Athapascan Indians; Indians of North America -- California
kiñky[=o]lai, "big timber point" (G). Large and important
former village situated on the eastern end of a ridge above
Jonathan Lyon's ranch house and about a mile E of it. There is
timber on the northern slope of the ridge. At the edge of the
timber is a spring which supplied the village with water. Besides
the sweathouse site, seventeen house pits were counted. This
village was the home of the Socktish family, many of whom are now
living with the Hupa. The head of the family at the time of the
coming of white people was a man of influence and a noted warrior.
His name was KiLtcil, "crazy." His wife was a Hupa woman and
perhaps for that reason the family moved to Hoopa V.
9. senalmatsdiñ, "stone round place" (G). Summer camp for
gathering seeds in the glade on the S side of the main ridge E of
kiñky[=o]lai.
10. tesaikut, "projects to water" (G). Camp ground frequented
in the fall of the year for gathering tanoak acorns and hunting
deer by the Indians living at n[=o]lediñ and kiñky[=o]lai. It is on
the NE slope of the ridge W of Tully Cr.
11. king-y[)e]-ke´-ke-ah-mung´-ah (king´-ke-kaw´-mung´-ah)
(M). Village on the E side of Redwood Cr. at the mouth of Coyote
Cr. a little above ho^{ch}-tahn-ho-lah´-ting, and a little above
Lyon's place.
kiñyûkky[=o]mûña, "big timber near" (G). This site was not
visited. It is said to be on the N side of Coyote Cr. below a large
rock. There are said to be house pits there. Tom Hill said this
was the village where the people who lived at kiñky[=o]lai spent
the colder months of the winter. It is unlikely that two permanent
villages were maintained by the same families. Perhaps the site of
kiñky[=o]lai is the more recent and it was formerly only a summer
camping place.
12. kitdiLwissakût, "fire drill on" (G). Camp used in the fall
for gathering acorns and hunting. Situated near the corner of the
Hoopa reservation in a glade sloping toward the S, near a spring.
13. new-wil-tso´-me-ah, "coyote camp" (M). Spring and summer
camp on Bald Hills Ridge.
n[=u]wils[=o]lm[=i]ye, "ground in billows under" (G).
Summer camping ground near a cold spring at the head of one of
the branches of Coyote Cr. The Indians used to come here from
n[=o]lediñ.
14. ye-sin´-ning´-i-kut (e-tsin´-ning´-i-kut) (M).
y[=i]sinniñ^{=e=} aikût, "down hill ridge runs on" (G). Site
of a former village 1/2 mi. E of Redwood Cr. and about 500 ft.
higher than the creek. It is S of the main ridge S of Coyote Cr.,
at the western edge of a glade near a dry gulch. One pit was found.
It is said that Tom Hill's father lived at this village and that it
was not occupied at the time the white people came.
15. tsin´-tse-lah´-ting (M). Village below Stoffer's and below
ho´-tach-ting.
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