The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of CaliforniaCook, Sherburne Friend
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The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California
Cook, Sherburne Friend
Indians of North America -- California; Indians of North America -- Statistics
12. osegen C P. 234. A "small town." Informants recalled
3 houses and 2 sweathouses.
13. hopaw C P. 234. "The small pox raged here in the
early days and practically broke up the
village." This may be a clue to the status
of the sites around _rekwoi_. If so, all
modern informants may be too low in their
estimates of houses in the area.
14. wokel C No question.
15. trwr C See no. 16.
16. ahlawsl C P. 235. According to Waterman this was a
camp site. There were very old house pits
dating from a time before the memory of
informants at _trwr_. They had been all
washed away in Waterman's time. Kroeber
(p. 10) states that _trwr_ was a camp site
with no permanent houses.
On the other hand Merriam in his village
list says: _Terwer_ was "a village on
north side of Klamath at Terwer Creek (old
Klamath reservation); said to be 6 or 7
miles above present Requa." It was
mentioned by Taylor in 1860. Regarding
_ahlawsl_ Merriam says that it was on the
north bank close to _terwer_ and may be
regarded as the lower part of the latter
village. It was called _alaaca_ by Stevens
in 1868. The existence of the combined
town may hence be regarded as highly
probable if not certain. In view of its
apparent size 8 houses may be assigned to
it.
17. yaktar P Merriam says that this was "a village
on south bank Klamath River at mouth
of McGarvey Creek. Waterman gives
_yoxwtr-wroi_ as name of McGarvey Creek
but says nothing as to a village at its
mouth."
18. saal C P. 235. An "important town" with 7 to 8
houses. Waterman, however, shows only 5 on
his list.
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