"The home of the Klamath tribe of southwestern Oregon lies upon the eastern slope of the southern extremity of the Cascade Range, and very nearly coincides with what we may call the head waters of the Klamath River, the main course of which lies in Northern California. ... The main seat of the Modoc people was the valley of Lost River, the shores of Tule and of Little Klamath Lake. ... The two main bodies forming the Klamath people are (1) the Klamath Lake Indians; (2) the Modoc Indians. The Klamath Lake Indians number more than twice as many as the Modoc Indians. They speak the northern dialect and form the northern chieftaincy. ... The Klamath people possess no historic traditions going further back in time than a century, for the simple reason that there was a strict law prohibiting the mention of the person or acts of a deceased individual by using his name. ... Our present knowledge does not allow us to connect the Klamath language genealogically with any of the other languages compared, but ... it stands as a linguistic family for itself." _A. S. Gatschet, The Klamath Indians (Contributions to N. A. Ethnology, volume 2, part 1)._ In Major Powell's linguistic classification, the Klamath and Modoc dialects are embraced in a family called the Lutuamian Family, derived from a Pit River word signifying "lake;" the Yuroks in a family called the Weitspekan; and the Pit River Indian dialects are provisionally set apart in a distinct family named the Palaihnihan Family. _J. W. Powell, Seventh Annual Report, Bureau of Ethnology, pages 89 and 97._ AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Mohaves (Mojaves). See above: APACHE GROUP. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Mohawks. See above: IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Mohegans, or Mahicans. See above: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY; and below: STOCKBRIDGE INDIANS; also, NEW ENGLAND: A. D. 1637. Montagnais. See above: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY; and ATHAPASCAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Montauks. See above: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Moquelumnan Family.