the Indians present were two very old men, the Wilson brothers, and a half-breed named Ned Woodward from Blue Lake, and his wife, the former widow of Nathaniel Bailey--with all of whom I had worked in previous years. With their help I checked my former vocabularies and added many words. At Blue Lake during the latter part of October of the same year I found a number of Indians, mainly Hoilkut, and obtained additional material, including village names from Ned Woodward. Worked also with others, especially the Hoilkut Chief, Frank Lowry, and his wife. She is a full blood with the characteristic chin tattooing consisting of three broad vertical bars with a narrow one on each side between the middle and outer ones. [See fig. 1, _a_, _b_ for different styles.] A married daughter had three children, a tiny girl and two boys--one of three and the other five, both big for their age. Also of interest are Merriam's ideas about the position of the Whilkut groups. The following excerpt, taken from his notes, is dated 1939, but refers to a trip he made to Blue Lake in September, 1910. M[=a]´-we-n[)o]k [Mad River Whilkut] ... An Athapascan tribe on Mad River, reaching from the junction of North Fork with main Mad River near Korbel (where they came in contact with the Pah´-te´waht of Lower Mad River [a Wiyot subgroup] and the h'Whilkut of North Fork and Redwood Valley) upstream (southward) for many miles to the ranch of a white man named John Ahlgren, where their territory ended. This is on or near Bug Creek. It was told me by a h'Whilkut ('Hoilet´-hah) who stated further that the M[=a]´-we-n[)o]k spoke a language so similar to his own that he could understand most of their talk.