Athapascan Indians; Indians of North America -- California
n[=o]lediñ, "waterfall place" (G). This former large village
remained occupied until 1888, when the Hill family left it and
moved to Hoopa V. The site is at the foot of a long glade which
slopes toward the creek nearly a half-mile distant. A spring N of
the village site supplies water. In the edge of the timber, which
approaches the village site within a few yards on the N, are two
large redwood trees, hollow, with large openings toward the S. In
these trees families used to spend the winter. During our visit in
1906 we spent a rainy afternoon in one of them in which a fire was
maintained, the smoke escaping through the high opening in the side.
The village derived its name and perhaps its existence from
a hole, or waterfall, a short distance up the stream. The creek
bed was formerly choked with huge boulders, causing a fall, which
was jumped by the salmon with difficulty. The fishing for both
salmon and lamprey eels, carried on with nets below the fall, was
excellent. Since the village has been abandoned, several of these
boulders have been displaced so a fall of only 3 ft. remains.
3. y[=i]tsinneakûttciñ, "down hill on" (G). Camp site W of
n[=o]lediñ, about halfway up the ridge W of Redwood Cr. The Indians
from n[=o]lediñ used to camp there to gather the acorns of the tan
oak, which are plentiful among the redwood trees.
4. L[=o]tsx[=o]tdawillindiñ, "prairie water flows down place"
(G). Summer camp about 1-1/2 mi. E of n[=o]lediñ and 1/2 mi. W of
the crest of the ridge. A hollow redwood tree used to be used as a
camping place.
5. tcitdeelyediñ, "dancing place" (G). Glade on a ridge
running toward the E near a branch of Roach Cr., a tributary of the
Klamath. This camp was pointed out from a distance and its exact
location is therefore uncertain. The Indians used to go there from
n[=o]lediñ in the summer to gather seeds and in the fall for acorns.
6. klo-tshim´-m[)e]y (M). Camp on Redwood Cr. 1 mi. above
no-l[)e]h´-ting.
L[=o]tcimme, "small glade in" (G). A former village about a
mile upstream from n[=o]lediñ and 75 yds. E of Redwood Cr., where
it stood in an opening of about an acre. Obscure depressions like
house pits were seen on the N side of the glade near a stream
which provided drinking-water. A weir for lamprey eels used to be
built in Redwood Cr. near by.
7. ho^{ch}-tahn-ho-lah´-ting (M). On the E side of Redwood Cr.
above klo-tshim´-m[)e]y. There is some doubt as to its location.
8. king-keo´-'hli (king-keo´-h[)e]-l[=a]) (M). Summer camp on
top of the hill or ridge in Bald Hills about a mile E of Jonathan
Lyon's ranch house.
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